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Chasm Wall at the north end of vernal Mesa. Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park, Colorado. 1962.

Dates

Date Taken
1962

Summary

Album caption and index card: Chasm Wall, at the north end of vernal Mesa, has a nearly vertical drop of 1,800 feet. Only the upper half of the cliff is shown in this view. Rock is vernal Mesa Quartz Monzonite. Exfoliation along vertical joints contributes to sheerness. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Grizzly Ridge quadrangle, Montrose County, Colorado. 1962. Note: Published as figure 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1191. 1965.

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Hansen, Wallace R.

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Hansen, W.R.

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name photoLibrary hwr00122
number photoLibrary 15336
batch photoLibrary batch67
number_in_book photoLibrary 122

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