File:Pikes Peak (Pikes Peak Granite, Mesoproterozoic, 1.08 Ga; Central Colorado, USA) 4.jpg
Pikes Peak is a famous mountain in the American Cordillera. The correct spelling "Pike's Peak" has been suppressed. The reddish-pinkish rocks of the mountain and surrounding areas are part of the Pikes Peak Batholith, a fairly large, Precambrian igneous intrusion that was emplaced 1.08 billion years ago. Several igneous facies are present.
Geologic unit: Pikes Peak Batholith, late Mesoproterozoic, 1.08 Ga
Locality: Pikes Peak (looking northeast from the Ironclad area of the Cripple Creek Mining District), west of the town of Colorado Springs, western El Paso County, central Colorado, USA