Box Canyon (Colorado)
Box Canyon is a box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.[1]
Description[edit]
A mining camp was established in the canyon that helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community.[2] Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 feet (87 m) waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost one hundred feet past the falls.[3] Access to the canyon is through a short, 500 feet (150 m) foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls.[4] A fee is required to use the trails to the canyon.[4]
Geology[edit]
Box Canyon contains an Angular Unconformity. The Elbert Formation sits on the Uncompahgre Formation which represents a geologic age difference of approximately 1.3 billion years.[5][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Box Canyon (Colorado)
- ^ "Ouray, Colorado, Box Canyon, Photo of the Day, Picture, Photography, Wallpapers - National Geographic". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "Ouray Colorado :: Box Canyon Waterfall & Park". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ a b "Box Cañon Falls Park". Box Canyon Falls and Nature Center. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ Burbank, Wilbur S.; Luedke, Robert G. (2008). Geology and Ore Deposits of the Uncompahgre (Ouray) Mining District, Southwestern Colorado (PDF). USGS. pp. 10–13.
- ^ Karlstrom, K.E.; Gonzales, D.A.; Heizler, M.; Zinnser, A. (2017). 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the deposition and metamorphism of the Uncompahgre Group, southwestern Colorado (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society. p. 87.
External links[edit]
Media related to Box Canyon (Colorado) at Wikimedia Commons
38°01′06″N 107°40′44″W / 38.01833°N 107.67889°W
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