West Salt Creek, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 21' 44'' North , 108° 58' 37'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.36222,-108.97694 |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
May actually be in Garfield Co. (Creek in Book Cliffs)
Mineral List
12 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2827397 | Modern alluvium Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Includes Piney Creek Alluvium and younger deposits Lithology: Major:{unconsolidated alluvium} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2699862 | Alluvium Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Gravel, sand, and silt in stream valleys and alluvial fans. Lithology: Unconsolidated; alluvium; mixed Reference: Day, W.C., G.N. Green, D.H. Knepper, R.C. Phillips. Spatial Geologic Data Model for the Gunnison, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre National Forests Mineral Resource Assessment Area, Southwestern Colorado and Digital Data for the Leadville, Montrose, Durango, and the Colorado Parts of the Grand Junction, Moab, and Cortez 1° x 2° Geologic Maps. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0427. [128] |
Early Jurassic - Late Triassic 174.1 - 237 Ma ID: 3185972 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 237 Ma) Lithology: Sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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