Deep Cut Guide

Minturn Fm in west-central and south-central and other units

Pennsylvanian, about 312 to 306 million years old. 8 crags on this site have their map point on it.

What the map says

Arkosic sandstone, conglomerate, shale, and limestone. Includes Madera Fm and Sharpsdale Fm of Chronic (1958) in Sangre de Cristo Range and Gothic Fm of Langenheim (1952) in Elk Mountains. Other units of Middle Pennsylvanian age. Lithology: arkose, conglomerate, shale, minor limestone.

1:500,000 sheet: Horton and others, 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052 (8 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 500 m wide on the ground.

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Eagle/Vail/Minturn/Red Cliff

CO Ice & Mixed

Every mapped unit with a crag on it.