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Thaden , Albert F. Trites, Jr. , Tommy L. Finnell , and Grant C. Willis ^cms 5400 1U.S. Geological Survey (in 1964) 2Utah Geological Survey Qes Qal ^cop Qmst Horseshoe Qmst ^cc mine ^mu Qes Qmst Qmst ^cmn ^mu Qmsb Qae Qmst Qat ^cmn Qmst ^cms Qace Qmst ^cms Qmsb Qmsb ^cs 5200 ^cmn Qmst Qmst 5300 Qmsb Qmst 4700 2008 4200 Qace ^cmn ^cmn Jc 4500 Qat Jk ^cop ^cms ^cc ^cmn ^cs 4600 Qace ^cop ^cc Qae ^cmn Jc ^cs ^cs Jp Qes Jk Qmst Digitized and modified from plate 1 in: Thaden, R.E., Trites, A.F., Jr., and Finnell, T.L., Jk ^cop Qmst Jn Jn Qes Qal Qes Qmst Qace Qmsb Qmst 37° 45' Jk ^cc Jc Qmst 5100 ^cop | 4400 ^cs Qmst Qmsb ^cop --- 37° 45' 1964, Geology and ore deposits of the White Canyon area, San Juan and G arfield 110° 32' 44" Qmst ^cop ^cs 37° 45' Jk Qmst R 12 E - R 13 E Qmst Jk Jn ^cs Qace Counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1125, scale 1:48,000, 166 p. 110° 30' ^cc Qmst ^cmn ^mu 4800 ^cms Qace J^w ^cop ^cms ^cc Revised and added to by Grant C. 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