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### Geology and water resources of the Bighorn Basin, 
Wyoming

#### Professional Paper 53

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#### Abstract

This paper is the result of field work done during the seasons of 1904 and 
1905 It is designed mainly to furnish information regarding geologic structure 
and the prospects for underground water. The description of the formations of 
the Bighorn Mountain area is chiefly the work of N. H. Darton, under whose 
direction the exploration ·was made.

A general account of the surface waters is given, including a statement of 
their present and proposed uses for irrigation, and the economic products of a 
geologic nature are also described. The region considered comprises the Bighorn 
basin, a part of the Clark Fork basin, and the slopes of the adjoining mountain 
ranges, the entire area comprising 8,500 square miles. As shown on fig. 1, it is 
situated mainly in Bighorn County, in the northwestern part of Wyoming, and 
includes the greater portion of the area lying between meridians 107° 15' and 
109° 15' and parallels 43° 40' and 45°. It is bounded on the north by Montana, 
on the east by the Bighorn Mountains, on the south by Bighorn and Owl Creek 
mountains, and on the west by Shoshone, Absaroka, and Beartooth 
mountains.

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