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• Roadside Geology of Colorado

  Williams, Felicie, 1953-

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  Designed to be a guidebook for those interested in Colorado's rich geology, this book includes diagrams, maps, and text that help illustrate some of the state's most fascinating geologic features.

• Colorado

  Its Gold and Silver Mines, Farms and Stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts: Tourist's Guide to the Rocky Mountains

  Fossett, Frank

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  Originally published in 1879, Fossett's book served as a travel guide, telling Colorado's history up to the year of publication, and detailed Colorado's mining and agricultural industries. Though its contents are no longer contemporary,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Geologic Hazards in Douglas County, Colorado

  Soule, James M.

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  Available for reference only, this map illustrates some of the hazards posed by geologic forces in Douglas County, Colorado. Published in 1978. Many more maps are available through Archives & Local History.

• Front Range Geology, Red Rocks, Ute Pass, Castle Rock

  Kremer, P. J.

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  Published in 1995, this academic paper compares the stratigraphy of Ute Pass, Castle Rock, and the "red rocks" that are part of the Fountain Formation along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It includes diagrams, tables,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plate XI -- Sculptured Erosion Forms of Fountain Formation in Southeastern Part of Perry Park (Photographs)

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  Plate XI – Sculptured Erosion Forms of Fountain Formation in Southeastern Part of Perry Park "Profile Rock" at Right (Photographs): Jackson, William Henry; prominent standing rocks in the Perry Park area west of Larkspur, Colorado, looking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

  Abbott, Lon, 1963-

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  Abbott and Cook detail the history of Colorado's Front Range—all 1.8 billion years of it. Easy to read with diagrams and guides to interesting geologic locations.

• Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils

  Pearl, Richard M. (Richard Maxwell), 1913-1980

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  A technical examination of Colorado's rocks, minerals, and fossils published in 1964.

• Rockhounding Colorado

  Kappele, William A., 1931-

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  "Rockhounding" is the hobby of collecting rocks and minerals. This guide describes sites across Colorado at which you can mine for your own rocks and minerals using perseverance and simple tools.

• Ancient Denvers

  Scenes From the Past 300 Million Years of the Colorado Front Range

  Johnson, Kirk R.

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  In 1999, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science dug a well 2,256 feet deep in order to study Colorado's stratigraphy. This book details its rich findings.

• Proceedings of the Second Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, 1977

  Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal (2nd : 1977 : Colorado School of Mines)

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  This book compiles the events, presentations, and findings of the Colorado Geological Survey's 1977 symposium on coal in the Rocky Mountains.

• Geologic Atlas of the Rocky Mountain Region

  Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

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  Available for reference only, this map details geologic features of the Rocky Mountain region. Published in 2006.

• Geology of the Jarre Canyon, Dawson Butte Region Douglas County, Colorado

  Bauer, William H.

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  This thesis was written by William H. Bauer in order to earn his master's degree from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. It discusses the geology of Douglas County's Jarre Canyon and Dawson Butte, including photographs and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fountain Formation in Perry Park

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  This photograph is a good example of the Fountain Formation's geologic features likely to be seen in Douglas County, Colorado, including a view of Rampart Range.

• Douglas County Rocks! Rhyolite Quarrying in Douglas County

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  This Archives & Local History staff blog explains the connection between Castle Rock and rhyolite, a locally abundant stone formed from volcanic ash.

• Geologic Atlas of the Rocky Mountain Region, United States of America

  Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

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  An atlas featuring the geology of the Rocky Mountain Region, including Colorado's Front Range. Published in 1972.