Black Hills Area, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming : 1968 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 20th annual field conference, Deadwood, South Dakota – September 23-25, 1968. Hardback, 243p. This guidebook contains 28 technical papers on various aspects of geology pertaining to the Black Hills and 2 day-trips of road logs through the area. The papers are divided into four main sections : Oil and Gas, Uranium, Coal, and Other Minerals and Water. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Muddy Exploration, Bell Creek Oil Field, Kitty Field, Recluse Oil Field, South Coyote Creek Fields, West Moorcroft Field, Wood Dakota Field, Project Thunderbird, Homestake Mine, Double Rainbow Mine, Pegmatites and more. (Generally VG, cover edges rubbed at back) $68

Casper Area, Wyoming : 1954 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. Ninth annual field conference, Casper, Wyoming – 1954. Hardback, 95p., plus 10 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 13 technical papers on various aspects of geology pertaining to the Casper Area and 2 Day-trip road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Rattlesnake Hills, Laramie range, South Glenrock oil field, South Cole Creek field, Emigrant Gap anticline, Pine mountain and West Poison spider structures, Boone Dome gas field, Notches oil field, Poison Spider field, South Casper creek field and more. (Good, owner's stamps, slight tanning) $32

Cretaceous Geology of Wyoming Field Trip Road Logs : 1985 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. EXCERPT FROM 36th field conference guidebook. Contains two road logs : Casper – Pathfinder – Hat Six Road, AND Casper – Kaycee – Redwall. Numbered as pages 177-184, 11x8.5” $5

Energy Resources of Wyoming : 1981 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 32nd annual field conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming – Teton Village, September 20-22, 1981. Hardback, 262p., plus 5 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 11 technical papers and 4 road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of the Leo Sands, Bear River formation, Painter reservoir, East Painter reservoir, Clear Creek field, Carter creek field, Marianne field, Helium in Wyoming, Uranium and more.

Geology and Energy Resources of the Powder River : 1976 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 28th annual field conference, Casper, Wyoming – September, 1976. Hardback, 328p., plus 6 folded plates in pocket (Lange’s Figs 2 and 4 are on same sheet). This guidebook contains 35 technical papers on various aspects of geology and 2 road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Teapot sandstone, Triangle U Field, Deadman creek field, Kiehl field, Heldt draw field, Powell-Ross field, Well draw field, Spearhead ranch field, Trabing field, Steinle ranch field, Relcuse field, Powder River coal basin, Bear Creek Uranium project, and more.

Choose your copy of Bighorn Basin 1975 :
Good (light wear) - $18
Good (All VG, but has name blacked out on edge of page block) - $18
Fair (All G/VG, nice, but one blank corner tip a bit stiff from water, no discoloration) - $12

Green River Basin : 1955 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 10th annual field conference. Hardback, 255p., nicely illustrated, plus 9 items folded in pocket. This guidebook contains 48 technical articles, plus several in-text items such as maps, contour maps, penetration charts and such. There are 3 days of road logs, plus 8 different Exit road logs. Among other topics, there is specific mention of the Amsden formation, Phosphoria formation, Vermilion Creek in Moffat county of Colorado, Montanan group, Mesaverde group, Great Divide basin, Sand Wash Basin in Colorado, Tabernacle Butte, Leucite Hills, Rock Springs uplift, Rawlins uplift, Wind River Mountains, Baxter Basin gas fields in Sweetwater county, Church Buttes gas field, Clay Basin gas field, Hoback area, Middle Mountain field, Morrow Creek Unit, Pacific Creek deep test, Pinedale anticline, Powder Wash – Ace field, Salt wells gas field, Savery anticline and more. Good (light tanning) - $25

Northern Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana : 1963 : Wyoming Geological Association (18th annual) and Billings Geological society (14th annual) Guidebook. SOFTCOVER Reprint 1969. First joint field conference, August 8-10, 1963. 204p., plus 4 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 24 technical papers on various aspects of geology pertaining to the Powder River Basin Area and 3 Day-trip road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Big Horn Mountains, Black Hills, Halverson Ranch Field, Kummerfeld field, Miller Creek field, Prong creek field, Rainbow ranch field, Raven creek field, Soap Creek oil field, Timber Creek Field, Billy Creek field and more. Good. $28

Overthrust Belt of Southwestern Wyoming and adjacent areas : 1960 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 15th annual field conference, Wyoming – 1960. Hardback, 285p., plus 10 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 38 technical papers on various aspects of geology and 6 road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Chinese Massacre, Esther Morris, Dry Piney Oil field, Eastern Big Hole Mountains, Sublette county, Frontier formation, Washakie basin, Southern Bridger basin, Green river mineralogy, Hilliard thrust fault, Afton Anticline, Willow Creek Gas field, Taconite deposits, Kemmerer coal field and more. (Fair. All Good, nice, but front hinge shaken). $42

Publications of the Wyoming Geological Association 1946-1966. This is NOT a guidebook or symposium, instead it is INDEX of Association publications by author, subject, locality and road logs. It could be a valuable way to locate coverage and titles. Softcover, 9x6”, 85p. $10

Rocky Mountain Thrust Belt Geology and Resources : 1977 : 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook. Joint Wyoming – Montana – Utah geological associations meeting held in Teton Village, Wyoming, September 14-17, 1977. Hardback, 790p., heavily illustrated, plus 11 folded illustrations in pocket. Contains 58 technical articles, some shorter pieces, and three road logs. Among much more, a few of the place or things specifically mentioned include : Morgan formation, Dinosaur Canyon member of the Triassic Moenave formation, Nugget sandstone, Peterson Limestone, Draney Limestone, Frontier formation, Cenozoic of the Snake River Plain, New earliest Eocene Mammalian faunale, Cretaceous Tygee Member of the Bear River formation, Sevier Orogenic belt, Aspen Tunnel area, Indianola in Utah, Ryckman creek anticline area, Centennial mountains, Round Mountain area, Co-op Creek quadrangle, Hoback basin, Craven Creek field, Ryckman creek field, Pineview field, Moxa arch, Skull point mine area, Kemmerer coal field, Hams fork coal region, Auburn Hot Springs, Pass Peak formation, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, Canadian Rockies, plus the region. (Good, All VG but cover lightly rubbed) $38

Stratigraphy of Wyoming : 1980 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 31st annual field conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming – Teton Village, September 6-10, 1980. Hardback, 318p.., plus 3 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 21 technical papers and a road log through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Archeological sequence, Cottonwood Creek field, Jurassic stump formation, Muddy sandstones at Kitty field, Big Hole Mountains Idaho, Frontier formation, Crawford mountains, Sand Wash Basin Colorado, Green River formation, gold-bearing conglomerate, Hanna coal field and more. VG/EXC - $10

Symposium on Late Cretaceous rocks of Wyoming and adjacent areas : 1961 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 16th annual field conference, Green River, Washakie, Wind River and Powder River Basins. Hardback, 351p. PLUS separate folder containing 25 folded illustrations (24 plates and an index map for road logs). This guidebook contains 44 technical papers on various aspects of geology and 4 road logs through the area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Mesaverde sandstones in Wyoming, Paleocene Mammalia, Laramide tectonics, Rock Springs Uplift, Sand Wash Basin Colorado, Hanna Basin, Patrick Draw area, Desert Springs field, Table rock field, Dead Horse creek field, Barber creek field, Rawlins Mammoth, Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Castle Gardens area, Overland Trail and more.

Symposium on Recently Developed Geologic Principles and Sedimentation of the Permo-Pennsylvanian of the Rocky Mountains. 1966 Wyoming Geological Association for the 20th Annual Conference held August 31 to September 2, 1966 in Casper, Wyoming. (As far as I can tell, this is entirely separate from the 20th Annual Field Conference Guidebook which was printed in 1968.) Loose-leaf in a 3-ring binder. Page numbering is curious and is explained in the Editor’s note at the beginning. The publication was first prepared for the conference held in Casper, then later corrected and expanded to this form, which is complete with the 126 original pages plus the page group ending in 90r. (Very Good, with lightly rubbed cover) $28

Symposium on Tertiary Rocks of Wyoming : 1969 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 21st Field Conference Guidebook. Hardback, three-punch bound inside, 233p., 8 folded illustrations in pocket. Contains 30 technical articles plus shorter pieces such as Introductions and Stratigraphic nomenclature chart. 3 days of road logs. Among other content a sample of topics mentioned includes Wind River Basin, Tepee Trail formation, Badwater Creek area, Tatman formation, Pass Peak formation, Hoback formation, Geology and vertebrate paleontology of the Northeastern Green River Basin, Pavillion field, Waltman field, Cooper Reservoir field, Madden gas field, Frenchie draw field, Project Wagon Wheel, Project Thunderbird, Trona, Oil shale, more. (Very Good, bumped corner) $34

Symposium on Wyoming Tectonics and Their Economic Significance : 1971 : Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook. 23rd annual field conference, Casper, Wyoming – September 20-22, 1971. Hardback, 187p.., plus 18 folded plates in pocket. This guidebook contains 17 technical articles plus a road log of the Lost Soldier – Green Mountain area. Among much other detail, there is specific mention of Bighorn mountains, Fanny Peak Lineament, Gas Hills Uranium district, Drape folding, Uinta mountains, Absaroka mountains, Hilliard formation, Lamont-Bairoil area, and more. (Very Good, with lightly rubbed cover) $28

Washakie Basin Field Trip road log. 1993 Wyoming Geological Association. This was published for the 44th Field Conference, 1993 : Jubilee Anniversary, WGS 50th Anniversary Field Conference held August 18-19. Pages not numbered (around 30p.), illustrated, with discussions and multiple road logs. 11x8.5", Comb-bound. (Good. Minor notes, name on cover, two pages have soil). $22

Wyoming Oil and gas fields symposium. 1957. Wyoming Geological Association. 11x8.5", loose pages in a large 3-ring binder. 484p., illus., 18 maps in pocket. It contains maps and data for 257 fields discovered prior to January 1, 1956. This is almost entirely data sheets for individual fields and related information like structure maps. Many fold-outs. I noted a few pages with a different numbering scheme that seem to have been published in the WGA Earth Science Bulletin and meant to be inserted into this volume – such as the Halverson field pages inserted after page 210. (Poor, All Good with VG binder, but pocket maps are NOT present. This means that the information for 239 fields is COMPLETE. Name blacked out on title page and on edge of page block.). AS IS - $25

Wyoming Stratigraphy : Subsurface Stratigraphy of the Pre-Niobrara formations in Wyoming. 1956 Wyoming Geological Association. From the preface, it sounds as if the WGA planned to add other parts (publications) to this study, but I can find no record of them. In any case, this publication is complete as is. Loose-leaf in a 3-ring binder, 98 pages plus 9 folded plates plus index map (a total of 10 items) in pockets. Stratigraphic discussions in text include Bighorn Basin, Wind River Basin, Western Powder River Basin, Eastern Powder River Basin, Green River Basin, Eastern Great Divide – Washakie Basins, Shirley and Laramie Basins, Denver – Julesburg Basin. Poor (All Good, with name stamps, but missing folded pocket plates pertaining to Bighorn part 2, Wind River, Powder River eastern, Great Divide and Washakie, and Denver-julesburg basins) - $5

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Wyoming Geology : Misc. Maps ~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.

Bare Ring Butte Survey, Wyoming. July 29, 1993. This is a collection of maps and data sheets created or compiled by Seismic Exchange, Inc. (of New Orleans) for private distribution to Thomasson Partner Associates, Inc. (of Denver, Colorado). The loose collection fills a 9x17" manilla folder, one inch thick. Most maps and seismic data sheets are folded. All of the content pertains to the Bare Ring Butte area in Wyoming, mention is made of the Lost Soldier Porducing Horizon. Sweetwater, Fremont and Carbon counties, Wyoming. This appears to be the working file of the geologists who worked on the project - it seems to have rough draft sheets with notes and final version sheets. Oil and Gas. This is certainly a one-of-a-kind item, you won't find this information elsewhere. (one folded corner of one document has a water mark, nothing stuck) $115

BLM Maps : Color, folded, Most are Scale 1 : 250,000. Please note minor differences in coverage area and dates in the very similar titles. These maps came to me separately and were not associated with a report when I received them, nor is a report title indicated on them. (may be minor soil on outside when folded).

Caballo Mine, Campbell county, Wyoming. This is a group of maps that were part of a Draft EIS report, Mining and Reclamation Plan, US Government Printing office, 1978. 4 folded maps : Surface and Mineral ownership, Proposed mining sequence, Soils, Vegetation types. (lightly bumped edges, some soil on outside when folded) $3

Coal Creek Mine, Campbell county, Wyoming. This is a group of maps that were part of a Draft EIS report, Mining and Reclamation Plan, US Government Printing office, 1978. 8 folded maps : Topographic, Coal facility plot plan, Two-pit mine plan, Conceptual topography after mining, Soil types, Soils quality, Surficial geology, Vegetation communities. (a few lightly bumped edges) $10

Map of Bighorn Forest Reserve, Wyoming, showing distribution of Woodlands. By F. E. Town. 1898. Scale about 1" = 4 miles. This is a folded color map measuring around 18x20". It was printed as part of Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1897 - 1998: Part V -- Forest Reserves, plate 37. This is a topographic map with the forests marked in green. (Good. Crease intersections may have short tears) $5

Teton Forest Reserve and Southern part of Yellowstone Park Forest Reserve, showing land classification and wooded areas . By T. S. Brandegee. 1898. Scale about 1" = 4 miles. This is a visually attractive folded color map measuring around 16x20" It was printed as part of Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1897 - 1998: Part V -- Forest Reserves, plate 43. This is a topographic map with color for classifications and forests. (Good. Crease intersections may have short tears) $5

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Wyoming Geology and Natural History Publications : Misc.~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.

Earth Science Bulletin vol. 7(2) : 1974. Wyoming Geological Association. 36p. illus. (some pencil marks) $6