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 of Colorado and the U.S. …
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Time Machine Tuesday: Uranium Mining
Uranium was discovered in southwestern Colorado in the late nineteenth century. It comes from carnotite ore, which also produces vanadium. …
Colorado Coal Resources
Coal is one of Colorado’s most significant mineral resources, and over the years has played an important part in our …
All About Pikes Peak
Without a doubt, it’s Colorado’s most famous mountain. And while it’s neither the tallest mountain in Colorado nor the most …
Time Machine Tuesday: Leadville Metals Exposure Study
Leadville is one of Colorado’s most historic mountain towns. Though a small mountain town today, in the 1870s and 1880s …
Time Machine Tuesday: The White Ash Mine Disaster
This fall the Colorado School of Mines unveiled a new memorial dedicated to the victims of the White Ash Mine …
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil Shale
In 1921 the Colorado Geological Survey published a bulletin entitled Oil Shales of Colorado. According to the report, Pennsylvania and …
Time Machine Tuesday: Molybdenum
When most people think of Colorado mining, they think of gold or silver, or maybe coal. But one of Colorado’s …
Fracking: Risk to Homes and the Environment
Today’s Denver Post headlined “Colorado residents push to protect homes, river from fracking,” which discusses the use of state rules …
Time Machine Tuesday: Diamonds in Colorado
Did you know that Larimer County had a diamond mine? The Kelsey Lake Mine was operational from 1996 to 2001. …
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas Fields of Colorado
Most Coloradans know that oil and gas production has skyrocketed in Colorado, but a 1975 resource from the Colorado Geological …
Volcanoes and Volcanic Activity
Volcanoes in Colorado? While we don’t have volcanoes in Colorado today, volcanoes certainly played a role in the geological formation …
Time Machine Tuesday: 1882 Colorado Earthquake
Earthquakes in Colorado? Yes, earthquakes are certainly possible in Colorado, and on November 7, 1882, Colorado was hit by an …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Rocks and Minerals
Back in 1913, mining played an important role in Colorado’s economy and employed thousands of workers. Hundreds more were made …
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 1908. In addition to giving …
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas in Colorado, 1925
Where was oil found in Colorado in the early days of the automobile? How do different parts of the state …
Colorado Points of Interest
As you travel through Colorado, you will find numerous markers designating points of interest. Some of these are historical, and others …
Oil and Gas Resources
One of the specialties of the University of Colorado Law School is natural resources law, and the School’s Getches-Wilkinson Center …
Colorado Dinosaur Information for Kids
Many, if not most, children go through a “dinosaur phase” where they can’t learn enough about the giant prehistoric creatures. …
Colorado Geological Survey is Moving
On January 31, the Colorado Geological Survey will transfer from the Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources to the Colorado School …