USGS Survey Geology of Fort Laramie Area Platte & Goshen Counties Wyoming 1963

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USGS Survey Geology of Fort Laramie Area Platte & Goshen Counties Wyoming 1963
This report of the USGS contains a beautiful full color folding map illustrating the geology of the area around the famous and historical Fort Laramie. It also has a folding diagram of the stratigraphic levels showing the type of rocks and the geological era during which they were formed. This is helpful in locating areas that are likely to contain fossils, like the cretaceous, that may be at or close to the surface. It can also be helpful in finding fossils even when they are shown to be below ground because a drive around the vicinity will reveal roadcuts and railroad excavations that may not have been there in 1964 when this map was made.
I am personally familiar with this area and its history--and its prehistory. These Wyoming geological maps are wonderful tools for the fossil hunter. Eastern Wyoming is almost one big fossil field. Well, maybe not quite THAT good, but really good.
Even if you're not a geologist who can look at this map and instantly understand what lies beneath the surface of the land, you should still be able to appreciate the art, if not the science, that is displayed here. I often think of mapmaking as an art as well as a science, but sometimes it appears that nature is the real artist, and the mapmaker merely a copier of the art that nature created. This map is big. It measures 32 by 40 inches. The Stratigraphic Diagram is 10 by 28 inches and the diagram of the rock levels penetrated by well drilling is 16 by 18 1/2 inches.
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