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Geologic Map of the Maysville Quadrangle, Chaffee County, Colorado

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mylonitic, augen textures……………………………………………. 121<br />

Figure 28. Subcropping contact between Proterozoic granodiorite (Xgd,<br />

boulder upper left) and amphibolite gneiss (Xag; dark gray<br />

clasts)…….......................................................................................... 124<br />

Figure 29. Outcrop <strong>of</strong> epidote calc-silicates overprinting <strong>the</strong> matrix<br />

<strong>of</strong> Proterozoic amphibolite agglomerate (Xaa)…………………….. 128<br />

Figure 30. Outcrop <strong>of</strong> Proterozoic quartzite (Xq) representing lenses <strong>of</strong><br />

metachert ()……………………………………………………….. 132<br />

Figure 31. Subcropping zone <strong>of</strong> muscovite-cordierite schist (Xmc) with<br />

large porphyroblasts <strong>of</strong> cordierite (dark brown)…………………… 134<br />

Figure 32. Photomicrograph <strong>of</strong> muscovite-cordierite schist (Xmc) showing<br />

cluster <strong>of</strong> cordierite porphyroblasts………………………………… 135<br />

Figure 33. Hand sample, billet and slab <strong>of</strong> muscovite-sillimanite gneiss<br />

(Xmsg)……………………………………………………………… 137<br />

Figure 34. Hands samples <strong>of</strong> Proterozoic muscovite felsic schist (Xmfs)<br />

showing medium- to coarse-grained, quartz-rich variety (left)<br />

and fine- to medium-grained muscovite porphyroblastic variety<br />

(right)…….......................................................................................... 140<br />

Figure 35. Outcrop <strong>of</strong> Proterozoic hornblende intermediate gneiss (Xhig)<br />

with localized mylonitic fabrics…………………………………… 143<br />

Figure 36. Outcrop <strong>of</strong> Proterozoic amphibolite agglomerate (Xaa) with mixed<br />

mafic and felsic metavolcanic clasts……………………………….. 146<br />

Figure 37. Outcrop <strong>of</strong> Proterozoic lineated amphibolite (Xal)………………... 148<br />

Figure 38. Steep rift-related fault cutting California leucogranite (Tcm)<br />

in upper Squaw Creek……………………………………………... 162<br />

Figure 39. Summary <strong>of</strong> Rio Grande rift architecture and location <strong>of</strong><br />

Tertiary and Quaternary volcanic ash localities…………………... 170<br />

Figure 40. Photomicrograph <strong>of</strong> mineralized calc-silicate gneiss (Xcs) from<br />

<strong>the</strong> Bon Ton mine- SW adit……………………………………….. 194<br />

LIST OF TABLES<br />

Table 1. Whole-rock chemical analyses <strong>of</strong> select igneous rocks from <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Maysville</strong> quadrangle, <strong>Colorado</strong>…………………………………….. 78<br />

Table 2. Whole-rock chemical comparison <strong>of</strong> quartz latite porphyry hybrid<br />

dike with Mount Aetna ring dikes and average andesibasalt………... 88<br />

Table 3. Whole-rock chemical comparison <strong>of</strong> Tertiary () andesite hybrid<br />

dikes with average rhyolite and andesibasalt………………………... 107<br />

Table 4. Compilation <strong>of</strong> Miocene-Pliocene and Quaternary volcanic ash<br />

localities in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Arkansas Valley graben<br />

and South Arkansas graben…………………………………………. 172<br />

Table 5. Summary <strong>of</strong> landslide deposit areas, by map unit in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Maysville</strong><br />

quadrangle…………………………………………………………… 173<br />

Table 6. Summary <strong>of</strong> measured earthquakes within a 6-mi radius <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

center <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Maysville</strong> quadrangle…………………………………. 177<br />

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