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Geology of the Sage and Kemmerer 15-Minute Quadrangles, Lincoln County, Wyoming

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 855

GEOLOGY OF THE SAGE AND KEMMERER 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING

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FRONTISPIECE.- Absaroka thrust fault on Comm issary Ridge (Absaroka Ridge of older maps) ; view is northward from peak in the SW '/, sec. 32, T. 23 N ., R. 116 W. Rock units depicted by labels are: Hams Fork Conglomerate Member of the Evanston Formation (Keh), the Shurtliff Sandstone Member (Khs), and other units of the Hilliard Shale (Kh), the Frontier Formation (Kf) , unspecified units of the Triassic System (TRu), the Phosphoria Formation (Pp), the Wells Formation (P IPw) , colluvium, and rock debris (Qd) .

Geology of the Sage and Kemmerer 15-Minute Quadrangles, Lincoln County, Wyoming

By WILLIAM W. RUBEY, STEVEN S. ORIEL, and JOSHUA I. TRACEY, JR. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 855

Geologic map and structure sections depict the geometry of part of the western Wyoming thrust belt where overlapped by mainly Tertiary strata of northern Fossil basin

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary

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Rubey, William Walden, 1898-

Geology of the Sage and Kemmerer 15-minute quadrangles, Lincoln County, Wyoming.

(Geological Survey Professional Paper 855) Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. No.: I 19.16:855 1. Geology-Wyoming-Lincoln Co. I. Oriel, StevenS., joint author. II. Tracey, Joshua Irving, 1915-

III. Title. IV. Series: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 855. QE75.P9 no. 855 (QE182.L6] 557.3'08s (557.87'82] 74-14808

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