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fractured Proterozoic metamorphic basement rock

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Intensely fractured Proterozoic metamorphic basement rock exposed in Poncha Canyon. Systematic structural measurements of fractures in such old rocks indicate a protracted history of brittle deformation in the core of Poncha mountain block that continued into recent rift-related extensional faulting.

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