Wyoming craton
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The Wyoming craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in the western United States that forms part of the geological core of North America.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | craton ⓘ |
| age | Archean ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Cheyenne belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Falls tectonic zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Hudson orogen belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crustalThickness | relatively thick continental crust ⓘ |
| economicResourcesInclude |
base metals
ⓘ
gold ⓘ uranium ⓘ |
| exposedAt |
Beartooth Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bighorn Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Laramie Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Wind River Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | Archean crustal growth and stabilization ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Laurentia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North American craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geochronologyMethodsUsed | U-Pb zircon dating ⓘ |
| geologicalCoreOf | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geophysicalStudiesInclude | seismic tomography ⓘ |
| hasBasementProvince | Wyoming Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exposure of Archean basement rocks
ⓘ
oldest rocks in the United States ⓘ |
| lithologyIncludes |
gneiss
ⓘ
granite ⓘ greenstone ⓘ metasedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oldestRocksAge | >3.0 billion years ⓘ |
| orogenicHistoryIncludes |
Paleoproterozoic accretion events
ⓘ
Trans-Hudson orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ |
| researchField |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
craton evolution ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Hearne-Rae craton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Superior craton ⓘ |
| significance |
constrains assembly of Laurentia
ⓘ
records early continental crust formation ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | interior of North American plate ⓘ |
| tectonicStability | high ⓘ |
| underlies |
Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.