RockTalk: Industrial Minerals in Colorado Download Publication Details This edition of RockTalk delves into Colorado’s industrial minerals. Digital PDF download. RT-05-03D From the Introduction: The “Industrial Minerals” Category of Mineral Resources Few people wax nostalgic about the early years of sand and gravel mining, or the fabulous clay “strikes” of Jefferson County, or striking it rich in the nahcolite fields near Meeker. Even coal has more fame and romance attached to it than, for instance, limestone. But industrial minerals and rocks are literally the building blocks of our society, and Colorado possesses abundant resources of several mineral commodities in this category. Citations Colorado Geological Survey. “RockTalk V05N3, July 2002 - Industrial Minerals in Colorado.” RockTalk, July 2002. https://doi.org/10.58783/cgs.rt0503.biyk1868. CGS Publications. https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/publications/rocktalk-industrial-mineral-colorado/.