TY - BOOK ID - 118790243 TI - Geology of the Bighorn Mountains PY - 1906 SN - 024372828X PB - Washington Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey DB - UniCat KW - Geology KW - Geology. KW - United States KW - Wyoming. KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Huai'eming KW - Huai'eming zhou KW - Oyaiominnk KW - State of Wyoming KW - Tóʼííbézhí Hahoodzo KW - Uaĭoming KW - Vaĭoming KW - Vaiominga KW - Vai͡ominh KW - Vajoming KW - Vajomingas KW - Vajomingo KW - Vajomings KW - Ṿayoming KW - Vayominq KW - Vyomina KW - Ṿyoming KW - Vyominga KW - Waiomina KW - Waiomingu KW - Waiomingu-sh KW - Wayoming KW - WY KW - Wyoming Shitati KW - Wyoming Territory KW - Montana KW - Wyoming KW - Rocky Mountains UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118790243 AB - Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Throughout the work assistance has been rendered by Mr. C. A. Fisher, who mapped portions of the area, measured numerous sections, collected fossils, and examined most of the crystalline rocks; and the author is indebted to Mr. Albert Johannsen for some of the petrographic descriptions. Previous observers have given but little information regarding the geology of the Bighorn Mountains, though Dr. F. V. Hayden ascertained the general relations of the uplift in his exploration of the Northwest, and Mr. George H. Eldridge, who crossed the range near Bald Mountain and southwest of Buffalo during the summer of 1893, described some of the broader features of the geologic succession and structure in a remarkably comprehensive manner, considering how small an area he had the opportunity to examine. The Bighorn region is very thinly settled, there being no permanent habitations among the mountains, and it is but little visited by others than hunters, prospectors, and herders. There have recently been established two summer resorts in the mountains, and each year a larger number of persons visit the region. Unfortunately the mineral prospects have proved disappointing to the prospectors, and there appears to be but little promise that the area will become important on account of its mineral resources. In the Bridger uplift promising prospects of gold and copper have recently been discovered, which may prove of value. ER -