Hydrothermal Dolomite Symposium & Core Workshop
Monday, November 15, 2004 at The Green Center, Colorado School of Mines, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
What are hydrothermal dolomites? How do they form? What do they look like?
Where do they occur? Good reservoirs? AND HOW DO YOU FIND THEM??!!
Controversies & perspectives from the petroleum & minerals industries.
Hosted by:
Rocky Mt Association Geologists and Society Economic Geologists, CSM Student Chapter
With PTTC Rocky Mt Region and Rocky Mt Section-SEPM
Pre-Symposium Field Trip, Sunday November 14, 2004
To Glenwood Caverns, led by Harvey DuChene and Hazel Barton
One-day trip by bus, includes lunch, cavern fee, and transportation: limit 40.
Glenwood Caverns in Glenwood Springs, Colorado is the location of the pre-meeting field trip for the Hydrothermal Dolomite Symposium & Core Workshop. The caverns are developed in the Leadville Limestone on the southern flank of the White River Uplift and were formed by carbonic and sulfuric acid dissolved in upwelling thermal waters. The cave is partly developed within hydrothermal dolomite that is exposed in the entrance tunnel and in outcrops near the cave. Participants will examine hydrothermal dolomite exposures at the cavern and in nearby quarries. Within the cave, deposits resulting from microbial processes associated with hypogenic speleogenesis will be examined and discussed.
The entrance to the cave is at 7,100 ft elevation, 1,300 ft above the Colorado River. The tour is approximately 1/2 mile, including 127 stairs. The caverns are a cool 52 degrees year round, and because the trip is in November, participants should be prepared for unpredictable Colorado weather. For the cave tour, wear comfortable walking shoes or hiking boots and a light jacket or sweater.
Collecting of samples is prohibited in Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Cameras are allowed, so plan to document your visit to the caverns with photographs.
Logistics: Field trip will leave at 7 a.m. from Parking Lot-D on Elm Street near the intramural field and student health center on the Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado, where free parking is abundant. The trip will return approximately 8 p.m., Sunday November 14, 2004 to the same location. Lunch will be provided at the restaurant at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, where participants can enjoy a spectacular view of the Roaring Fork valley and Mount Sopris.
For further information, contact Harvey DuChene at hduchene@earthlink.net
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