Query: G.N.I.S.

Elevation: 8799ft, 2682m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• “Silver Thread Scenic Byway,” Colorado State Highway 149, Colorado: Creede; 
• Field Notes: 19 Sep 2017;  19 Sep 2017; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Axelrod, Daniel I. 1987. The late Oligocene Creede flora. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 130: 1-235.
• Barton, P. B., Rye, R. O., & Bethke, P. M. 2000. Evolution of the Creede Caldera and its relation to mineralization in the Creede mining district, Colorado. Special Paper 346. Ancient Lake Creede: Its Volcano-Tectonic Setting, History of Sedimentation, and Relation to Mineralization in the Creede Mining District. {TAS-pdf}
• Bethke, P, M., and R. L. Hay. 2000. Overview: Ancient Lake Creede. Special Paper 346. Ancient Lake Creede: Its Volcano-Tectonic Setting, History of Sedimentation, and Relation to Mineralization in the Creede Mining District. doi:10.1130/0-8137-2346-9.1
• Larsen, Esper S. 1929. Recent Mining Developments in the Creede District, Colorado. Contributions to Economic Geology. Bulletin 811B, Part I. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0811b/report.pdf, contains a good historic map of the Creede Mining Region
• Lipman, Peter W. 2006. Geologic Map of the Central San Juan Caldera Cluster, Southwestern Colorado. Geologic Investigations Series I-2799. 2006. {TAS-pdf}
• Lipman, Peter W. 2024. Subsidence-induced early doming at a large ignimbrite caldera. Geology. 52(7):527-532. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/7/527/637513/Subsidence-induced-early-doming-at-a-large
• Steven, Thomas A., and Peter W. Lipman. 1976. Calderas of the San Juan Volcanic Field. Geological Survey Professional Paper 958. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0958/report.pdf, date retrieved: 24 September 2017

The Mac Mine, the only restaurant open for business on an off-season Tuesday morning	The former D&RGW depot, now the history museum	Creede Mining District	The Equity Mine	Bachelor City
Town of Creede	Looking upstream toward sources of the Rio Grande River

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Date and time this article was prepared:8:01:14 PM, 4/4/2026.