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Album caption: Uncompahgre quadrangle, Colorado. Pre-Cambrian rocks in Black Canyon. Showing granitic injections into schists. Irregular structure. 1/50 sec., 8 stop. 12/14/11. Handwritten notes on album caption: Gunnison. Co.
Album caption and index card: Black Canyon of the Gunnison River (foreground), in Precambrian rock, is 2,500 feet deep. View is northeast to the West Elk Mountains (on skyline). Uplift of the Precambrian rocks while the canyon was being eroded diverted drainage that formerly came to the Black Canyon from the West Elk Mountains; the abandoned valley has been left hanging. Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Monument. Montrose County, Colorado. 1965. Note: Published as figure 44 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 669-C. 1969.
Album caption: Contorted Precambrian gneiss in Black Canyon. Gunnison Co., Colorado. No index card.
Album caption: Upland in which the Black Canyon is cut. Colorado. Gunnison Co. No index card.
Album caption: See photograph number 396. Index card: Different views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Montrose County, Colorado.
Album caption: See photograph number 393. Index card: Different views of the Painted Wall. Cliff is carved from gneiss interlaced with pegmatite dikes. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Montrose County, Colorado. n.d.
Album caption and index card: The Painted Wall is about 2,250 feet from rim to river. Cliff is carved from gneiss interlaced with pegmatite dikes. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Montrose County, Colorado. n.d.
Album caption: Curecanti Needle in the Black Canyon. Gunnison Co. Colorado. No index card. Note: Published as plate XVII-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 166. 1932.
Album caption: Gunnison Co., Colo. Rapids in lower part of Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Handwritten notes written on album caption: 1916 Note: Published as plate LXXI-C in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 707. 1922.
Album caption: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colo. Canyon side opposite The Needle. Handwritten notes on album caption: Gunnison, Co., COlo. 1909. No index card.
Album caption: Details of the wall of the Black Canyon. Gunnison Co., Colo. No index card.
Album caption: Tributary gorge of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Gunnison County, Colorado. No index card.
Album caption: Contorted gneiss on the north rim of Black Canyon near Colorado State Highway 92. Contortions were caused by flowage under great heat and pressure in the depths of the earth's crust. Complicated structures such as these are confined to the Precambrian rocks. Light-colored bands are mostly feldspar and quartz, dark bands are mostly quartz and biotite. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison area. Colorado. n.d. No index card. Note: Published as figure 9 in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1191. 1965.
Album caption: (Same as 298) Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Colorado, as seen from above. Handwritten notes on album caption: Gunnison County. 1907. No index card. Note: Published as plate LXXI-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 707. 1922 .
Album caption: View near the mouth of Cimarron Canyon through which the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad enters the Black Canyon. Handwritten notes on album caption: Montrose Co. 1909. No index card.
Album caption: A small tributary of the Black Canyon.
Album caption and index card: Talus blocks in the canyon bottom at the foot of Painted Wall. Foot passage through such areas is precarious. River is flowing at a rate of about 250 cubic feet per second. Falls at left are about 10 feet high. During high water, all the large blocks in the foreground are engulfed in a whitewater rapid. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Grizzly Ridge quadrangle, Montrose County, Colorado. August 29, 1962. Note: Published as figure 4 in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1191. 1965.
Isolated pinnacles of quartzitic gneiss. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado. 1962.
Album caption and index card: Isolated pinnacles of quartzitic gneiss, bounded by vertical joints (in the shade) and foliation planes. Sapping by frost is chief cause of deep clefts along joint planes. Pinnacles are about 1,600 feet high on northeast rim opposite Pulpit Rock. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Grizzly Ridge quadrangle, Montrose County, Colorado. 1962. Note: Publlished as figure 20 in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1191. 1965.
Album caption: Uncompahgre quadrangle, Colorado. From mouth of Red Creek looking down the river. Showing character of pre-Cambrian exposures along the Gunnison River above Black Canyon. Soap Mesa is seen in the distance. 1/50 sec., 8 stop. 12/7/11. Handwritten notes on album caption: Gunnison Co. No index card.
Album caption: Uncompahgre quadrangle, Colorado. Pre-Cambrian rocks in Black Canyon. Showing granatic injections into schists. Banded and folded structure. 1/50 sec., 8 stop. 12/14/11/ Handwritten notes on album caption: Gunnison Co. No index card.
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