There is a fairly extensive discussion of geomorphology and Late 

 Tertiary - Quaternary geology, but no discussion of hydrologic 

 characteristics. The position of the mapped extent of Pleistocene 

 glaciation with respect to the sample site is not shown. 



Bibliographic source: Geoindex lat-long search 



Author: Torrey, A.E. and F.A. Kohut 



Title: Geology and ground-water resources of the lower 

 Yellowstone River Valley, between Glendive and Sidney, 

 Montana 



Series: USGS Water-Supply Paper 1355 



Date: 1956 



Geologic mapping at 1:126,720 scale is restricted to the 

 Yellowstone Valley and the lowermost sections of the tributaries. 

 Lower Burns Creek is mapped as alluvium incised into till, with 

 occasional outcrops of undivided Fort Union Formation shown along 

 adjacent reaches of the Yellowstone. 



Page 16 has a brief but interesting discussion of the behavior of 

 tributaries, including Burns Creek, as drains for the irrigated 

 terraces of the Yellowstone. There is no discussion of the 

 hydraulic characteristics or water quality of the tributary 

 alluvium. 



Colteir Campground 



Bibliographic source: Geoindex lat-long search 



Author: Elliot, J.E. 



Title: Geologic map of the southwest part of the Cooke City 

 Quadrangle, Montana and Wyoming. 



Series: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series 

 Map 1-1084. 



Date: 1979 



Detailed bedrock geologic mapping at 1:24000 scale shows the Colter 

 Campground wetland underlain by "granitic rocks" (mainly granite 

 gneiss) of Precambrian W age (approximately 2,750 m.y.). Surficial 

 sediments are shown as a narrow (and presumably thin) band of 



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