Saline River Fault (Discarded)

Location

T10S, R9E, Gallatin County

References

Butts 1925, Cady et al. 1939, Smith 1957,Nelson and Lumm 1987

Description

Butts (1925), Cady et al. (1939), and Smith (1957) mapped a fault that had a northwest trend and crossed the Eagle Valley Syncline in southeastern Gallatin County. Nelson and Lumm (1987), using dozens of coal test control points not available to earlier geologists, established that the structure is an unfaulted flexure; therefore, the name Saline River Fault should be not be used.