U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MI S C E L L A NE O U S F I E L D S T U DI E S MA P MF - 2 3 8 8

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V ersio n 1.0
Pamphlet accompanies map

gge cbh
cbh CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS
cgh
w w csk afb pga cgc
R xlu asa
asa ggq jbc agm
asa es cac
cbs cgc asa ccd
asa
R ags ccd
csk asa asa
cgc GLACIAL AND
es PERIGLACIAL COLLUVIUM,
cgc
csk cac DISINTEGRATED ALLUVIUM,
csk asa es MAN-MADE DEPOSITS AND LAKE EOLIAN LANDSLIDE AND DISINTEGRATION
ccm
w agm DEPOSITS ROCK OUTCROP ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS DEPOSIT DEPOSITS DEPOSITS COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS ROCK OUTCROP RESIDUUM
cac
cbh R R cac cac xsg
ggq es
afa cra agm
ggq es xlu 116˚ 114˚ 112˚ 110 ˚ 108˚ 106˚ 104˚ 102˚
cbm asa
cck ags f s
ags agm clx 42˚
cgh agm
ags csk jbc oc dba dbc dbd wla asa afa cac cbv xch Holocene
cbs ags
cbs clx agm
cbm cac cac
xch SALT LAKE GREELEY STERLING
R CRAIG
SALT LAKE CITY VE I-1092
es RI VERNAL I-972 OF 78-532
R oc es esa ed jea jba jbc ccd ccm clx cck clo csm csk cgg cgh cgc cbh cbm cbs cbu cbw cby xci xlh xlj xlu 40˚ CITY I-1997 I-1526
R es DENVER LIMON
GRAND

EEN
agm LEADVILLE I-1250
PRICE JUNCTION

GR
ags oc late I-999
MF-2347 COLORADO
xch es elb UTAH I-2462 I-736
I-1163
afa
R ccd Pleistocene PUEBLO LAMAR
cck agm dba xsg RICHFIELD SALINA MONTROSE ARK
ANS I-944
ags asa 38˚ I-1901 I-591 MOAB MF-761 A S
RIVER
R ags tbg tbi tbj ggq pga afb I-360 I-1022
cgc tbg agm
R ESCALANTE R TRINIDAD LA JUNTA
VE CORTEZ
csk RI DURANGO I-558
ags xch agm ags cra I-744 I-629 I-764
I-560
DO
cck cbm ? RA
jea LO
R ggq asa QU AT ERNARY COMARBLE AZTEC
SHIPROCK
CANYON I-1730
jbg w asa es 36˚ I-1003 I-345
cck R middle
cbs cgg xsg
ccd SANTA FE
Pleistocene FLAGSTAFF GALLUP
cbh agm cbs I-981
cbh jbg
I-1446
agm xlu
jba ccd
cgc cbu afa
cbs agm afk 34˚ PHOENIX
jba agm xch

ED
GRAN
ags es elb
R agm tbk gge ? ARIZONA
cgc ags ccd

RIO
cck asa NEW MEXICO
pga
csk ags early
csk R 32˚
es ? Pleistocene
jba cbs ags
cbm cbm ccd
cbh ags
cbh jea
cbh ccd xch agm
cbu cbm
cbu R xsg 0 100 200 MILES
csk xsg
cgc asa R elb
R R
cck asa oc 0 100 200 KILOMETERS
ags asa BEDROCK
cbw P RE-QU AT ERNARY
csm jba agm agm cgh es
R agm R INDEX MAP SHOWING AREA OF PUEBLO QUADRANGLE,
es cbs csk cgg ags asa
csk cbu xch COMPANION GENERALIZED SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP
cbv jba jea es
jba jbc jea OF THE DENVER QUADRANGLE (shown in gray), AND
jea cbm cgg cgh
cbs cbu ags oc OTHER PUBLISHED 1˚ x 2˚ GEOLOGIC MAPS
jea
cbh cbs cbm ccd
jea
ggq xch LIST OF MAP UNITS
xsg cbm
csk
ags cbm
cbm cbh cgh
cbu afa [For map unit descriptions and references see "Description of Map Units" in accompanying pamphlet]
agm cgg
ags cgg
jba csk cbu xch ags ags
cgg clo
csm cbs cgc agm
cbm ags xlj xsg
cbw R agm HOLOCENE HOLOCENE TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE PLEISTOCENE
xch
jba clx Clay loam colluvium
csm R xlh
f Artificial landfill oc Playa clay pga Pediment gravel
ags R asa xci xch asa
xch xlh
cgg es
cbv cck Tuff-clast loam and clay loam colluvium
cra ags Eolian sheet sand and loess (included in the "cover sand" of Frye and Leonard,
jea ags es oc s Slag esa jbg Granodiorite-block debris-avalanche deposit
xci cbu ags 1957, and Blackwater Draw Formation of Reeves, 1976, described by
tbg agm
ggq csm clo Shale-, chalk-, and chalky-limestone-clast loamy colluvium Holiday, 1989)
R ags afa QUATERNARY
agm wla Loamy or clayey sheetwash alluvium jba Bouldery volcanic-rock landslide deposit
asa
ggq csk cgg
xlh
cra Hogback and rangefront colluvium, alluvium, and rock outcrop
ggq csm Tuffaceous colluvium
tbg xsg
csk cby afa Alluvial-fan deposit jbc Bouldery crystalline-rock landslide deposit
jbc
ggq xch agm PRE-QUATERNARY
tbj
ggq R ags asa csk Grus, crystalline-clast colluvium, alluvium, and rock outcrop
agm ags
tbj cac Arkosic loamy colluvium and sheetwash alluvium xsg Feldspathic quartz-sand disintegration residuum R Bedrock
R asa cgg es
afa xci ags
tbg cck cgg Sandstone-clast sandy loam to clay loam colluvium
csk ags
oc cbv Metamorphic and metavolcanic blocky colluvium LATE PLEISTOCENE
afb tbj Contact
cgc ags agm
csk ags
cbm ags Loess (Peoria Formation)
jbc asa
cgh Arkosic-clast loamy colluvium elb
xch
xch xch Clayey, calcareous disintegration residuum w Open Water
cbh jbc es
asa tbj f ccd LATE AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
cgc tbj cgc Gneiss- and granite-clast gravelly colluvium
cgc agm w asa HOLOCENE AND LATE PLEISTOCENE
afk cbs Bouldery till (of Pinedale and Bull Lake glaciations) Fault, Quaternary age—Bar and ball on downthrown side
afk ggq
ags Disintegrated deposits, periglacial deposits, bouldery till, and rock outcrop
cbh Blocky sedimentary-rock colluvium
dbd es xch tbg Crystalline-clast bouldery till R
afk cbh f High-angle reverse fault—Inferred, R on upthrown block
gge ags xci
tbj xci
w dba Crystalline-clast deposits
dbd wla
afk cgc R cbm Carbonate-clast loamy colluvium
R xch tbi Sedimentary-clast bouldery till
cbh dbc xlh asa
csk cra s
tbi w jea agm dbc Sedimentary-clast deposits
cck agm
dbd jea agm cbs Rhyolite- and andesite-clast colluvium
afb f
csm clo tbj Mixed-lithology-clast bouldery till
csk xch
jbc w xch ags dbd Mixed-lithology-clast deposits
cbh asa w ags asa cbu
agm Mixed-lithology blocky colluvium
agm ggq Outwash sand and gravel (of Bull Lake, Pinedale,
tbi jea es and post-Pinedale ages)
afb ags w asa Alluvial sand, silt, clay, and gravel (post-Piney Creek alluvium, Piney
Creek Alluvium, and pre-Piney Creek alluvium of Hunt, 1954,
cbw Blocky basalt- and andesite-clast colluvium Alluvial sand, silt, clay, and gravel (Louviers and Slocum
cgg jea ags ags
afb asa
cbh cbu w and Scott, 1960; Broadway Alluvium) Alluviums, undivided; late middle Pleistocene)
csk cby Blocky feldspathic-sandstone colluvium
tbk xlh
R ggq afb xci xch agm afb Alluvial-fan gravelly loam
dbc tbi cgc xch es Eolian sand
cgg
xci asa MIDDLE AND EARLY PLEISTOCENE
dbc asa ags xci
dbc Sandy clay disintegration residuum
cbs
agm ags ed Stabilized dune sand tbk
cbm oc Bouldery till (of pre-Bull Lake glaciations)
cra xch xlh
xlh Limestone-chip loamy disintegration residuum
asa
cbs
dbc tbi csk xci jea Slump-block landslide deposits, earthflow and mudflow deposits gge Outwash sand and gravel (of pre-Bull Lake glaciations)
asa xci
ags jea es
dbc R xlj Silty loam disintegration residuum
ed afb asa
clo ccd Calcareous clayey colluvium Alluvial gravel and sand (Verdos and Rocky Flats Alluviums, undivided;
cbh agm agm
xlj xlh early middle Pleistocene and early Pleistocene)
csk xlj esa xlu
dbc
cgc xci Feldspathic loamy disintegration residuum
xlh
ccm Andesitic clayey colluvium afk Alluvial-fan gravelly loam

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, 1989 SCALE 1:250 000 Compiled during 1997-1999
D.W. Moore, Coordinator
5 0 5 10 15 20 MILES
Transverse Mercator Projection Digital Cartography by T.R. Brandt and M.L. Baker
Manuscript approved for publication April 30, 2002
100 000-foot grid ticks based on Colorado 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 KILOMETERS
coordinate system, central and south zones

Gray numbered lines indicate the 100,000-meter Universal CONTOUR INTERVAL 100 METERS
Transverse Mercator grid, zone 13 SUPPLEMENTARY CONTOUR INTERVAL 50 METERS

1989 MAGNETIC DECLINATION FROM THE NORTH VARIES FROM 11.5ß (204 MILS) EASTERLY FOR THE CENTER OF THE
WEST EDGE TO 10.5ß (187 MILS) EASTERLY FOR THE CENTER OF THE EAST EDGE. MEAN ANNUAL CHANGE IS 4.9’ WESTERLY
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GENERALIZED SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1˚ x 2˚ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO For sale b y U. S . Geolog i c al S u rv ey Inf ormat i on
S erv i c es, Box 2 5 2 8 6 , Fed eral Cent er, D env er,
CO 8 0 2 2 5
Compiled by
Thi s map was p rod u c ed on req u est , d i rec t ly f rom
David W. Moore, Arthur W. Straub, Margaret E. Berry, Michael L. Baker, and Theodore R. Brandt d i g i t al f i les, on an elec t roni c p lot t er. It i s also
av ai lab le as a PD F f i le at ht t p : / / g eolog y. c r. u sg s. g ov
2002