Trail Guide to Hyalite Peak, Bozeman, MT part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Trail Guides
By Tom Beers and Tyson Berndt, geology majors, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University "Keep your sense of proportion by regularly, preferably daily, visiting the natural world." -- Catlin ...

Trail Guide to Sacagawea Peak, Northern Bridger Range, MT part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Trail Guides
By Travis Corthouts and Donald Bent, geology majors, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Jump down to: Introduction | Directions | Trailhead | Fossils | Cirque Basin Area | Structural Geology ...

Bear Basin Trail, Spanish Peaks Area, Northern Madison Range, near Big Sky, MT part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Trail Guides
By Tom Isaacs, Nathan Danz, and Thomas Rendle, geology majors, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Introduction Bear Basin is carved into the Spanish Peaks uplift of the Madison Range. This ...

Topical Issues That Impact the Rocky Mountain Front part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana Geoheritage Sites:Augusta Choteau
Authors: Willie Freimuth, Sarah Anne Devaney, David MogkDept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Preservation vs. Conservation At first glance, the terms conservation and preservation may hold similar ...

Augusta Choteau part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana Geoheritage Sites:Augusta Choteau
Geoheritage of the Augusta-Choteau Area Explore the dramatic Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta and Choteau, Montana. This website provides an overview of the natural and cultural heritage of this amazing country. ...

Shonkin Sag and Square Butte Laccoliths, Montana part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database:MT Field Guides
Shonkin Sag and Square Butte laccoliths are at the eastern edge of the Highwood Mountains as part of the Central Montana Alkalic Province. Rocks in the Highwood Mountains date to 50-53 Ma. Both laccoliths are internally differentiated and contain a variety of rock types, including shonkinite, syenite, and pegmatite.

Geology of the Butte Mining District part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database:MT Field Guides
The Butte mining district is one of the major mining districts of the world with continuous production from both underground and open pit mines for 119 years, from 1864 to 1983. During this time, mining activites at Butte have introduced many firsts in mining methods, techniques of mine mapping, and the detailed recording of geologic data. This field guide describes the geology of the mineral deposits, provides a geologic map of the district, and concludes with a tour of eight locations of interest, including Alice pit, Syndicate pit, Berkeley pit, the Emma and Orphan Boy veins of the Anaconda system, the World Museum of Mining, and the Montana Tech Mineral Museum.

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the Middle Rocky Mountains part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database:MT Field Guides
This trip is designed to show participants the granite-cored Laramide (Late Cretaceous-earliest Eocene) mountain ranges in the middle Rocky Mountains, and their various stages of burial by Cenozoic deposits and subsequent Quaternary exhumation. Mountain-flank structures involving Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic rocks, the classic Heart Mountain detachment fault complex, and the rootless overthrust mountain ranges of the Wyoming-Utah-Idaho thrust belt are traversed.

Road Log to the Picket Pin Mountain, Chrome Mountain and Contact Mountain Areas part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database:MT Field Guides
This road log describes the geologic features along the access roads for three additional traverses: Guide to the Picket Pin Mountain Area, Guide to the Chrome Mountain Area, and A Traverse Through the Banded Series in the Contact Mountain Area. "This trip requires nearly 2 hours without stops. Beyond 12.5 miles, the road is rough and steep in places; a four-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended.

A Traverse Through the Banded Series in the Contact Mountain Area part of Integrating Research and Education:Montana Geoheritage Project:Montana-Yellowstone Geologic Field Guide Database:MT Field Guides
This traverse through the Banded Series of the Stillwater Complex follows the section described in detail by McCallum and others (1980)....Unusual or particularly interesting features are highlighted by the 22 localities along the traverse. In view of the nearly continuous outcrop, however, there is much of interest to see between localities, and full appreciation of the entire section would require several days. Nonetheless, most of the important rock types can be seen on a 1-day trip.