Colorado Mineral Belt

References

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Wallace, A.R., 1990, Regional Geologic and Tectonic Setting of the Central Colorado Mineral Belt in Beaty, D.W., Landis, G.P., and Thompson, T.B., eds, Economic Geology Monograph 7; Carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the Central Colorado Mineral Belt, The Economic Geology Publishing Company, New Haven, CT, p. 19-28.

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