How Geology Helped Build the Moffat Road
Our library recently received a fascinating new document for our collection that will be of…
geology
Is Your House on Shaky Ground?
Ground subsidence problems are very real in Colorado. Whether from naturally occurring elements in the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Yule Marble
Lincoln Memorial. Did you know that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln…
Time Machine Tuesday: "Mineral and Water Resources of Colorado," 1968
Fifty years ago Colorado’s two U.S. Senators, Gordon Allott and Peter Dominick, requested the State…
Time Machine Tuesday: Uranium Mining
Uranium was discovered in southwestern Colorado in the late nineteenth century. It comes from carnotite…
Colorado Coal Resources
Coal is one of Colorado’s most significant mineral resources, and over the years has played…
All About Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak as seen from Garden of the Gods. Photo courtesy Colorado Tourism Office. Without…
Time Machine Tuesday: Leadville Metals Exposure Study
Leadville is one of Colorado’s most historic mountain towns. Though a small mountain town today,…
Time Machine Tuesday: The White Ash Mine Disaster
This fall the Colorado School of Mines unveiled a new memorial dedicated to the victims…
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil Shale
In 1921 the Colorado Geological Survey published a bulletin entitled Oil Shales of Colorado. According…
Time Machine Tuesday: Molybdenum
When most people think of Colorado mining, they think of gold or silver, or maybe…
Fracking: Risk to Homes and the Environment
Today’s Denver Post headlined “Colorado residents push to protect homes, river from fracking,” which discusses…
Time Machine Tuesday: Diamonds in Colorado
Did you know that Larimer County had a diamond mine? The Kelsey Lake Mine was…
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas Fields of Colorado
Most Coloradans know that oil and gas production has skyrocketed in Colorado, but a 1975…
Volcanoes and Volcanic Activity
Volcanoes in Colorado? While we don’t have volcanoes in Colorado today, volcanoes certainly played a…
Time Machine Tuesday: 1882 Colorado Earthquake
Earthquakes in Colorado? Yes, earthquakes are certainly possible in Colorado, and on November 7, 1882,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Rocks and Minerals
Back in 1913, mining played an important role in Colorado’s economy and employed thousands of…
Time Machine Tuesday: First Report of the Colorado Geological Survey, 1908
The very first report of the Colorado Geological Survey covered the activities of the year…
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas in Colorado, 1925
Where was oil found in Colorado in the early days of the automobile? How do…
Colorado Points of Interest
As you travel through Colorado, you will find numerous markers designating points of interest. Some…
Oil and Gas Resources
One of the specialties of the University of Colorado Law School is natural resources law,…