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<br />EXPLANATION FOR GRAPHIC SECTIONS
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<br /> Sandstone. medium-(pined
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<br /> Sandstone, aoY-Ldded
<br /> or irre(ulsrly bedded
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<br />lusive sag-
<br />~t land shale The coals Sn the Fruitland formation occur Sa much thicker
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<br />tat the steep beds then In the Menefee but are of oases y y
<br />p quallt because the
<br />en Basin are generally rather high Sn ash content. The coals in the
<br />n the other Fruitland formation have not been worked Sn the Durango area
<br />beds of since the latter part of the lest century. because of the pro-
<br />ng that moat, ximity of the higher-quality and more accessible ~aoale Sn the
<br />lmae time, tlenefea formation, therefore unweathered samples Tor modern
<br /> determinatlons of physical propertlee end heating value ere not
<br /> avalleDle, and the claesificat ion of the coal as to rank Se not
<br />' certain. Tetf 25 claeelfled coals in the Pruitland as eub-
<br /> bituminoue in rank, but coals from mines oast and south of the
<br /> 1Tirango area have been claesitled on the basis oY more modern
<br />t ion was to date ae DStuminluE,26 and there Se no reason to suspect that
<br />f commercial the coals in the bu rango area are of lower rank. Therefore the
<br />r, that the coals In the Fruitland formation are provlelonally claesifled
<br />es visual ee bituminous in this report.
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<br />permit
<br />ln The Fruitland formation at moat places contains at least
<br />and esteb- three coal zones, with the thickset zone in the lower 100 feet
<br />ble, to of the formation and usually et or near the base. The "CSr-
<br />strati- bonaro° bed near Carbon Junction south of In rengo consists of
<br />Spoclficel- about BO feet of thin coal beds separated by numerous thin
<br />of Snfor- partings and Sa the thickset coal deposit thus far reported Sn
<br />Jrf lung, the 9en Juen Beein. Beginning about a quarter of a mile north-
<br />nf not east of Carbon Jtmetion, this bed Ss spilt Snto two widely
<br />the poe-~ eapare tad thinner beds Dy a tongue of the Pictured Cliffs eand-
<br />but bar- atone. To the southwest it thf.na ae various portions of the
<br />to limits bad ere replaced Dp no rusarine eendetone and shale of the Pruit-
<br />lenses of land fo xmation. It ma intelns s great thickness ovar'a distance
<br /> of more than fl mile along its outcrop, however, and Sn this
<br /> area it Se believed to contain more then 40 feet of good coal.
<br />load by Nhat proportion of this greet deposit can be recovered Se
<br />nd pro- proDlettlatlcel. In addition to the normal dLfticultles of min-
<br />.,..,..... Inv snch thl ek cnnl s•m.~-~n+ ~.~, eh _.._„_-..- ......
<br />EXPLANATION FOR GEOLOGIC MAP
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<br />e and p{aeia! eia and pu{tutuAl
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<br /> High-level terrece and pediment gravels
<br /> UNCONFORMITY
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<br /> ' Animas formation
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<br /> McDermott formation
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<br /> Kirtland shale
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<br />nparafrd by fhe Furminpton vandetane mrvber /X.t(1]
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<br /> Fruitland formation
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<br />^• Dakota sandstone
<br /> eLouvr part probaDlY irtelvdn rocks
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<br />dot ki nAers eanaaledl
<br />Approximate bcundsry of
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<br />Anticlinal and synclinal axes
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<br />Prospect
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<br />Praepect, caved
<br />Natural coal exposure
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