State | Colorado |
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Name | Manitou Limestone and Sawatch Quartzite in Southern Front Range and Wet Mountains. One or more Ordovician Fms (Fremont Limestone, Harding Sandstone, and Manitou Dolomite), Dotsero Fm, Peerless Fm, and Sawatch Quartzite in west-central and south-central |
Geologic age | Ordovician-Cambrian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
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References | Tweto, Ogden, 1979, Geologic Map of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Special Geologic Map, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Eagle - El Paso - Garfield - Rio Blanco - Teller |