Wingate Sandstone
Sandstone. Mesozoic, about 207 to 200 million years old. 6 crags on this site have their map point on it.
What the map says
Buff, reddish-brown, and grayish-orange fine-grained massive prominently crossbedded sandstone. In most exposures forms vertical cliffs and exhibits dark-brown desert varnish on weathered surfaces. Thickness 300-400 feet. Lithology: clastic; sandstone; crossbedded.
1:100,000 sheet: Day and others, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0427 (6 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 100 m wide on the ground.
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Grand Junction Area
- Mee Canyon21 routes and 1 boulder problem · Westwater Area · 4,572 ft
- Terra Tower Buttress9 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,913 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- The Swimming Hole4 routes · Swimming Hole, The · 4,477 ft
- Grand View Spire2 routes · Colorado National Monument · 5,811 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Remnant's Tower (aka Defecating Monk)2 routes · Colorado National Monument · 4,940 ft · sandstone (Wingate Sandstone) (another source)
- Kodel's Canyon2 routes · McInnis Canyons · 4,824 ft