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 9. Coal-correlation diagram showing representative sections from the Hilight study area. R, Rider Wyodak; M, Main Wyodak; L, Lower Wyodak coal beds, as used in this report. Numbers are in feet; elevations above sea level are shown on right margin of figure. Inset map shows location of sections.

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