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 ROAN PLATEAU Have you ever wondered how the Roan Plateau was formed? Or what was there before? We will explain all the mystery’s the Roan holds about it’s past; about the constructive and destructive forces that formed the 3,000 foot cliffs that tower over I-70 (between Grand Junction and Rifle) Read on to learn interesting facts about the Roan Plateau. Green river sand stone was deposited. The Roan Plateau is made of sedimentary rocks which once were the bottom of the ocean called the western Interior Seaway. The ocean dried up and all that was left was sedimentary rocks and sand which later formed into sandstone. Roan plateau towers above interstate 70 about 10 miles North West of rifle in Garfield County. Green rivers and sand stone was disposed roan plateau is made of sedimentary rocks which where once in the bottom of the ocean called the western interior seaway. There are deep canyons carved by the east fork and east middle fork of parachute creek on the plateaus western edge that is carved by the plateau creek.