GC13XGM Traditional Cache Mondo's At the Paint Mines
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 06/25/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 00.766 W104° 15.783 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  No Difficult climbing  Available at all times  Dangerous Animals  Parking available  Stealth required  No Medium hike (1km-10km) 
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Paint Mines

Located at the upper parking for the new Paint Mines Interpretive Park that opened June 4, 2007.


The Paint Mines are a collection of eroded gulches of sandstone-capped clay colored by leaching minerals, ghost-white hoodoos and elaborate labyrinths of eroded rock. They cut through the landscape southeast of Calhan, where they have formed over millions of years. Resembling the fantastical gullies and drainages of the Badlands of South Dakota, the Paint Mines lie in the valley of the Big Sandy Creek drainage, a tributary of the Arkansas River. They are named for clays found there, thought by archaeologists to have been used by American Indians to make paint. The colors - butterscotch yellows, rusty oranges and faded greens that glow in the sunlight that scorches the surrounding landscape - have attracted humans for thousands of years. It is about time some cachers visited ;-)

The cache is a camoed pill bottle. Bring your own pen or pencil and enjoy the other caches nearby. NOTE: 7/16/13 Cache is now a camoed preform bottle.
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17 Logs: Found it 13  Didn't find it 2  Needs Maintenance 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 07/04/2019 By carolynkc
Yay between rock not in weed

Found it 06/19/2019 By GeoWench78
Found with AF BEE while on a geo-vacation. Thanks for placing this cache.

Found it 06/19/2019 By AF BEE
Traveling from Colby to Gunnison, targeting highly favored caches to include a birthday cache...took a few minutes to hone in, nice view from here...TFTC!

Found it 05/19/2019 By etalerico
Found by the Talerico family

Found it 04/27/2019 By Rockclimbingman
TFTC! Our first time to the PM! Love! Forgot a pen to sign.

Found it 09/30/2018 By vipglenna
Nailed it!

Found it 09/03/2018 By geohunterrx
Cubs out hike caching

Found it 08/19/2018 By Anderson0709
Re hid 8-19-18

Found it 08/08/2018 By GraceAnnCole
Good one! Thanks!

Found it 08/08/2018 By Jokiabma
Fun day exploring.

Found it 08/08/2018 By Geohigleys
Sorry guys dont have a pen. TfTh.

Found it 08/04/2018 By EppingerLadies
Sehr schöne Gegend. Grüße aus Deutschland. Tftc.

Owner Maintenance 06/19/2018 By mondou2
Clearing maintenance log thanks to Back Country Horsemen!

Found it 06/19/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Saw this cache was probably missing so I contacted the CO for permission to replace in case it was. Got approval so after a pretty good search I replaced it. There is quite a bit of critter activity including eaten corn cobs so I hope it doesn't get stolen again.

Didn't find it 06/03/2018 By geoguru1
On a family trip with HendrickClan to Calhan to visit Paint Mines for a little hiking, jogging and cache finding on a cool and windy morning. This site failed to yield a cache. We think that it is probably missing.

Needs Maintenance 06/03/2018 By HendrickClan
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Didn't find it 06/03/2018 By HendrickClan
Could not find this one. In our opinion, it is missing.