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Geological Survey of Wyoming
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING SELECTED REFERENCES USED TO CO~IPILE THE ~IETALLIC AND INDUSTRIAL MI ERALS ~IAP OF WYOMING by Ray E. Harris and W. Dan Hausel OPEN FILE REPORT 85-1 1985 This report has no~ been reviewed for conformity with the editorial standards of the Geological Survey of Wyoming. CONTENTS District or Region Page Introduction . iii Absaroka Mountains ...........................•.......................... 1 Aladdin District . 1 Barlow Canyon District . 1 Bear Lodge District . 1 Big Creek District . 2 Bighorn Basin . 2 Bighorn Mountains ...•................................................... 3 Black Hills . 4 Carlile District ...........•............................................ 5 Centennial Ridge District . 5 Clay Spur District ...................................•.................. 5 Colony District . 6 Cooke City - New World District . 6 Copper Mountain District .........................................•...... 7 Cooper Hill District . 7 Crooks Gap-Green Mountain District . 7 Deer Creek District . 8 Denver Basin . 8 Elkhorn Creek District . 8 Esterbrook District . 8 Gas Hills District . 8 Gold Hill District . 9 Grand Encampment District . 9 Granite Mountains . 9 Green River Basin ................................•...................... 10 Gras Ventre Mountains ..................•...............•................ 11 Hanna Basin . 11 Hartville Uplift . 12 Hulett Creek District .........................................•......... 13 Iron Mountain District . 13 Iron Mountain Kimberlite District ......•............................... -
Geology and Petrology of the Devils Tower, Missouri Buttes, and Barlow Canyon Area, Crook County, Wyoming Don L
University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects 1980 Geology and petrology of the Devils Tower, Missouri Buttes, and Barlow Canyon area, Crook County, Wyoming Don L. Halvorson University of North Dakota Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/theses Part of the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Halvorson, Don L., "Geology and petrology of the Devils Tower, Missouri Buttes, and Barlow Canyon area, Crook County, Wyoming" (1980). Theses and Dissertations. 119. https://commons.und.edu/theses/119 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE DEVILS TOWER, MISSOURI BUTTES, AND BARLOW CANYON AREA, CROOK c.OUNTY, WYOMING by Don L. Halvorson Bachelor of Science, University of Colorado, 1965 Master of Science Teaching, University of North Dakota, 1971 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of North Dakota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Grand Forks, North Dakota May 1980 Th:ls clisserratio.1 submitted by Don L. Halvol'.'son in partial ful fillment of the requirements fo1· the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Dakota is hereby approved by the Faculty Advisory Committee under whora the work has been done. This dissertation meets the standards for appearance aud con forms to the style and format requirements of the Graduate School of the University of North Dakota, and is hereby approved. -
Geology and Description of Thorium and Rare-Earth Deposits in the Southern Bear Lodge Mountains, Northeastern Wyoming
l^ft PER COVER PHOTOGRAPHS 1 . Asbestos ore 8. Aluminum ore, bauxite, Georgia 1 2 3 4 2. Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. 9. Native copper ore, Keweenawan 5 6 3. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Peninsula, Mich. 4. Zinc ore, Friedensville, Pa. 10. Porphyry molybdenum ore, Colorado 7 8 5. Banded iron-formation. Palmer, 11. Zinc ore, Edward, N. Y. Michigan 12. Manganese nodules, ocean floor 9 10 6. Ribbon asbestos ore, Quebec, Canada 13. Botryoidal fluorite ore, 11 12 13 14 7. Manganese ore, banded Poncha Springs, Colo. rhodochrosite 14. Tungsten ore. North Carolina Geology and Description of Thorium and Rare-Earth Deposits in the Southern Bear Lodge Mountains, Northeastern Wyoming By MORTIMER H. STAATZ GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM IN THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1049-D A description of the size, mineralogy, chemical composition, economic geology, and geologic setting of the thorium and rare-earth veins and newly discovered large disseminated deposits UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, W AS H I NGTON : 1 983 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Staatz, Mortimer Hay, 1918- Geology and description of thorium and rare-earth deposits in the southern Bear Lodge Mountains, northeastern Wyoming (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1049-D) Bibliography: 52 p. Supt. of Docs. No.: I 19.16:1049-D 1. Thorium ores Wyoming Bear Lodge Mountains. 2. Earth, Rare Wyoming Bear Lodge Mountains. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Geological Survey Professional Paper 1049-D QE390.2.T45S73 553.4'93 81-607092 AACR2 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. -
Map Showing Geology, Structure, and Geophysics of the Central Black
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Prepared in cooperation with the SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP 2777 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION SHEET 2 OF 2 Pamphlet accompanies map 104°00' 103°30' 103°00' 104°00' 103°30' 103°00' ° ° EXPLANATION FOR MAPS F TO H 44 30' 44°30' EXPLANATION 44 30' 44°30' EXPLANATION Spearfish Geologic features 53 54 Tertiary igneous rocks (Tertiary and post-Tertiary Spearfish PHANEROZOIC ROCKS 90 1 90 sedimentary rocks not shown) Pringle fault 59 Tertiary igneous rocks (Tertiary and post-Tertiary Pre-Tertiary and Cretaceous (post-Inyan Kara sedimentary rocks not shown) Monocline—BHM, Black Hills monocline; FPM, Fanny Peak monocline 52 85 Group) rocks 85 Sturgis Sturgis Pre-Tertiary and Cretaceous (post-Inyan Kara A Proposed western limit of Early Proterozoic rocks in subsurface 55 Lower Cretaceous (Inyan Kara Group), Jurassic, Group) rocks 57 58 60 14 and Triassic rocks 14 Lower Cretaceous (Inyan Kara Group), Jurassic, B Northern extension (fault?) of Fanny Peak monocline and Triassic rocks Paleozoic rocks C Possible eastern limit of Early Proterozoic rocks in subsurface 50 Paleozoic rocks Precambrian rocks S Possible suture in subsurface separating different tectonic terranes 89 51 89 2 PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS of Sims (1995) 49 Contact St 3 G Harney Peak Granite (unit Xh) Geographic features—BL, Bear Lodge Mountains; BM, Bear Mountain; Fault—Dashed where approximately located G DT DT, Devils Tower 48 B Early Proterozoic rocks, undivided Anticline—Showing trace of axial surface and 1 St Towns and cities—B, Belle Fourche; C, Custer; E, Edgemont; HS, Hot direction of plunge. -
Rocky Mountain Birds: Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rockies
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Zea E-Books Zea E-Books 11-4-2011 Rocky Mountain Birds: Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rockies Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska - Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Poultry or Avian Science Commons Recommended Citation Johnsgard, Paul A., "Rocky Mountain Birds: Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rockies" (2011). Zea E-Books. 7. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Zea E-Books at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Zea E-Books by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRDS Rocky Mountain Birds Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rockies Paul A. Johnsgard School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska–Lincoln Zea E-Books Lincoln, Nebraska 2011 Copyright © 2011 Paul A. Johnsgard. ISBN 978-1-60962-016-5 paperback ISBN 978-1-60962-017-2 e-book Set in Zapf Elliptical types. Design and composition by Paul Royster. Zea E-Books are published by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Electronic (pdf) edition available online at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/ Print edition can be ordered from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/unllib Contents Preface and Acknowledgments vii List of Maps, Tables, and Figures x 1. Habitats, Ecology and Bird Geography in the Rocky Mountains Vegetational Zones and Bird Distributions in the Rocky Mountains 1 Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation 3 Typical Birds of Rocky Mountain Habitats 13 Recent Changes in Rocky Mountain Ecology and Avifauna 20 Where to Search for Specific Rocky Mountain Birds 26 Synopsis of Major Birding Locations in the Rocky Mountains Region U.S. -
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena ....…….…....………..……
FEBRUARY 2003 VOLUME 45 NUMBER 2 SSTORMTORM DDATAATA AND UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENA WITH LATE REPORTS AND CORRECTIONS NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION noaa NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER, ASHEVILLE, NC Cover: A complex storm system brought wintery weather across northern Virginia between February 14 and 18th. Nicknamed the “President’s Weekend Snowstorm of 2003”, this storm is listed as the 5th heaviest snowstorm in Washington D.C. since 1870. A total of 16.7 inches of snow and sleet was recorded at Reagan National Airport. Pictured is a wintery scene from Leesburg, VA where snow amounts ranged from 20 to 36 inches. (Photo courtesy: Jim DeCarufel, NWS Forecast Offi ce Baltimore/Washington.) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Outstanding Storm of the Month …..…………….….........……..…………..…….…..…..... 4 Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena ....…….…....………..……...........…............ 5 Reference Notes .............……...........................……….........…..……............................................. 154 STORM DATA (ISSN 0039-1972) National Climatic Data Center Editor: William Angel Assistant Editors: Stuart Hinson and Rhonda Mooring STORM DATA is prepared, and distributed by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena narratives and Hurricane/Tropical Storm summaries are prepared by the National Weather Service. Monthly and annual statistics and summaries of tornado and lightning events re- sulting in deaths, injuries, and damage are compiled by the National Climatic Data Center and the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Storm Prediction Center. STORM DATA contains all confi rmed information on storms available to our staff at the time of publication. Late reports and corrections will be printed in each edition. -
Fire in the Black Hills Forest-Grass Ecotonel
Fire in the Black Hills Forest-Grass Ecotonel F. ROBERT GARTNER AND WESLEY W. THOMPSON2 Associate Professor of Range Ecology and Range Research Assistant, Animal Science Department, West River Agricultural Research and Extension Center of South Dakota State University, 801 San Francisco Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 INTRODUCTION SOUTH Dakota is located in the geographical center of the North American continent, equidistant from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and midway between the North Pole and the equa tor (United States Dept. Interior 1967). The Black Hills are situated along the state's western border (Fig. 1) lying principally within parallels 43 and 45 degrees north latitude and meridians, 103 and 104 degrees, 30 minutes, west longitude, largely in South Dakota, partly in Wyoming (Johnson 1949). Total area is about 5,150 mi2, including the Bear Lodge Mountains in northeastern Wyoming (Orr 1959). After leading a scientific party through the Black Hills in the summer of 1875, Colonel R. I. Dodge (1876) concluded: The Black Hills country is a true oasis in a wide and dreary desert. The approaches from every direction are through long 1 Approved by the director of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Series No. 1115. • Associate Professor of Range Ecology and Range Research Assistant, Animal Science Department, West River Agricultural Research and Extension Center of South Dakota State University, 801 San Francisco Street., Rapid City, South Dakota. 37 F. R. GARTNER AND W. ·W. THOMPSON o o o (Y) (\J o<::t o o MONTANA ---···----··~~------~------~--------L45° SOUTH DAKOTA ~ ______--4------- ____-+-44° WYOMING SCALE o••• miles 45 FIG. -
A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society
Castilleja A Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society March 2006, Volume 25, No. 1 Posted at www.uwyo.edu/wyndd/wnps/wnps_home.htm In this issue: Have We Got the Mosses . 1 Yellowstone Herbarium Moves. 3 Herbarium Database of Grasses. 3 Annual Meeting œ See you in Pinedale! . 4 International Rock Garden Conference . 5 What‘s a Tree to Do? . 6 One Long Year for Yermo . 7 Species and Ecosystem Assessments . 8 Have We Got the Mosses! Contrary to a recent statement issued by the Wyoming Tourism and Travel Division (Casper Star-Tribune, 5 March 2006; front page), Wyoming is endowed in mosses, even to the point of local abundance! The most current published checklist (Eckel 1996) recognizes 315 species and varieties. Now and then, agencies as well as vascular plant botanists and ecologists need a reminder of what they don‘t know. Bryology (study of mosses) is in that domain for most of us. I tried to include moss species in a study of peatlands in the Snowy Range (Medicine Bow Mountains). In the first test- Paludella squarrosa. Illustration by Patricia Eckel. run site, I quickly ran out of known moss genus Wyoming Native Plant Society appreciates the names and relegated one exquisite, extensive, mat- permission of the Flora of North America Association to forming moss to the descriptive name of —falcate- reprint the Paludella illustration from Volume 27 of the hairy“. Not to be outdone, another botanist in the Flora of North America North of Mexico, due to appear group suggested that it resembled a sea cucumber this year as the first of the three bryophyte volumes. -
First Fifty Years of Devils Tower National Monument
Ray H. Mattison, Historian National Park Service 1955 The year 1956 marks the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Devils Tower National Monument, the first of our national monuments. The same year is likewise the Golden Anniversary of the enactment of the Antiquities Act which authorized the President, by proclamation, to set aside "historical landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are upon lands owned or controlled by the United States as National Monuments." Under this law and subsequent authorizations, 84 national monuments have now been established. All who have seen the gigantic stump-like formation, known as Devils Tower, rising some 1,200 feet above the Belle Fourche River, will understand why it inspired the imagination of the Indians. They called it Mateo Tepee, meaning Grizzly Bear Lodge, and had several legends regarding its origin. According to the Kiowas, who at one time are reputed to have lived in the region, their tribe once camped on a stream where there were many bears. One day seven little girls were playing at a distance from the village and were chased by some bears. The girls ran toward the village and when the bears were about to catch them, they jumped to a low rock about three feet in height. One of them prayed to the rock, "Rock, take pity on us--Rock, save us." The rock heard them and began to elongate itself upwards, pushing the children higher and higher out of reach of the bears, When the bears jumped at them they scratched the rock, broke their claws and fell back upon the ground. -
Inyan Kara Mountain National Register Form Size
Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Wyoming COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Crook INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries — complete applicable Inyan Kara Mountain AND/OR HISTORIC: Invan Kara Mountain STREET AND NUMBER: Sections 24, -25, T.49N. R.63W. 6th F;M;^ :S^e^it>ti>M9.30 ? T.49N. R.62W. 6-th- CITY OR TOWN: P.M. COUNTY: 3L :Crook Oil CATEGORY . TAT|1 . ACCESSIBLE uo OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC g) District n Building SI Public Public Acquisition: D Occupied Yes: rv-i . [xl Restricted D Site Q Structure D Private j| In Process (XJ Unoccupied ^ D Unrestricted D Object D Both [ | Being Considered |i _|ID Preservation x, worki in progress ' — ' U PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ID [jij[ Agricultural O Government Park I | Transportation l~~| Comments Q Commercial D Industrial Private Residence n Other (Specify) |K] Educational , D Military Religious Historic Site CD Museum to fjg Entertainment Scientific 'OWNER'S NAME? United States Forest Service STREET AND NUMBER: Forest Service Office Building, P. 0. 792 Cl TY OR TOWN: STATE: jCusJ;er_^ South Dakota 57730 40 COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: U. S. Government, Chief's Office STREET AND NUMBER: South Building 12th and Independence SW Cl TY OR TOWN: Washj.ngton District of Columbia 08 T! tUE OF SURVEY: Wyoming Recreation Commission, Survey of Historic sites, markers & mon. DATE OF SURVEY.- 1967 & continuing Federal State County Q Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Wyoming Recreation Commission STREET AND NUMBER: 604 East 25th Street CITY OR TOWN: Cheyenne ming 56 (Check One) Excellent CD Good Q Fair Q Deteriorated Q Ruins Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) Altered |"53 Unaltered Moved JX] Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Inyan Kara Mountain cannot be described alone and apart from the setting in which it finds itself. -
Annals of Wyoming
* Annate of looming VOL. 8 JULY No. 1 CONTENTS Trip of Col. James McLaughlin, Indian Inspector, — to the Big Horn Hot Springs, Wyoming By John Small Diary Kept by W. A. Richards in Summer of 1873 Boundaries of the State Reserve By Clarence T. Johnson Wyoming Birds By Mrs. E. E. Waltman Why the Meadowlark Was Chosen as the State Bird of Wyoming By Hazel Harper Sample Pickett Washakie Studies in the Settlement and Economic Development of Wyoming By Clyde Meehan Owens Accessions Published Quarterly by the STATE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Mrs. Cyrus Beard, Historian Cheyenne, Wyo. Annate of ^BBIpommg VOL. 8 JULY No. 1 CONTENTS Trip of Col. James McLaughlin, Indian Inspector, to the Big Horn Hot Springs, Wyoming By John Small Diary Kept by W. A. Richards in Summer of 1873 Boundaries of the State Reserve By Clarence T. Johnson Wyoming Birds —By Mrs. E. E. Waltman Why the Meadowlark Was Chosen as the State Bird of Wyoming By Hazel Harper Sample Pickett Washakie Studies in the Settlement and Economic Development of Wyoming By Clyde Meehan Owens Accessions Published Quarterly by the STATE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Mr§. Cyrus Beard, Historian Cheyenne, Wyo, STATE HISTORICAL BOARD Acting Governor A. M. Clark Secretary of State A. M. Clark State Librarian Mrs. Clare E. Ausherman Secretary of Board Mrs. Cyrus Beard ADVISORY BOARD Judge E. H. Fourt Lander Dr. Grace R. Hebard Laramie Mrs. C. L. Vandevender Basin Mr. L. C. Bishop Douglas Mr. Phillip E. Winter _ Casper Mrs. R. A. Ferguson Wheatland Mr. Howard B. Lott Buffalo Miss Spaeth Gillette Mrs. -
REE Enrichment in Weathered Carbonatite, Bull Hill: Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming
REE Enrichment in Weathered Carbonatite, Bull Hill: Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming by Mandi Brooke Hutchinson A thesis submitted to the Faculty and the Board of Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Geology). Golden, Colorado Date ______________________ Signed: ____________________________ Mandi Brooke Hutchinson Signed: ____________________________ Dr. Murray Hitzman Thesis Advisor Signed: ____________________________ Dr. Richard Wendlandt Thesis Advisor Golden, Colorado Date ______________________ Signed: ____________________________ Dr. Paul Santi Professor and Head Department of Geology and Geological Engineering ii ABSTRACT Rare earth element (REE)-bearing carbonate, fluorocarbonate, phosphate, and oxide minerals occur within near vertical carbonatite dikes on the western margin of the Paleogene Bull Hill diatreme within the Bear Lodge alkaline complex. The weathering profile displays a mineralogically zoned array of REE-bearing phases. Magmatic burbankite is present as inclusions within manganoan calcite. More abundant REE-bearing minerals include ancylite, bastnäsite with synchysite/parisite, and an unidentified Sr-Ca-REE-phosphate pseudomorhpically replace unidentified hexagonal phenocrysts. These replacive minerals are largely stable in the weakly to moderately weathered carbonatite in the lower portion of the weathering profile. In moderately weathered carbonatite, colloform Sr-Ca-REE-phosphate, and cerianite occur as supergene phases. Weathering of the carbonatite dikes caused oxidation of pyrite to Fe-oxides and Fe-hydroxides, dissolution of calcite and strontianite, and replacement of Mn-calcite with Mn-oxides. These mineralogical changes resulted in an increased porosity. Scanning electron microscope-based automated QEMSCAN® analyses on selected samples from the lower weathering zone yielded an approximate gain of 40% porosity.