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Carbon Peak, elevation 12,088 ft (3,684 m), is a summit in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado. The peak is southwest of Crested Butte in the Gunnison National Forest. Carbon Peak is one of several prominent laccoliths found in the West Elk Mountains.[3][4]

Carbon Peak
Carbon Peak
Highest point
Elevation12,088 ft (3,684 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,159 ft (658 m)[2]
ListingColorado prominent summits
Coordinates38°47′39″N 107°02′35″W[3]
Geography
Carbon Peak
Colorado
LocationGunnison County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent rangeWest Elk Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Axtell
Climbing
Easiest routehike

Geology


Geologic cross section of Carbon Peak.
Geologic cross section of Carbon Peak.

Carbon Peak is a laccolith, formed when magma intruded into sedimentary strata of the Mesaverde Formation approximately 30 million years ago. Subsequent erosion has removed the softer, overlying sedimentary rock thereby exposing the more resistant igneous rock that characterizes the mountain today. The mountain is composed of quartz monzonite porphyry and granodiorite porphyry. Carbon Peak was glaciated, and the most prominent glacial cirque is located on the north side of the mountain.[4][5][6]

Carbon Peak, along with adjacent Carbon Creek, are named after the coal (a carbon-rich rock) found in the Mesaverde Formation at the base of this and nearby laccoliths.[4]


See also



References


  1. "CARBON". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. "Carbon Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  3. "Carbon Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  4. Prather, Thomas (1999). Geology of the Gunnison Country (2nd ed.). Gunnison, Colorado: B&B Printers. LCCN 82-177244.
  5. Gaskill, D. L.; DeLong, J. E.; Cochran, D. M. (1987). Geologic map of the Mount Axtell quadrangle, Gunnison County, Colorado. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. Branda, Alex; Swanbom, Lief; Burton, Bradford R. (September 25, 2016). "Structural geology and emplacement history of the Carbon Peak laccolith, Gunnison County, Colorado". GSA Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado: Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-283853.




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