Mineral resources of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness and northern Park Range vicinity, Jackson and Routt counties, Colorado
Year: 1987
Type: report
Abstract: Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines have been conducting mineral surveys of wilderness and primitive areas. Studies and reports of all primitive areas have been completed. Areas officially designated as "wilderness," "wild," or "canoe" when the act was passed were incorporated into the National Wilderness Preservation System, and some of them are presently being studied. The act provided that areas under consideration for wilderness designation should be studied for suitability for incorporation into the Wilderness System. The mineral surveys constitute one aspect of the suitability studies. This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of some national forest lands in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness and northern Park Range vicinity, Colorado, that are being considered for wilderness designation, and of an equal amount of surrounding land that has
DOI: 10.3133/b1554
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: U.S. Geological Survey
OpenAlex ID: W182493049