Red arrows show the trace of the Red Rocks Fault
Red Rocks Fault scarp runs through bed of Big Sheep Creek
U-shaped valleysAretes
Tarns
McDonald, C., Lopez, D.A., Berg, R.B., Gibson, R.I., 2005, Preliminary geologic map of the Ringling 30' x 60' quadrangle, central Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Open-File Report 511, 1 sheet(s), 1:100,000. McDonald, C., Lopez, D.A., Berg, R.B., Gibson, R.I., 2005, Preliminary geologic map of the Ringling 30' x 60' quadrangle, central Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Open-File Report 511, 1 sheet(s), 1:100,000.
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Wise River
Braided flood plain
Town of Melrose
Big Hole River
Resistant igneous rock
Continental Fault
East Ridge
Berkeley Pit
Tailings pond
Tailings dam
Continental Pit
Continental Fault
Continental Pit
U-shaped valleys
Mill Creek glacial valley horn
arêtes
cirques
tarns
Mount Hagan
Mount Powell
U-shaped valleys
Horn
cirque
tarns
Many beach line traces
Missoula
Clark Fork River
Clar
k For
k Rive
rBitterroot River
Cedar creek
Fan outline
This oxbow meander will be cut off during a future flood.
Flood plain
Oxbow lake, or billabong as they are called in Australia.
Goodrich Gulch alluvial fan
Goodrich Gulch
Fault scarp
Arcuate slump scarpsArcuate slump scarps
Slumped masses – Slumped masses – note bulges at toes of note bulges at toes of slumpsslumps
Head scarpHead scarp
Slumped massSlumped mass
Toe bulgeToe bulge
rock glacierrock glacier
Berg, R.B., Lopez, D.A., 2000, Geologic map of the Livingston 30' x 60' quadrangle, south-central Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Open-File Report 406, 1 sheet(s), 1:100,000.
McCartney Mountain McCartney Mountain granite granite
Folded bedrockFolded bedrockBig Hole River
Big Hole River
Notch BottomNotch Bottom
North Fork Blackfoot River
Kleinschmidt Lake
Browns Lakepotholes
Kleinschmidt Flats alluvial fan
U-shaped valley
cirques
arete
Red MountainStonewall Mountain
Grant
Barrett Creek alluvial fan
Horse Prairie Creek flood plain
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