Geology
October 16, 2019
Creede: The Last Boom Town
This RMPBS/Colorado Experience video explores the vibrant mining history of Creede, Colorado.
Geology
Geology
April 28, 2018
Quote: Creative geologic ideas?
No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion that true science can…
Geology
March 24, 2018
A Brief History of Colorado Through Time (Geology of Colorado)
One of the many fascinating videos from our geo-friends up the road at University of Colorado-Boulder:…
Geology
November 15, 2017
A new Water Resources Investigation: Upper Pierre Aquifer
Our friends over at the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) have just released Water Resources…
Geology
June 27, 2017
OF-16-02 Geologic Map of the Watkins Quadrangle, Arapahoe and Adams Counties, Colorado
We’ve just uploaded the next of our free STATEMAP quadrangle map products to…
General
May 15, 2017
OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles
(NOTE: We’ are currently rolling over our physical publications sales to Amazon, and we haven’t yet gotten this great poster…
Geology
April 12, 2017
OF-16-05 Geologic Map of the Longmont Quadrangle, Boulder and Weld Counties, Colorado
We just uploaded the most recent of our STATEMAP mapping products to…
Hazards
August 22, 2011
Case Study: The Trinidad, Colorado Earthquakes
[ED: Originally published in 2011 by Vincent Matthews, former State Geologist at the CGS.] Around midnight on August 22,…
General
February 28, 2008
The biggest, the best, the first, and the most diverse…
We have a free 8.5- x 11-inch (pdf) geologic map of Colorado containing Geo-Whizology of Colorado…
Hazards
April 26, 2005
Case Study: mine subsidence, CSM
For decades, the west side of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) main campus had subsidence issues related to…
Geology
February 4, 2003
Case Study: Colorado Mountain College, Spring Valley
In early February of 2003, a 24-foot-wide (7.5 m) sinkhole spontaneously opened on a soccer field at the Colorado Mountain…
Geology
October 1, 2000
A Dash with Dinosaurs
In the next months, we will be sharing some unpublished field trip guides that we have made over the…
Geology
August 9, 1967
Case Study: Denver – August 9, 1967
Major magnitude 5.3 earthquake shock in Denver One of the strongest and most economically damaging earthquakes to affect the…
General
March 28, 1907
Concerns about the new survey
Regarding the Colorado Geological Survey (an article appearing in the Mining Reporter, March 1907): We note that one of our…
Geology
November 7, 1882
Case Study: The Big One
It has been 140 years since “The Big One”: Colorado’s largest historic earthquake: November 7, 1882 – Magnitude 6.6. On…