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2. Pikes Peak granite - Wikipedia

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   Pikes Peak granite is a 1.08 billion year old Late-Precambrian geologic formation found in the central part of the Front Range of Colorado. It is a coarse-grained pink to light red syenogranite with minor gray monzogranite, and it has a distinctive brick-red appearance where it outcrops.

3. Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Cheyenne Mountain Complex - Wikipedia

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   NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (January 20, 1965) [1]: 14. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a United States Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, [2] at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, [a] which hosts the activities of several tenant ...

5. Yule Marble - Wikipedia

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   Yule Marble. Coordinates: 39°2.16′N 107°10.10′W. Lincoln Memorial: exterior is all Yule marble. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington is Yule marble. Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed Leadville Limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) southeast of the town of ...

6. Geology of Colorado - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Garden of the Gods - Wikipedia

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   Website. gardenofgods.com. U.S. National Natural Landmark. Designated. 1971. Garden of the Gods (Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3 acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [1] 862 acres (3.49 km 2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. [2]