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Rocks along the Lamar River banks are coarsely banded Precambrian gneisses more than 2.5 billion years old. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1970.

Dates

Date Taken
1970

Summary

Album caption and index card: Rocks along the Lamar River banks are coarsely banded Precambrian gneisses more than 2.5 billion years old, some of the oldest rocks in Yellowstone National Park. View shows coarse banding and texture of the gneiss; minerals include quartz, feldspar, and biotite (black mica). Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1970.

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Stacy, John R.

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Stacy, J.R. Collection.

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Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary sjr00696
number photoLibrary 32038
batch photoLibrary btch136
number_in_book photoLibrary 696

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