Box Canyon (Colorado) Explained

Box Canyon is a box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.

Description

A mining camp was established in the canyon that helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community.^[1] Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285feet waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost past the falls.^[2] Access to the canyon is through a short, 500feet foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls.^[3] A fee is required to use the trails to the canyon.

Geology

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.^{[4] [5]}

External links

38.0183°N -107.6789°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ouray, Colorado, Box Canyon, Photo of the Day, Picture, Photography, Wallpapers - National Geographic . 2009-07-05 . 2008-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081229044657/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/box-canyon_pod_image.html . dead .
2. Web site: Ouray Colorado :: Box Canyon Waterfall & Park . 2009-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090620043424/http://www.ouraycolorado.com/boxcanyon . 2009-06-20 .
3. Web site: Box Cañon Falls Park . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511220206/https://www.visitouray.com/box-canyon-falls . May 11, 2023 . June 10, 2023 . Box Canyon Falls and Nature Center.
4. Book: Burbank, Wilbur S. . Geology and Ore Deposits of the Uncompahgre (Ouray) Mining District, Southwestern Colorado . Luedke . Robert G. . USGS . 2008 . 10–13 . English.
5. Book: Karlstrom, K.E. . 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the deposition and metamorphism of the Uncompahgre Group, southwestern Colorado . Gonzales . D.A. . Heizler . M. . Zinnser . A. . New Mexico Geological Society . 2017 . 87 . English.