A Geological Tour of Denver, Golden, and Colorado's Front Range

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The Idaho Springs Batholith

Gneiss and granite along the Apex Trail

Pegmatitic intrusion through a slab of grey gneiss on the right. The cooling was slow enough to allow the formation of large crystals, closer to granite. Gneiss exposure displaying wide banding on the left.

The Apex and Gregory Wagon Road