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Geologic map of the Marble quadrangle, Gunnison and Pitkin Counties, Colorado
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Geology of Glenwood Springs Quadrangle and Vicinity, Northwestern Colorado
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Mississippian geologic formation in the western United States
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A metamorphic facies of this formation is known as the
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colorado
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Carboniferous

fossiliferous limestone
Formation
Yule Marble
United States
Leadville, Colorado

Outcrop
Uncompahgre Gorge
geological formations
Ouray Formation
Elbert Formation
Mississippian
geologic formation
United States
Colorado
oolitic
limestone
dolomite
fossiliferous
algae
Foraminifera
Endothyra
sponges
corals
Syringopora
Bryozoa
brachiopods

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