Bighorn Basin
Coring Project

Quick Facts
•  Location:
    Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
    44.42° N
    108.1° W
•  Drilling Sites
    - Basin Substation
    - Polecat Bench
    - Gilmore Hill
•  Drilling completed in
    August, 2011
•  Scientific Study of Cores
    2012 and 2013

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Bighorn Basin

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Bighorn Basin Bighorn Basin Basin Substation
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Basin Substation Basin Substation Cabin Fork
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Gilmore Hill Gilmore Hill Gould Swamp
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Polecat Bench Polecat Bench Polecat Bench
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Polecat Bench Sand Creek Divide Map of Drill Sites

Planning
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Team at Denver Museum
of Science and Nature		 Bagging Cuttings
from Test Drillhole		  

Drilling and Core Handling
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Moon rig Scott with fresh cores Loading cores
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Drilling in front of Beartooths Core Racks Working at Polecat Bench
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Rainbows over rig Crew shift change Elizabeth sizing things up