USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team

Coal availability in the Hilight quadrangle, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: a prototype study in a western coal field

by Carol L. Molnia, Laura R. H. Biewick, Dorsey Blake, Susan J. Tewalt, M. Devereux Carter (US Geological Survey), and Charlie Gaskill (Bureau of Land Management)


Figure 10. Coal-correlation diagram A-A\022, showing coal beds in the Wyodak coal interval. Datum is elevation (ft) above sea level; no horizontal scale. Note variations in thickness in the Main Wyodak coal bed and in number of partings. This Main Wyodak interval is shown in detail in Figure 11. See Figure 3 for the location of Line A-A\022. R, Rider Wyodak; M, Main Wyodak; L, Lower Wyodak coal beds; Local, unnamed coal bed of limited areal extent.

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-469