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Breccia pipe of Carbonate Canyon, Havasupai Tribal Lands

Breccia pipe of Carbonate Canyon, Havasupai Tribal Lands

Triassic-age (?) breccia pipe exposed by erosion at the head of Carbonate Canyon, Havasupai Tribal lands of northern Arizona.  The pipe formed in the Permian to Pennsylvanian Supai(?) and Hermit Shale(?). A small percentage of breccia pipes host economic concentrations of uranium, copper, gold, silver and other metals.

Photographer: Unknown

Photo Date: circa 2014