7 Minute Spring - Manitou Springs, CO
Posted by: Outspoken1
N 38° 51.510 W 104° 54.697
13S E 507668 N 4301078
This natural spring is now a central feature in 7 Minute Spring Park.
Waymark Code: WMDQ5T
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2012
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"7 Minute Spring was drilled to enhance the park of a large hotel at the site in 1909. Carbonation caused it to erupt at 7 minute intervals. It was redrilled in the 1990's and the surrounding park was developed.
Rainwater and snowmelt from Pikes Peak and surrounding mountains soak into rock fractures. As the water penetrates to great depth, it becomes heated and mineralized. The warm water naturally flows up the Ute Pass fault zone and into cavernous limestone where it becomes carbonated. The water issues from numerous springs and from wells drilled into the limestone aquifer. Because the water takes thousands of years to complete its journey from the mountain sources to the Manitou springs, it is totally free of industrial and atmospheric contamination. Unlike most other mineralized springs, these waters are cool and pleasant to drink. each spring has a distinctive flavor because of the minerals that the water picks up as it passes through limestone and dolomite caverns." (from (
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