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Geological Setting Macrostrat's compilation of Denver West, CO (about 1:250,000) records Laramie Formation; Fox Hills Sandstone, of Late Cretaceous age (about 100–66 Ma). At about 304 Ma the site lay near 8° N (TorsvikCocks2017 reconstruction, GPlates Web Service). Over the unit's age range it move…
- Contributor
- dh1
- Location
- 39.74940, -105.22622
- Formation
- Fox Hills Sandstone
- Geological age
- 74.975 Ma – 72.1 Ma
- Licence
- License.ALL_RIGHTS_RESERVED
- Last updated
- 2026-09-30
Data sources
- Macrostrat (macrostrat.org), CC BY 4.0, with Kellogg, K.S., Shroba, R.R., Bryant, Bruce, and Premo, W.R. (2008). Geologic Map of the Denver West 30' x 60' Quadrangle, North- Central Colorado. USGS Geologic Investigations Series 3000 (CC-BY-4.0)
- Macrostrat (macrostrat.org), CC BY 4.0, with Trimble, D.E., M.N. Machette (2003). Geologic Map of the Greater Denver Area, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-856-H (CC-BY-4.0)
- Palaeolatitude: GPlates Web Service (EarthByte), Torsvik & Cocks (2017) (Computed output; cite the reconstruction model)