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Shapefile to accompany Colorado Mineral Belt revisited
Although much discussed in the literature, maps showing the detailed outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt are lacking. Lovering and Goddard (1950) show the geology and mines associated with the "Front Range mineral belt" but do not indicate an outline on plates or figures. Tweto and Sims (1963) published the outline of the Colorado mineral belt as page-size illustrations, differing on each. Sims (unpublished data, 2001) attempted to refine the outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt by sketching on a paper copy of the 1:500,000-scale geologic map (Tweto, 1979), but was lacking additional data layers such as Proterozoic structures based on aeromagnetic data, mines and prospects, to query simultaneously. Based on detailed information on the location of the Tertiary intrusions and mineral deposits, and on the control provided by the Proterozoic structures, all superimposed using GIS, a new outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt is proposed. Four different versions of the mineral belt outline are included in this data release: Tweto and Sims, 1963 (district-based and generalized), Sims (unpublished, 2001), and Wilson and Sims (2003).
Author(s) |
Anna B Wilson |
Publication Date | 2017-07-14 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2003 |
Ending Date of Data | 2003 |
Data Contact | |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F78S4N46 |
Citation | Wilson, A.B., 2017, Shapefile to accompany Colorado Mineral Belt revisited: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F78S4N46. |
Metadata Contact | |
Metadata Date | 2020-09-29 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2024-04-30T15:20:04.473Z