General
January 10, 2020
Welcome to the final CGS/RockTalk web iteration
If you want to find out what's happening with the new CGS site, read here! Apologies for the incompleteness, it will improve on a daily basis, we promise!
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General
April 5, 2019
Site development
We’re excited to finally get down to the next round of our web development with Fireant…
Hazards
September 12, 2017
AEG Annual Meeting
Members of our geoscience staff are busy this week participating in the Annual Meeting of the…
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…
Hazards
May 16, 2017
AASG 2017 John C. Frye Memorial Award for CGS publication
The Association of American State Geologists announced that their annual John C.
General
May 15, 2017
OF-16-03 Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Profiles
Can you name the features of the endless Rocky Mountain skyline as seen from the Front…
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…
General
February 17, 2017
IS-79 Colorado Mineral and Energy Industry Activities 2015-16
The current annual Colorado Mineral and Energy Industry Activities report 2015-16 is now available. Following up…
Geology
January 31, 2017
MS-53 Colorado Stratigraphy Chart
A collaboration between the CGS and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) has resulted…
Hazards
January 23, 2017
Top-Ten paper at GSA
On May 25, 2014 the longest landslide in Colorado’s historical record occurred in west-central Colorado, six miles southeast of the small town of…
Hazards
February 10, 2011
Hazardous Soils in Colorado
This educational video, produced in 2011, explores the various problems that arise from hazardous soil conditions — expansive, collapsible/compressible, hydrocompactive,…
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…
General
March 11, 1909
Mines and Minerals: the early Survey
While a number of brilliant men have in past years held the office of Colorado State Geologist, it is no…
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…