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Yellowstone National Park

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 USA / Wyoming / Park County / Yellowstone National Park

Journey Description

Man fährt von Salt Lake City immer N auf der 15 bis Idaho Falls. (gut 350 km). Dann biegt man auf die 26/31 und fährt ca. 75 km O bis Jackson. Hier gehts wieder N auf der 26, dann der 191 (150 km). Man ist am Ziel. Ab Idaho Falls ist die Straße gut ausgeschildert.

Exposure description

Nationalpark mit unterschiedlichen Geologischen Formationen/ Vulkanismus.

Geology

Überwiegend Vulkanismus.

Entrance Restrictions

Sammelverbot im ganzen Park

GPS Coordinates

Zentrum Yellowstone (National Park)


Zentrum Yellowstone (National Park)

WGS 84: 
Lat.: 44.768065° N, 
Long: 110.23355484° W
WGS 84: 
Lat.: 44° 46' 5.034" N,
   Long: 110° 14' 0.797" W
Local weather information, Macrostrat geological map

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Shortened path specification

Yellowstone National Park, Park, Wyoming, US
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Important: Before entering this or any other place of discovery you should have a permission of the operator and/or owner. Likewise it is to be respected that necessary safety precautions are kept during the visit.

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Images from localities (86 Images total)

Silex Spring
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Silex Spring
Fountain Paint Pot, Lower Geyer Basin, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Lower Geyser Basin
Image: 1437319767
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Silex Spring

Fountain Paint Pot, Lower Geyer Basin, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2015-07-19
Obsidian Cliff
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Obsidian Cliff
Yellowstone National Park, Park Co., Wyoming, USA. 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff
Image: 1237450875
Rating: 5 (votes: 1)
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Obsidian Cliff

Yellowstone National Park, Park Co., Wyoming, USA. 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2009-03-19
ehemaliger Geysir
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ehemaliger Geysir
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
Image: 1437929894
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
ehemaliger Geysir

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2015-07-26
Crested Pool
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Crested Pool
Oberes Geysir-Becken, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Oberes Geysir-Becken (Upper Geyser Basin)
Image: 1437934559
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Crested Pool

Oberes Geysir-Becken, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2015-07-26
Schlammvulkan
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Schlammvulkan
Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA. 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park
Image: 1237376924
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Schlammvulkan

Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA. 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2009-03-18

You find additional specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Detailed Description

1967 und 1968 wurden im Park 13 Bohrungen niedergebracht, um genauere physikalische und chemische Daten über heiße Quellen und Geysire zu erhalten, Untersuchungen der Bohrkerne. Daraus resultierten Funde einer Reihe von Zeolithen.

Klinoferrosilit hat hier die Typ-Lokalität. Es wurde gefunden im Obsidian des Obsidian Cliff.

Mineral images (1 Images total)

Schwefelkristalle
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Schwefelkristalle
Fundort: Monument Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA; Mineral deposits; 1969
Copyright: US National Park Services (NPS), W. W. Dunmire; Contribution: bardenoki
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park
Mineral: Sulphur
Image: 1176294412
Rating: 6 (votes: 1)
License: Public Domain
Schwefelkristalle

Fundort: Monument Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA; Mineral deposits; 1969
Copyright: US National Park Services (NPS), W. W. Dunmire
Contribution: bardenoki 2007-04-11
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Minerals (Count: 32)

Rock images (14 Images total)

Obsidian: derb schwarz
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Obsidian: derb schwarz
USA/Wyoming/Park Co./Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff, BB = 12 mm
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: B009853, Donator: anatase2
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff
Rock: obsidian
Image: 1701250282
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Obsidian: derb schwarz (SNr: B009853)

USA/Wyoming/Park Co./Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff, BB = 12 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2023-11-29
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Obsidian
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Obsidian
lagiger Obsidian in situ; Bildbreite ca. 15 cm; Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff
Rock: obsidian
Image: 1409046072
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Obsidian

lagiger Obsidian in situ; Bildbreite ca. 15 cm; Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2014-08-26
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Mammoth Hot Spring
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Mammoth Hot Spring
Sinterterassen (Aragonit), Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA; 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
Rock: calc-sinter
Image: 1237410266
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Mammoth Hot Spring

Sinterterassen (Aragonit), Yellowstone, Park Co., Wyoming, USA; 1988.
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2009-03-18
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Obsidian
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Obsidian
Obsidian-Findling; Größe ca. 15 cm; Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff
Rock: obsidian
Image: 1409045928
Rating: 6 (votes: 2)
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Obsidian

Obsidian-Findling; Größe ca. 15 cm; Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2014-08-26
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Obsidian
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Obsidian
Lagig. Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Archiv Doc Diether
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Obsidian Cliff
Rock: obsidian
Image: 1234455491
Rating: 6.33 (votes: 3)
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Obsidian

Lagig. Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
Collection: Archiv Doc Diether
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2009-02-12
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Rocks (Count: 15)

Fossil images (2 Images total)

Versteinerter Baum
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Versteinerter Baum
Versteinerter Redwood, Tower-Roosevelt, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Tower-Roosevelt/Petrified Tree
Fossil: Taxodiaceae
Image: 1409054482
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Versteinerter Baum

Versteinerter Redwood, Tower-Roosevelt, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2014-08-26
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Versteinerter Baum
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Versteinerter Baum
Versteinerter Redwood, Tower-Roosevelt, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Wyoming/Park County/Yellowstone National Park/Tower-Roosevelt/Petrified Tree
Fossil: Taxodiaceae
Image: 1409054465
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Versteinerter Baum

Versteinerter Redwood, Tower-Roosevelt, Yellowstone-Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA; 04.07.2014
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2014-08-26
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Fossils (Count: 22)

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur

  • Bowen (1935). Klinoferrosillit. (Typ-Publ.)
  • Bargar, K.E.; Beeson, M.H. & Keith, T.E.C. (1981): Zeolites in Yellowstone National Park. Min. Rec. 12, 29-38.
  • Martin Schwarzbach (1981). Yellowstone-Park (USA). In: Berühmte Stätten geologischer Forschung. Wiss. Verlagsg. mbH Stuttgart. S.238-48.
  • Chesterman, C.W. (1979). The Audubon Society Field Guide to N American Rocks and Minerals. Alfred A.Knopf, New York. S.690-91.
  • Dexter, J.J. (1983). National Parks & Monuments of Wyoming. Rocks & Min., Vol.58, H.5, S.201-05.
  • Watts, K.E., I.N. Bindeman, A.K. Schmitt (2012): Crystal scale anatomy of a dying supervolcano: an isotope and geochronology study of individual phenocrysts from voluminous rhyolites of the Yellowstone caldera. Contr. Min. Petrol., Vol.164, Nr.1, S.45-67.
  • Elisabeth A. Wheeler (2024), Fossil woods of Yellowstone National Park. Parks Stewardship Forum, 40(1), 2024. DOI 10.5070/P540162929

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) xMLMs0SXuESOeRJnoSb1SQ
GUID (Global unique identifier) B3CCC2C4-9744-44B8-8E79-1267A126F549
Database ID 6073