Gravity data in the Wet Mountains area, southcentral Colorado, 2023
Dates
Publication Date
2024-01-04
Start Date
2023-06-06
End Date
2023-06-09
Citation
Magnin, B.P., and Anderson, E.D., 2024, Gravity data in the Wet Mountains area, southcentral Colorado, 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KNDYU3.
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey collected ground gravity data as part of a helicopter reconnaissance campaign of the Democrat Creek alkaline complex and Deer Peak quadrangle in the Wet Mountains, Colorado. A total of 60 measurements were collected using a LaCoste and Romberg gravity meter. High accuracy geographic coordinates and elevations were collected using a survey grade Leica GS16 differential GPS system. These data supplement existing public gravity data to aid in the interpretation of a newly collected, high-resolution airborne magnetic survey (Grauch et al., 2023). Grauch, V.J.S., Anderson, E.D., Brown, P.J., and Allen Langhans, A.D., 2023, Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey of the Wet Mountains and surrounding region, Custer [...]
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey collected ground gravity data as part of a helicopter reconnaissance campaign of the Democrat Creek alkaline complex and Deer Peak quadrangle in the Wet Mountains, Colorado. A total of 60 measurements were collected using a LaCoste and Romberg gravity meter. High accuracy geographic coordinates and elevations were collected using a survey grade Leica GS16 differential GPS system. These data supplement existing public gravity data to aid in the interpretation of a newly collected, high-resolution airborne magnetic survey (Grauch et al., 2023).
Grauch, V.J.S., Anderson, E.D., Brown, P.J., and Allen Langhans, A.D., 2023, Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey of the Wet Mountains and surrounding region, Custer and Fremont Counties, south-central Colorado, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PISI0X.
These data were collected using funds from the USGS Mineral Resources Program and Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) to supplement airborne magnetic data for surface and subsurface geologic mapping. These data may also be used for educational purposes such as gravity data processing and interpretation.
