page_title: Meeteetse Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Meeteetse Formation
caption_attribution_description: Wyoming's Meeteetse Formation is an Upper Cretaceous unit that consists of mixed siliciclastics and coal. It varies in thickness from a feather's edge (due to erosion) to almost 1,000 feet thick. In the deep subsurface, the Meeteetse reaches about 4,500 feet thick and can have up to 100 different coal horizons, some of which are 20 feet thick. Stratigraphy: Meeteetse Formation, Upper Cretaceous Locality: outcrop on the northeastern side of Route 120, southeast of the town of Meeteetse, southeastern Park County, northwestern Wyoming, USA Some info. from: Hickling et al. (1989) - Geology of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary coal-bearing rocks in the western part of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1813. 128 pp. 1 pl.
context_page_description: The Meeteetse Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation occurring in Wyoming.
  The formation is described by W.G. Pierce as gray to white clayey sand, drab sandstone, gray and brown shale, and bentonitic clay. It can form badlands.
  Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.
context_section_description: The Meeteetse Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation occurring in Wyoming.
  The formation is described by W.G. Pierce as gray to white clayey sand, drab sandstone, gray and brown shale, and bentonitic clay.  It can form badlands.
  Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.
caption: Meeteetse Formation in Wyoming
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