Pre-Cambrian Geology of the Medicine Bow Mountains

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Research Article| December 30, 1926 Pre-Cambrian Geology of the Medicine Bow Mountains ELIOT BLACKWELDER ELIOT BLACKWELDER Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1926) 37 (4): 615–658. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-37-615 Article history received: 26 May 1926 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation ELIOT BLACKWELDER; Pre-Cambrian Geology of the Medicine Bow Mountains. GSA Bulletin 1926;; 37 (4): 615–658. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-37-615 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract IntroductionThe Medicine Bow Mountains lie south of the Union Pacific Railroad and about 40 miles west of the city of Laramie, in southeastern Wyoming. They extend southward into Colorado. A short alpine ridge, known as the Snowy Range, rising to an elevation of 12,000 feet, surmounts a broad plateau which varies from 9,000 to 10,000 feet in elevation and is intrenched by canyons. The plateau, partly margined by fault-line scarps, is nearly surrounded by a broad, terraced plain that has been eroded from outcrops of Cretaceous shales by streams and wind.In spite of its ready accessibility, this interesting range has been strangely neglected by geologists until the last decade. In 1868 Hague2 made a reconnaissance, noted the general character and distribution of the rocks, and offered a tentative interpretation of the internal structure. Van Hise3 crossed the range on horseback in three days in 1889 and thereby added . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.