WSP08184

• File Number: 8200.765
• Description: White River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 11/1/1966
• Author: USFS
• Title: Water and Related Land Resources - White River Basin in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Cathedral Bluffs

On the north boundary of the Basin, from Meeker westward to the Colorado-
Utah State line is an area characterized by broad basins separated by
rocky ridges and narrow plateaus. Elevations are from 5,000 to about
8.600 feet above sea level. Bare rock surfaces are common in cliff
faces. along dip slopes, and in badland areas. Pedimentation has left
some remnants of gravel surfaces lying at relatively high leveld above
present drainage channels. Stream terraces occur along most major
valleys.

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Geologv

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Rocks ranging in age from Precambrian to Quaternary are exposed in the
White River Basin (Bedrock Geology Map. following page). Except for
small areas of Precambrian crystalline rocks and Tertiary lava flows
in the White River Plateau. they consist of a thick sequence of sedi-
mentary roc~s of Paleozoic. Mesozoic, and Tertiary age. Areal distri-
bution of these rocks is controlled by three major structural features,

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