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Preliminary geologic map of the Earnest Butte quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Lynds, R. M.
Webber, P. M.
Kraugh, N. A.
Martin, T. I.
Hoppes, K. L.
Taboga, K. G.
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The Earnest Butte 7.5-minute quadrangle is located in southwestern Wyoming on the southwestern flank of the Rock Springs Uplift. The Rock Springs Uplift exposes Upper Cretaceous rocks at its center and progressively younger Cretaceous and Paleogene rocks dip east into the Washakie and Great Divide basins and west into the Green River Basin. WSGS PubID: OFR-2020-2
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2020-01-01
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geology,Cretaceous,Paleocene,Eocene,Oligocene,Rock Springs Uplift,silicification
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Lynds, R.M., Webber, P.M., Kragh, N.A., Martin, T.I., Hoppes, K.L., and Taboga, K.G., 2020, Preliminary geologic map of the Earnest Butte quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Report 2020-2, 15 p., scale 1:24,000.
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