Red Mountain near Silverton, Colorado
By Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
February 2013 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Intensely altered propylitic rocks (red and yellow) in the Red Mountain mining district, overprinting the regional, propylitically altered igneous rocks (grayish-green), peaks at top of image. View to west.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
Source
Figure 7 from Yager, D.B., Johnson, R.H., Rockwell, B.W., Caine, J.S., and Smith, K.S., 2013, A GIS and statistical approach to identify variables that control water quality in hydrothermally altered and mineralized watersheds, Silverton, Colorado, USA: Environmental Earth Sciences, 70(3), p. 1057-1082, doi:10.1007/s12665-013-2229-y.