La Plata sandstone, West Creek, Mesa County, Colorado. 1905.
Dates
Date Taken
1905
Summary
Album Caption: Looking southwesterly across West Creek 2 or 3 miles east of Dolores River. The light colored band at the top of the cliffs represents the Jurassic La Plata sandstone. Beneath it occur the DoloresTriassic and Cutler Permian formations. Valley of the Dolores River appears on the estreme right hand. Mesa County, Colorado. July 6, 1905. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 166, Plate 6-A. 1932. Panorama with ccw00823.
Summary
Album Caption: Looking southwesterly across West Creek 2 or 3 miles east of Dolores River. The light colored band at the top of the cliffs represents the Jurassic La Plata sandstone. Beneath it occur the DoloresTriassic and Cutler Permian formations. Valley of the Dolores River appears on the estreme right hand.
Mesa County, Colorado. July 6, 1905.
Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 166, Plate 6-A. 1932.
Image located in U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library, Cross, C.W. Oversize Collection Album, no.822.
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