Research Paper on:
Colorado's Manitou Springs' Geological Formation

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included will be the area referred to as the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. These geological sites are made up of a myriad of interesting formations  forming over millions of years. MANITOU SPRINGS FORMATION Manitou was "created during the same geological uplift that gave us Pikes Peak" (Harrison PG). During the Middle Proterozoic Era  there was a geological event that some scientists disagree on. With some claiming it to be orogenic activity others feel it was actually an anorogenic event and was not  a mountain-making type of event. The actual event however, has been christened the Silver Plume Thermal Event. During this time there "was much deformation and regional metamorphism both  before and during the intrusion of plutons" (Raines 298). Interestingly it was another 300 million years before the Pikes Peak Granite intruded. It took over 100 million years for  the Pikes Peak Batholith to form and it was a multi-phased event. There is a "pronounced negative magnetic expression" (Raines 298) based on findings conducted using a magnetometer that  extends to the east nearly eighty miles. There is also evidence that magma circulated through several centers because there is a textural zonation throughout the rock structure. The diversity  that is apparent in the Pikes Peak/Manitou Batholith shows in the areas rocks that have a wide spectrum of different parts of silica and aplite. This means that the  rocks in the area were heated and cooled and heated again and each rock has some diversity in the way it was formed throughout the time period (Raines 298).  As most scientists will admit, they dont know the exact cause, they only know the results. In order to understand some of the occurrences that causes a formation, there are