| 词条 | Central Colorado volcanic field | |||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Central Colorado volcanic field | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = | elevation_ref = | prominence = | map = USA Colorado | map_caption = Location in Colorado | location = Park County, Colorado, United States | coordinates = {{coord|38|49|55.92|N|105|33|15.84|W|type:mountain_region:US_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = Volcanic field | age = late Eocene/Oligocene (38–29 Ma)[1] | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = }} The central Colorado volcanic field (CCVF) is a volcanic field in Park County, Colorado. It is located in the southern Rocky Mountains and covered a roughly triangular area centered on the Thirtynine Mile volcanic area and extending from the Sawatch Range southeast to the northern Sangre de Christo Range and the Wet Mountains and northeast to the southern Front Range south of Denver. The area covered by the volcanic products of the eruptions included some {{convert|22000|km2 |sqmi|sp=us}} produced by at least ten volcanic centers or calderas. The field overlaps the San Juan volcanic field to the west. The volcanic products date from the late Eocene to the early Oligocene ({{Ma|38|29}}).[1] Economic significanceRocks of the CCVF host base- and precious metal deposits, including the volcanic diatreme at Cripple Creek,[1] the site of a notable gold rush beginning in 1890. By 1900, more than 500 mines had been established in the Cripple Creek district, and the population exceeded 35,000. Open-pit gold mining continues today.[1] Outcrops of Wall Mountain Tuff, one of the most widespread extrusive units of the CCVF, may be found near the town of Castle Rock, more than {{convert|90|mi|km}} from the presumed eruptive source of the tuff.[2] Locally known as Castle Rock Rhyolite, the stone was quarried for dimension stone and construction aggregate beginning in 1872 and used in building projects in cities along the Front Range, including Denver and Colorado Springs. The quarries were once important to the economy of the town of Castle Rock: in 1900, the quarries produced up to 1800 rail cars of stone per year and employed up to 100 laborers.[3] Although major operations ceased in 1906, at least one quarry operated as of 2013.[4] Notable geological features
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/CrippleCreek.htm|title=Mining History Association 14th Annual Conference, June 4-8, 2003 Cripple Creek, Colorado|website=Mining History Association|accessdate=2016-03-21}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Central Colorado volcanic field}}{{Volcanology-stub}}2. ^{{cite conference |url=https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010AM/finalprogram/abstract_176937.htm |last1=Koch |first1=Allan J. |title=Paleogeography of the Wall Mountain Tuff in the Castle Rock area of Colorado |date=2010-10-31 |conference=Geological Society of America Annual Meeting |location=Denver |book-title=Abstracts with Programs |volume=42 |pages=136 |accessdate=2016-03-21}} 3. ^{{cite newspaper |title=Lava stone quarries |newspaper=Castle Rock Journal |date=1900-12-21 |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=CRJ19001221.2.125# |page=8 |accessdate=2016-03-21}} 4. ^{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Simmons |first1=Beth |title=Colorado geology then and now: following the route of the Colorado Scientific Society's 1901 trip through central Colorado |work=Classic Concepts and New Directions: Exploring 125 years of GSA Discoveries in the Rocky Mountain Region |year=2013 |page=24 |publisher=Geological Society of America |series=Field Guide |volume=33 |editor-last1=Abbot |editor-first1=Lon D. |editor-last2=Hancock |editor-first2=Gregory S. |accessdate=2016-03-21}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite journal |author= William C. McIntosh |author2= Charles E. Chapin |last-author-amp= yes |year= 2004 |title= Geochronology of the central Colorado volcanic field |journal= New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Bulletin |volume= 160 |issue= |pages= 205–238 |url= http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/bulletins/160/downloads/10mcntsh.pdf |accessdate= 2016-03-21 |doi = }} 2 : Volcanic fields of Colorado|Landforms of Park County, Colorado |
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