Cañon City Geology Club
89 years of Events, Programs, Field Trips, Finds, Rockhounding & identification, Fossil hunting & identification, Education, New Hope Amethyst Claim, Dinosaur tracks, garnets, zircons, peridot, unakite, Big Horn Sheep Canyon, Morrison Formation, Dakota Hogback, petrified wood, calcite, stegosaurus, allosaurus, lapidary, minerals, rocks, gems, malachite, azurite, copper, lead, geology, specimens, sea urchin, TeePee Buttes, muscovite mica, quartz, chalcedony, Garden Park, Oramel Lucas, Amphicoelias fragillimus, paleontology, Royal Gorge, Skyline Drive, Arkansas River, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cretaceous, synclines, sedimentary, granodiorite, gneiss and many more incredible sites.

Fremont County in Colorado has a rich diversity of world-class geology and paleontology. The geologic history of Fremont County begins with 1.7 billion year old Precambrian rock.  Cañon City and the surrounding counties contain some of the richest geological history in America, giving residents and visitors the opportunity to study it in place. & 

For more information about Cañon  City Geology Club, email: [email protected]

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