Complex of gneisses and schists
Gneiss, schist & quartzite. Proterozoic, about 2,500 to 1,000 million years old. 10 crags on this site have their map point on it.
What the map says
Gneisses and schists; intruded by silicic to intermediate igneous rocks. Lithology: metamorphic; intermediate; gneiss; schist.
1:100,000 sheet: Day and others, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0427 (10 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 100 m wide on the ground.
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Grand Junction Area
- Monument Canyon27 routes and 3 boulder problems · Colorado National Monument · 5,139 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Tiara Rado27 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,687 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Ute Canyon16 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,965 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Metamorphic Canyon10 boulder problems · Colorado National Monument · 4,973 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Gold Star Canyon9 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,350 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Devil's Kitchen7 routes and 1 boulder problem · Colorado National Monument · 5,235 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- The Gypsies7 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,455 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Kissing Couple area5 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,474 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Slab Boulder5 boulder problems · McInnis Canyon Bouldering · 4,891 ft
- Irishman's Temple4 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,646 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)