Vol. 10, No. 23, pp. 445-459, 1 text-figure, pis. 34-38 January 31, 1918 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



ANTICLINES NEAR SUNSHINE, PARK COUNTY, 



WYOMING 



BY 



C. L. MOODY and N. L. TALIAFERRO 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Location - 445 



Field work 446 



Previous work 446 



Physiography and drainage 447 



Stratigraphy 449 



Introduction 449 



Cretaceous system 450 



Cloverly formation 450 



Thermopolis shale 450 



Mowry shale 451 



Frontier formation 453 



Cody shale 454 



Mesaverde formation 454 



Tertiary system 454 



Wasatch formation 454 



Quaternary system 455 



Terrace gravels „ 455 



Alluvium 455 



Structure 456 



Sunshine anticline 456 



Gooseberry Creek anticline 457 



Geologic history 458 



Tertiary period — 458 



Quaternary period 459 



Summary 459 



LOCATION 



The area described in this report lies in Townships 46, 47, and 

 48 N, Range 101 W, along the western edge of the Bighorn Basin and 

 in the southeastern part of Park County, Wyoming. All but that 



