Geology of the Colorado Springs Area

Resources on geology of the Colorado Springs area can be found in regular stacks, Special Collections, and the Government Documents collection. Doing a word search on the TIGER with the following terms will bring up records from all three collections: geology Colorado Springs (or) Manitou Springs (or) Pikes Peak (or) El Paso County. Check the location and call number to find the item.

Below are a few major sources in the general collection and some USGS sources that don’t appear in the TIGER:

Major Sources:

Noblett, Jeffrey Bates. A Guide to the Geological History of the Pikes Peak Region. Colorado College Geology Dept. 1994.

Ref. QE92.G9 N66 (another copy in Special Collections)

Noblett, Jeffrey Bates. Introduction to the Geology of the Colorado Springs Region. Colorado College Geology Dept. 1984.

North Basement QE92.E5 N66 (2 copies in regular stacks, and 2 additional copies in Special Collections)

Hubbard, Richard L. Geology of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado. Hubbard and Wyatt in cooperation with El Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, CO. Century One Press. 1976.

North Basement QE92.E5 H822 (2 copies and 1 copy in Special Collections)

Geological Society of America. Guide to the Geology of Colorado. Edited by Robert J. Weimer and John d. Haun. 1960.

Includes a companion volume published by the Rocky Mountain Assoc. of Geologists, entitled Road Logs of Colorado. (Includes information on the Colorado Springs area)

North Basement QE 91.G345 (another copy in Spec. Collections – Colorado Rm. Oversize)

Finlay, G.I. Colorado Springs: A Guide Book Describing the Rock Formations in the Vicinity of Colorado Springs. 61 pages with geologic maps.

North Basement QE 92.B7 F5 (another copy in Special Collections – CC Rm).

Government Documents:

Finlay, G.I. Colorado Springs Folio, (USGS Geological Atlas of the U.S), Folio #203. 1916.

Docs Enclosed Folios: I 19.5/1:203

Cross, Charles Whitman. Pikes Peak, Folio #7 (USGS). 1894.

Docs Enclosed Folios: I 19.5/1:7

Scott, Glenn R. Reconnaissance Geologic Map of Colorado Springs and Vicinity, CO., USGS Misc. Field Study MF-482

Docs Enclosed Area I 19.113:482 (2 copies)

Trimble, D.E. Geologic Map of the Colorado Springs-Castle Rock Area, Front Range Urban Corridor, CO. (USGS)

Maps G4312.F7 C5 1979

Houdek, Robert. Geologic Features of the Pikes Peak Region. Revised edition of the map by Robert Ormes.

Maps G4312.P5 O72

Scott, Glenn R. and William A. Cobban. Geologic and Biostratigraphic Map of the Pierre Shale in the Colorado Springs – Pueblo Area, CO. USGS 1995

Docs Enclosed I 19.91:I-1627