The Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains (HM2CEY)

Location: Morrison, CO 80465 Jefferson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 40.667', W 105° 11.682'

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The high mountains west of here are the beginning of the Rocky Mountains.
They are made up of resistant Precambrian granite and gneiss. The prominent red rocks
in Red Rocks Park are the Fountain Formation, a series of sandstones and conglomerates
that provide evidence of a much older episode of mountain building. That 280 million
year old mountain range resembled the modern Rocky Mountains, but was eroded completely
away before the Morrison Formation was deposited. The modern Rocky Mountains formed
about 70 million years ago and tilted the rocks on which you stand.
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HM NumberHM2CEY
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Placed ByFriends of Dinosaur Ridge
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13S E 483302 N 4392013
Decimal Degrees39.67778333, -105.19470000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 40.667', W 105° 11.682'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 40' 40.02" N, 105° 11' 40.92" W
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Area Code(s)303, 720
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2169 Co Rd 93, Morrison CO 80465, US
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