Gravity data in the Wet Mountains area, southcentral Colorado, 2021 to 2022
January 6, 2023
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected gravity data in the Wet Mountains, CO from September 2021 to July 2022 to compliment newly collected airborne magnetic data for surface and subsurface geologic mapping. A total of 261 measurements were collected across two Ediacaran-Ordovician alkaline complexes (Gem Park and McClure Mountain) and gabbroic outcrops suspected Ediacaran-Ordovician in age. These data supplement existing public gravity data to aid the subsurface interpretation of mapped and concealed Ediacaran-Ordovician alkaline intrusions related to rare earth element (REE) mineralization.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2023 |
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Title | Gravity data in the Wet Mountains area, southcentral Colorado, 2021 to 2022 |
DOI | 10.5066/P9XJ7FMM |
Authors | Benjamin P Magnin, Eric D Anderson |
Product Type | Data Release |
Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
USGS Organization | Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center |
Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |
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