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1909 – Colorado State Geological Survey publishes first geological map and report. 1916 – The name is changed to the Colorado Geological Survey. 1925 – The Colorado Geological Survey goes out of existence after publishing 31 Bulletins on various aspects of the geology and mineral resources (including oil shale) of Colorado. 1967 – The ...
Ogden Tweto (1912 - 1983) created the now-classic Geologic Map of Colorado [1] which is held as one of the finest examples of a state geologic map. [2]Tweto received awards including the Distinguished Service Award of the Department of the Interior (1970) and the Scientist of the Year Award by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (1978). [2]
Geology of Colorado. Coordinates: 38.9972°N 105.5478°W. Clockwise from upper left: Garden of the Gods, Rocky Mountain National Park, Pikes Peak, Wheeler Geologic Area. The bedrock under the U.S. State of Colorado was assembled from island arcs accreted onto the edge of the ancient Wyoming Craton. The Sonoma orogeny uplifted the ancestral ...
Geologic Map of the Central San Juan Caldera Cluster, Southwestern Colorado: Geologic Investigations Series. Vol. I-2799. U.S. Geological Survey "Central Colorado Volcanic field". Journal of Petrology. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13 "Central Colorado Volcanic field". Dr.
Colorado Group. Colorado is a geologic name applied to certain rocks of Cretaceous age in the North America, particularly in the western Great Plains . This name was originally applied to classify a group of specific marine formations of shale and chalk known for their importance in Eastern Colorado. The surface outcrop of this group produces ...
Website. www.usgs.gov. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and ...
Raton Basin. Coordinates: 37°00′N 105°00′W. Geological map of the Raton Basin, from Johnson and Finn (2001) US Geological Survey. The Raton Basin is a geologic structural basin in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. It takes its name from Raton Pass and the town of Raton, New Mexico. In extent, the basin is approximately 50 miles ...
South Table Mountain is a mesa on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Castle Rock, the 6,338-foot (1,932 m) summit of the mesa, is located on private property in Jefferson County, Colorado, 0.56 miles (0.9 km) directly east (bearing 90°) of downtown Golden. [1][2][3]