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Geneva Creek (Colorado)

Field	Value
name	Geneva Creek
image	GenevaCreekCO-IronFen.jpg
image_caption	Terraces formed by mineral springs in upper Geneva Creek
source1_location	Clear Creek County, Colorado
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Confluence with North Fork South Platte
mouth_coordinates
progression	North Fork South Platte—
South Platte—Platte—
Missouri—Mississippi
mouth_elevation	8589 ft

South Platte—Platte— Missouri—Mississippi

Geneva Creek is a short tributary of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately 14.7 mi long, in central Colorado in the United States. It drains part of the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver in northern Park County. It rises at the continental divide west of Mount Bierstadt and descends through a canyon to the southeast. It joins the North Fork South Platte from the north at Grant along U.S. Highway 285. The valley of the river provides the route of the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway between Georgetown and Grant.

The upper part of Geneva Creek is an iron fen, where iron oxide is deposited by mineral-rich groundwater coming to the surface. The area is within the Colorado Mineral Belt, and gold and silver deposits were mined nearby at the now-deserted town of Geneva. Natural springs add high dissolved concentrations of copper and zinc to the stream.

References

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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed March 25, 2011)
"Total Maximum Daily Load Assessment, Geneva Creek". Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

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