Geology
May 19, 2022
Fremont County geologic attractions
Fremont County, two hours south of Denver, is located on the south-central Front Range of Colorado in a geological region…
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General
February 21, 2022
Cumbres and Toltec Geology Train
We just found out about this year’s Cumbres & Toltec Geology Train adventures in southwest Colorado and northwest New Mexico.
Energy
February 18, 2020
Colorado’s Uranium Deposits
[Ed: this document, written in 2011 by Jim Burnell, Ph.D., P.G. (former Senior Minerals Geologist, Colorado Geological Survey), provides an…
Energy
August 14, 2018
Geology of Uranium Deposits in Colorado
Uranium is a widespread and ubiquitous element. It has a crustal abundance of 2.8 parts per million, slightly more than…
Minerals
February 19, 2018
What are diamonds?
Diamonds are formed from pure carbon, one of the most abundant elements on planet Earth. Diamonds, even from ancient times,…
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 (10 km) southeast of the small…
General
March 4, 2005
Dr. Cílek on the Bohemian karst
Dr. Cílek, the Director of the Czech Republic’s Academy of Sciences Institute of Geology delivers a…