Notes on the Origin of the Resinite-Rich “Pine Needle” Lithotype of the Cretaceous Cambria Coals, Weston County, Wyoming
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-15-2014
Publication Title
International Journal of Coal Geology
DOI
10.1016/j.coal.2014.05.008
ISSN
0166-5162
Abstract
The Cretaceous Cambria coal, located in the western part of the Black Hills in Weston County, Wyoming, was mined in the late-1800's and early-1900's primarily to serve the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad on its route from Lincoln, Nebraska to Billings, Montana. The coal bed contains a distinctive resinite-rich lithotype, commonly known as the “pine needle coal.” The coal is characterized by a collodetrinite/inertodetrinite/liptodetrinite lithotype, and the liptodetrinite including the resinite, represents a degraded residue of what was originally a deposit with a greater representation of wood-derived material.
Recommended Citation
Johnston, Michelle N., James C. Hower, Fredrick J. Rich.
2014.
"Notes on the Origin of the Resinite-Rich “Pine Needle” Lithotype of the Cretaceous Cambria Coals, Weston County, Wyoming."
International Journal of Coal Geology, 130: 66-69: Elsevier.
doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.05.008
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/geo-facpubs/126
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