Color: Burro Canyon
Quartzite ranges from off white to tan light gray or light green.
May have mottling of darker gray.
Texture: Medium grain "sugary" appearance
Luster: Dull to vitreous
Translucency: Opaque to slightly translucent
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Burro Canyon Quartzite is associated with the Upper Burro Canyon
Formation of Colorado and Utah.
Named for Burro Canyon, San Miguel County, Colorado, in the Dolores
River Basin. Primary sources are the Dolores River Valley, on
Cannonball Mesa.
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