ProvenanceHandout by Prajukti Bhattacharyya, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, with additional images by Bradley S. Van Gosen (USGS Special paper 1717, Chapter M: The Life Cycle of Gold Deposits Near the Northeast Corner of Yellowstone National Park—Geology, Mining History, and Fate – source: (
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1717/downloads/pdf/p1717M.pdf), Steven R. Brantley et al. (U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 100-03, 2004, Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System – source:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs100-03/), Yellowstone’s Photo Collection (National Park Service – source:
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/graphics/diagrams/Page.htm), USGS Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center (Multidisciplinary Studies to Image and Characterize the Mineral Resource Potential of the Midcontinent Rift, USA – source:
http://crustal.usgs.gov/projects/midcontinent-rift-minerals/index.html), and USGS (Potential for New Nickel-Copper Sulfide Deposits in the Lake Superior Region – source:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/info/mwni_cu/).