Chemical analyses of coal from the Tongue River Member, Fort Union Formation, Decker coal deposit, Big Horn County, Montana
Open-File Report
79-772
By: Ronald H. Affolter, Joseph R. Hatch, Robert E. Matson, and L.A. Sauer
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Abstract
As part of a continuing cooperative program between the U. S. Geological Survey and the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology to collect and chemically analyze representative samples of Montana coals, 50 coal and 2 carbonaceous shale samples were collected from the Anderson, Dietz 1 and Dietz 2 coal beds in the Paleocene Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation. These samples were collected at six locations in sections 9 and 15, T. 9 S., R. 40 E., section 26, T. 8 S., R. 39 E., and section 29, T. 9 S., R. 39 E., Big Horn County, Montana.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Chemical analyses of coal from the Tongue River Member, Fort Union Formation, Decker coal deposit, Big Horn County, Montana |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 79-772 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr79772 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 39 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Big Horn County |
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