Wyoming Geological Association 29th Annual Field Conference In Conjunction With

Montana Geological Society Utah Geological Society 1977

Rocky Mountain Thrust Belt Geology and Resources Teton Village, Wyoming September 14-17,1977 UNIVERSITATSBIBLIOTHEK HANNOVER

Editors Wyoming E. L. (Roy) Heisey DonE. Lawson

TECHNISCHE INFORM ATIONSBIBLIOTHEK

Montana Earl R. Norwood Utah Phillip H. Wach Lyle A. Hale

a States Litho—Casper

Copyright 1977, Wyoming Geological Association

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GENERAL GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON PREHISTORIC POPULATIONS OF WESTERN WYOMINGCharles M. Love

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OVERTHRUST POSES DRILLING, COMPLETION CHALLENGES - Bobby F. Abernathy

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HISTORY OF EXPLORATION OF THE OVERTHRUST BELT - Robert E. McDonald and H. Jerry Hodgden

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DETECTION OF PETROLEUM-RELATED SOIL ANOMALIES FROM LANDSAT — Ronald W. Marrs and Barney Kaminsky

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STRATIGRAPHY CATALOG OF TRIASSIC THROUGH CAMBRIAN ROCK NAMES FOR THE OVERTHRUST BELT AND VICINITY — Linda Pattison

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CATALOG OF JURASSIC, CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY ROCK NAMES FOR THE OVERTHRUST BELT AND VICINITY - George Olson

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SUMMARY OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONICS, NORTHERN UTAH, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO — Robert Q. Oaks, Jr., W. Calvin James, G. Gregory Francis Warren J. Schulingkamp II

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GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE DEVONIAN, NORTHERN ALBERTA TO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA — Gerald G. Loucks 119 PALEOZOIC SHELF-MARGINS AND MARGINAL BASINS, WESTERN ROCKY MOUNTAINSGREAT BASIN, UNITED STATES - James A. Peterson

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MISSISSIPPIAN CARBONATES SHELF MARGINS, WESTERN UNITED STATES - Peter R. Rose . . . . 155 STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MADISON GROUP (MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WYOMING-IDAHO OVERTHRUST BELT AND ADJACENT AREAS — William J. Sando

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PETROGRAPHY OF THE MORGAN FORMATION-M. DanePicard

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POST PENNSYLVANIAN POTENTIAL SOURCE ROCKS AND RESERVOIR ROCKS OF CENTRAL UTAH — George E. Young

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DINOSAUR CANYON MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC MOENAVE FORMATION OF SOUTHWEST UTAH — John Daniel Davis

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DIAGENESIS OF THE NUGGET SANDSTONE: WESTERN WYOMING AND NORTH-CENTRAL U T A H - J. A.Pacht •

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PETROLOGY AND RESERVOIR POTENTIAL OF THE NUGGET SANDSTONE OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO-J.E. Kamis

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WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK

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PETROLOGY OF THE JURASSIC NUGGET SANDSTONE, NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING —M. DanePicard :

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COMPARISON OF THE PETERSON AND DRANEY LIMESTONES, IDAHO AND WYOMING, AND THE CALCAREOUS MEMBERS OF THE KOOTENAI FORMATION, WESTERN MONTANA — Melody R. Holm, W. Calvin James, and Lee J. Suttner

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STRATIGRAPHY OF THE FRONTIER FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS) KEMMERER AREA, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING — Robert Craig 271 THE CENOZOIC OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN OF IDAHO — MontM. Warner

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STRATIGRAPHIC-TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF A NEW EARLIEST EOCENE MAMMALIAN FAUNALE? FORMATION, CENTRAL-WESTERN WYOMING — John A. Dorr, Jr. and James R. Steidtmann •

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THE PETROLOGY AND RESERVOIR CAPABILITIES OF THE CRETACEOUS TYGEE MEMBER OF THE BEAR RIVER FORMATION IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO — James Edward Kamis 339

STRUCTURE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CURVATURE IN THE SEVIER OROGENIC BELT, UTAH AND MONTANA-Ed Beutner

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THE OVERTHRUST BELT SALIENT OF THE CORDILLERAN FOLD BELT-WESTERN WYOMING, SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, NORTHEASTERN UTAH — Don Blackstone

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SURFACE EXPRESSION OF CONCENTRIC FOLDS AND APPARENT DETACHMENT ZONE (DECOLLEMENT) NEAR COKEVILLE, WYO. - Frank Conrad

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SIGNIFICANCE OF TERTIARY STRUCTURE IN TERTIARY STRATA FOR PART OF IDAHO-WYOMING THRUST BELT - Frank Conrad

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THE STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN TUNNEL AREA, UINTA COUNTY, [ WYOMING- William R. Cook III

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STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS — Clinton D. A. Dahlstrom

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PHOTOELASTIC MODEL STUDIES OF THRUST FAULT INITIATION — J. J. Gallagher and W. D. Rizer

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UNDERTHRUSTING ORIGIN FOR THRUST FOLD BELTS WITH APPLICATION TO THE IDAHO-WYOMING BELT — JamesD. Lowell

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DEFORMATION IN THE RAMP REGIONS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTS: EXPERIMENTS WITH SMALL-SCALE, ROCK MODELS - James Morse

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PRELIMINARY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE NORTHERN DISTURBED BELT, LEWIS AND CLARK, TETON, PONDERA, GLACIER, FLATHEAD, AND POWELL COUNTIES, MONTANA — Melville R. Mudge, Robert L. Earhart, and Dudley D. Rice

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COLLAPSED DIAPIRIC STRUCTURES AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE, INDIANOLA, UTAH — David M. Runyon

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j STYLES OF DEFORMATION IN THE RAMP REGIONS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTS I Sandro Serra

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WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK

ALLOCHTHONS ALONG THE NORTHEAST MARGIN OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO— Betty Skipp and M. H. Hait, Jr

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STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE RYCKMAN CREEK ANTICLINE AREA, LINCOLN AND UINTA COUNTIES, WYOMING — John Vietti

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INTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUACHITA MOUNTAINS, OKLAHOMA — John Wickman

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STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF THE CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS, MONTANA-IDAHO — Irving J. Witkind STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROUND MOUNTAIN AREA, UINTA COUNTY, WYOMING — Dan M. Worrall

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GENERAL GEOLOGY GEOLOGY AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF CO-OP CREEK QUADRANGLE, WASATCH COUNTY, UTAH — Gary K. Astin

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THE TECTONIC AND SYNOROGENIC DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE HOBACK BASIN AND ADJACENT AREAS — J. A. Dorr, D. R. Spearing and J. R. Steidtmann

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GEOLOGY OF THE HOBACK AREA IN THE OVERTHRUST BELT, LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES, WYOMING — Claude Max Froidevaux

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SUMMARY OF UPPER CRETACEOUS AND CENOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AND OF TECTONIC AND GLACIAL EVENTS IN JACKSON HOLE, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING - J. D. Love

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GEOPHYSICAL GRAVITY MODELING OF THE WYOMING THRUST BELT AT 43°N. LATITUDE — John A. Morel

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SEISMICITY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF EARTHQUAKE RELATED LANDSLIDES IN THE TETON-GROS VENTRE-JACKSON HOLE AREA, WYOMING — R. B. Smith, J. R. Pelton, and J. D. Love

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OIL & GAS THE CRAVEN CREEK FIELD, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING — Stephen B. Evans and William F. Barrett

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RYCKMAN CREEK FIELD, UINTA COUNTY, WYOMING - John M. Kelly and Frank O. Hine

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ASSESSMENT QF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES IN THE IDAHO-WYOMING THRUST BELT — Richard B. Powers

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DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY OF PINEVIEW FIELD, SUMMIT COUNTY, U T A H D. C. Conner and R. J. Covlin

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THE MOXA ARCH, AN OVERTHRUST MODEL? - Phillip H. Wach

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SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE OLD NUGGET OIL FIELDS OF THE LaBARGE PLATFORM — Suzanne Webel

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WYOMING GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK

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COAL GEOLOGY OF THE SKULL POINT MINE AREA, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING Robert T. Bozzuto

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THE KEMMERER COAL FIELD UPDATE — Louis A. Engstrom

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UPDATE ON THE HAMS FORK COAL REGION - Gary B. Glass

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GEOTHERMAL AUBURN HOT SPRINGS, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING Bern S. Hinckley and Roy M. Breckenridge

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GEOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS IN INVESTIGATIONS IN IDAHO, PART 6 — John C. MitcheU

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MISCELLANEOUS GOLD CONTENT OF THE PASS PEAK FORMATION AND OTHER ROCKS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OVERTHRUST BELT, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING — John C. Antweiler, J. D. Love and W. L. Campbell

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"COSA" COLOR-OBLIQUE STEREO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR RAPID GEOLOGIC RECONNISSANCE AND FOR PLANNING STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPING PROGRAMS W. B. Hall and T. H. Walsh

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ROAD LOGS TRIP ONE —FRONT OF THE THRUST BELT TO FORELAND — D. R. Spearing and J. R. Steidtmann . 7 6 3 TRIP TWO — GEOLOGY OF THE SNAKE RIVER RANGE AND ADJACENT AREAS — H. F. Albee, W. S. Lingley, Jr., and J. D. Love

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TRIP THREE — SNAKE RIVER FLOAT TRIP LOG — ELBOW CAMPGROUND TO SHEEP GULCH — T. C. Moklestad and H. G. Buchurel

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CONTENTS OF POCKET Tectonic Map of the Overthrust Belt D. L. Blackstone, Jr. William R. Cook III — PJate I and Plate II Claude Max Froidevaux — Plate I and Plate II Mudge, Earhart and Rice — Geologic Map of the Northern Disturbed Belt James A. Peterson -^ Figure 14 Jack Rathbone Photo William J. Sando — Plate I Betty Skipp and M, H. Hait, Jr. — Figure I John Vietti — Plate I