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Iron Dike Occurrence, Trail Ridge Area, Larimer County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 23' 37'' North , 105° 41' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.39361,-105.69500
GeoHash:
G#: 9xhvfc7mb
GRN:
N27W59
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Estes Park6,257 (2017)14.8km
Grand Lake483 (2017)19.1km
Allenspark528 (2011)26.4km
Bark Ranch213 (2011)37.6km
Ward155 (2017)39.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
115508
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:115508:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The locality also extends into Boulder County.

Commodities (Trace) - Titanium - Metal, Iron

Development Status: Occurrence

Host Rock Unit: Diabase Dike, Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss

Structure: Front Range Uplift, Silver Plume Batholith, Boulder Creek Batholith, Nw-Trending Faults

Host Rock: Diabase

Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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References

Boos, M.F., Boos, C.M. (1933) Iron dike (Abstract). in Berkey, Charles P. (1933) Proceedings of the Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 28, 29, and 30, 1932. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 44(1): 1-143 [73].
Wahlstrom, Ernest E. (1956) Petrology and weathering of the Iron Dike, Boulder and Larimer counties, Colorado. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 67(2): 147-163.
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