Geology of Wyoming
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    • Big Hollow
    • Como Bluff
    • Snowy Range Stromatolites
    • Sybille Canyon - WY Highway 34
    • Vedauwoo
    • Wyoming Diamonds
  • Big Horn County
    • Ancient River Channel & Sheep Mountain
    • Bighorn Canyon
    • Bighorn Mountain Byways Part I
    • Bighorn River Area Caves
    • Devil's Kitchen
    • Medicine Lodge Tensleep Sandstone
    • Red Gulch Alkali Backcountry Byway
    • Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite & Sundance Seaway
    • Shell Dinosaur Bone Beds
  • Campbell County
    • Pumpkin Buttes
  • Carbon County
    • Battle Pass Byway - WY Highway 70
    • Encampment & Sierra Madre Mtns
    • Freezeout Hills
    • Rawlins Uplift
    • Shirley Basin
  • Converse County
    • Ayres Natural Bridge
    • Douglas Crater Field
  • Crook County
    • Devils Tower & Black Hills
  • Fremont County
    • Gas Hills & Crooks Gap Uranium
    • Red Canyon
    • Sinks Canyon
    • South Pass
  • Goshen-Platte Counties
    • Fort Laramie & Hartville Uplift
    • Goshen Hole
  • Hot Springs County
    • Anchor Dam
    • Dinosaur Marbles
    • Thermopolis Hot Springs
    • Wind River Canyon Part 1
    • Wind River Canyon Part 2
  • Johnson County
    • Hole In The Wall & Red Wall Country
  • Laramie County
    • Cheyenne Tablelands and Gangplank
  • Lincoln County
    • Fossil Butte
    • Periodic Spring
  • Natrona County
    • Bessemer Bend
    • Casper Mountain
    • Ervay Basin
    • Granite Mountains
    • Hells Half Acre
    • Rattlesnake Hills
  • Niobrara County
    • Lusk Area
  • Park County
    • Absaroka Volcanic Province
    • Beartooth Highway
    • Buffalo Bill Dam & Rattlesnake Mtn.
    • Clarks Fork Canyon
    • Cody Hydrothermal System
    • Dead Indian Hill
    • The Great Unconformity
    • Heart Mountain
    • Kirwin
    • Oregon Basin Oil Field
    • McCullough Peaks
    • Polecat Bench & PETM
    • Sunlight Basin
    • Tatman Mountain & Squaw Peaks
  • Sheridan County
    • Bighorn Mountain Byways Part II
  • Southeast Wyoming
    • North Platte River: One Dammed Thing After Another
  • Southern Powder River Basin
    • K-T Boundary
  • Sublette County
    • Titcomb Basin
  • Sweetwater County
    • Adobe Town
    • Flaming Gorge
    • Lake Gosiute & the Blue Forest
    • Leucite Hills
  • Teton County
    • Gros Ventre Range & Granite Hot Springs
    • Northern Tetons Geologic Wonders
    • Two Ocean Pass
  • Uinta-Lincoln Counties
    • Wyoming Thrust Belt
  • Washakie County
    • Big Cedar Ridge
    • Castle Gardens
    • Tensleep Canyon & Sweet 16
    • Upper Nowood River Valley
  • MONTANA
    • Crazy Mountains and Basin
    • Grasshopper Glacier
    • Nye-Bowler Fault Zone
    • Pryor Mountains
    • Red Lodge - Bear Creek Coal

Links to Wyoming geology, history, MAPS, pictures, rock hounding, AND travel

Wyoming Geology Links

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Geologic Map of Wyoming by Love and Christiansen, 1985, United States Geological Survey, National Geologic Map Database, 40 MB


https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_16366.htm
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​United States Geological Survey National Geologic Map Database (search engine for free downloadable USGS maps):

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/ngm_compsearch.pl



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​United States Geological Survey Publication Warehouse (search engine for free downloadable USGS technical papers):

​https://pubs.er.usgs.gov
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​​Wyoming Geological Survey (free downloadable papers, maps and books):

​http://www.wsgs.wyo.gov
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​Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (oil well and oil field data):

​http://wogcc.wyo.gov
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​Wyoming State Engineers Office (water well and surface water):

​http://seo.wyo.gov



Wyoming History Links

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​Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists and the Wyoming Archaeological Society:

​http://www.wyomingarchaeology.org/home.html
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​Wyoming History:

​https://www.wyohistory.org
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​Wyoming State Archives:

​http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/index.php
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Wyoming State Historical Society:

​https://www.wyshs.org
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Wyoming State Historical Society History Journal (on line):

​https://www.wyshs.org/publications/annals-wyoming-wyoming-history-journal/volumes-available-online

Wyoming Map Links

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Geologic Map of Wyoming by Love and Christiansen, 1985, United States Geological Survey, National Geologic Map Database, 40 MB


https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_16366.htm
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Visit Wyoming's Geology map with eight major geological sights, locations of Wyoming State Parks with links to geology, locations of Wyoming museums with links, location and tidbits on other Wyoming geological sights, Wyoming State Geological Survey

https://wsgs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=d89f3810924b4c35884d58481b7ac01a
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Wyoming geology: Look, learn while on the way to Yellowstone, Wyoming State Geological Survey

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a5c13d9d4d040a0bc0c29e06ecdcf19
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Wyoming ORV Maps (mountains & surrounding foothills):

http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/index.php/orv-trails/orv-maps
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Wyoming Snowmobile Maps (mountains & surrounding foothills):

http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/index.php/snowmobile/snowmobile-maps-trails

Wyoming Picture Links

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​Don Bain’s 360 degree Panoramas of Wyoming:

http://360panos.com/wyoming.php
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Matador 30 images of Wyoming:

https://matadornetwork.com/trips/30-images-wyoming-cant-stop-looking/
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Pinterest - The Great State of Wyoming:

https://www.pinterest.com/gouwyo/the-great-state-of-wyoming/

Wyoming Rock Hounding Links

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​Wyoming State Mineral and Gem Society

https://wsmgs.org
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Wyoming State Geological Survey Publications on Gemstones (three pages of various publications, free downloads):

http://sales.wsgs.wyo.gov/minerals/new-category/?sort=featured&page=2
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Wyoming State Geological Survey Publications on Metals (fifteen pages of various publications, free downloads): 

http://sales.wsgs.wyo.gov/minerals/new-category-2/?sort=featured&page=6
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Gemstones and Other Unique Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming: A Field Guide For Collectors (free download at WSGS):

​http://sales.wsgs.wyo.gov/gemstones-and-other-unique-minerals-and-rocks-of-wyoming-a-field-guide-for-collectors-reprinted-2014/
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Mineral and Rocks of Wyoming – A Guide for Collectors, Prospectors, and Rock Hounds (free download from WSGS):

http://sales.wsgs.wyo.gov/minerals-and-rocks-of-wyoming-a-guide-for-collectors-prospectors-and-rock-hounds-2005/
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The GemHunter – Professor Hausel’s Guide to Finding Gemstones, Diamonds, Gold, Rocks & Minerals (website & blog by Hausel):

​https://gemhunter.webs.com
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Theimage.com (property data on 172 minerals and 866 photos):

http://www.theimage.com/mineral/index.htm

Wyoming Travel Links

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BLM Wyoming:

https://www.blm.gov/wyoming
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BLM Search Engine:

​https://www.blm.gov/visit/search/14/WY/0/1
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National Parks, Monuments and Trails in Wyoming:

https://www.nps.gov/state/wy/index.htm



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That’s Wyoming (State of Wyoming travel site):

​https://www.travelwyoming.com
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Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails:

​http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/
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Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources:

​http://wyospcr.state.wy.us
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Wyoming Game and Fish:

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/
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Wyoming Trails Program (ORV and snowmobile trails in mountains):

http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/index.php/home-trails/
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  • Home
    • Wow Factor
    • Geological Factor
    • Stratigraphic Column
    • Wyoming Links
    • About The Geologists
    • Contact Us
  • Map of GeoWyo Top Spots
  • Albany-Laramie Counties
    • Big Hollow
    • Como Bluff
    • Snowy Range Stromatolites
    • Sybille Canyon - WY Highway 34
    • Vedauwoo
    • Wyoming Diamonds
  • Big Horn County
    • Ancient River Channel & Sheep Mountain
    • Bighorn Canyon
    • Bighorn Mountain Byways Part I
    • Bighorn River Area Caves
    • Devil's Kitchen
    • Medicine Lodge Tensleep Sandstone
    • Red Gulch Alkali Backcountry Byway
    • Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite & Sundance Seaway
    • Shell Dinosaur Bone Beds
  • Campbell County
    • Pumpkin Buttes
  • Carbon County
    • Battle Pass Byway - WY Highway 70
    • Encampment & Sierra Madre Mtns
    • Freezeout Hills
    • Rawlins Uplift
    • Shirley Basin
  • Converse County
    • Ayres Natural Bridge
    • Douglas Crater Field
  • Crook County
    • Devils Tower & Black Hills
  • Fremont County
    • Gas Hills & Crooks Gap Uranium
    • Red Canyon
    • Sinks Canyon
    • South Pass
  • Goshen-Platte Counties
    • Fort Laramie & Hartville Uplift
    • Goshen Hole
  • Hot Springs County
    • Anchor Dam
    • Dinosaur Marbles
    • Thermopolis Hot Springs
    • Wind River Canyon Part 1
    • Wind River Canyon Part 2
  • Johnson County
    • Hole In The Wall & Red Wall Country
  • Laramie County
    • Cheyenne Tablelands and Gangplank
  • Lincoln County
    • Fossil Butte
    • Periodic Spring
  • Natrona County
    • Bessemer Bend
    • Casper Mountain
    • Ervay Basin
    • Granite Mountains
    • Hells Half Acre
    • Rattlesnake Hills
  • Niobrara County
    • Lusk Area
  • Park County
    • Absaroka Volcanic Province
    • Beartooth Highway
    • Buffalo Bill Dam & Rattlesnake Mtn.
    • Clarks Fork Canyon
    • Cody Hydrothermal System
    • Dead Indian Hill
    • The Great Unconformity
    • Heart Mountain
    • Kirwin
    • Oregon Basin Oil Field
    • McCullough Peaks
    • Polecat Bench & PETM
    • Sunlight Basin
    • Tatman Mountain & Squaw Peaks
  • Sheridan County
    • Bighorn Mountain Byways Part II
  • Southeast Wyoming
    • North Platte River: One Dammed Thing After Another
  • Southern Powder River Basin
    • K-T Boundary
  • Sublette County
    • Titcomb Basin
  • Sweetwater County
    • Adobe Town
    • Flaming Gorge
    • Lake Gosiute & the Blue Forest
    • Leucite Hills
  • Teton County
    • Gros Ventre Range & Granite Hot Springs
    • Northern Tetons Geologic Wonders
    • Two Ocean Pass
  • Uinta-Lincoln Counties
    • Wyoming Thrust Belt
  • Washakie County
    • Big Cedar Ridge
    • Castle Gardens
    • Tensleep Canyon & Sweet 16
    • Upper Nowood River Valley
  • MONTANA
    • Crazy Mountains and Basin
    • Grasshopper Glacier
    • Nye-Bowler Fault Zone
    • Pryor Mountains
    • Red Lodge - Bear Creek Coal