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Metamorphic country rock cross-cut by granite


Location: Near Gunnison, CO
Year: 1991
Merckslides catalogue number: 06-16893
Comments: This was at Geologic Field Camp. (UT GEO660.) The assignment was to map a region with extensive intrusions of metamorphic country rock and determine whether the intrustion was syntectonic or post-tectonic. This outcrop told the story: Post-tectonic.

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