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Scientists from around the world come to Colorado to study the minerals of this region. Because the granite covers a large portion of the Colorado Front Range, there are good mineral collecting areas scattered all over the Pikes Peak region. The collecting localities range from near Colorado Springs on the south to just west of Denver on the north.
This is a list of Superfund sites in the U.S. State of Colorado designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term ...
Mountain ranges of the U.S. State of Colorado; Mountain range Highest summit; Primary Secondary Tertiary Summit name Elevation Prominence Isolation; Sawatch Range [1] [2]: Central Sawatch Range
Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,107-foot (4,299.83 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The town of Manitou Springs lies at its base.
Mining exchange businesses were established in downtown Colorado Springs. [7] Colorado Springs Mining Stock Association was founded about 1886 to trade stock of Cripple Creek mines, some of which grew between 1,000% and 10,000% by 1893. It traded stocks "in almost every state and country in the world." John W. Proudfit & Co., founded in 1890 ...
The Rampart Range is delineated by the South Platte River on the north and Manitou Springs and Woodland Park on the south. The western border is formed by faults along the South Platte River and Trout Creek. The eastern border of the range is the steep, faulted escarpment down to the Colorado Piedmont. In total, the range is 44 miles (71 km ...
Peak Military Care Network (PMCN) is a nonprofit based in Colorado Springs Colorado. Founded in 2004, PMCN’s mission is to connect military service members, veterans and their families to community resources in the Colorado.
Mount Antero (/ æ n ˈ t ɛər oʊ /), historically called Antero Peak, [4] is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,269-foot (4349.21 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest , 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest by south ( bearing 208°) of the Town of Buena Vista ...