Introduction to the Field Trip

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson

1

 

 

 

 

Review of the Geology of the Fort Dodge Formation

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson, Robert M. McKay, and Robert R. Cody

3

 

 

Introduction

3

 

 

Physiography of the Fort Dodge Area

3

 

 

Geology of the Fort Dodge Formation

4

 

 

Basal Conglomerate

6

 

 

Gypsum Unit

8

 

 

Soldier Creek Beds

15

 

 

Age of the Fort Dodge Formation

21

 

 

Jurassic Strata of the Midcontinent

23

 

 

Origin of the Fort Dodge Formation

24

 

 

Erosion and Preservation of the Fort Dodge Formation

26

 

 

Fort Dodge Graben

27

 

 

References

29

 

 

 

 

Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Fort Dodge, Iowa, Area: United States Gypsum Co. North Welles Quarry

 

 

by E. Arthur Bettis III and Deborah J. Quade

31

 

 

National Gypsum Co., Kaufman-George Pit, Fort Dodge, Iowa

31

 

 

Insect Remains: A Faceted Eye’s Perspective on the Advance of the Des Moines Lobe into North-Central Iowa

34

 

 

Pollen and Plant Macrofossils

39

 

 

 

 

Compositional Differences Between Jurassic and Cretaceous Sandstones of Western Iowa, with Comments on the Controlling Factors

 

 

by Greg A. Ludvigson

45

 

 

 

 

Gypsum Mining in the Area of Fort Dodge, Iowa

 

 

by Robert R. Cody, Raymond R. Anderson, and Robert M. McKay

53

 

 

 

 

Uses of Gypsum in Today’s Society

 

 

by Robert D. Cody and Anita M. Cody

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Trip Stops
 
 
 
 
 

 

Stop 1:  “Soldier Creek beds” at 5th Avenue North Section

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson and Robert M. McKay

67

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 2:  Fort Dodge Fault Zone at Soldier Creek

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson and Robert M. McKay

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 3.  Soldier Creek Beds and Fort Dodge Gypsum at Snell Park

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson and Robert M. McKay

79

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 4.  Quaternary Materials Overlying the Fort Dodge Gypsum at the U.S Gypsum Quarries

 

 

 

by Deborah Quade

81

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 5: Fort Dodge Gypsum at the U.S. Gypsum Collins Quarry

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson, Robert M. McKay, and Larry Pawlosky

83

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 6.  Mining Restoration at the U.S. Gypsum South Welles Quarry

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson, Robert M. McKay, and Larry Pawlosky

85

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 7.  Abandoned Underground Mine Adits at the U.S. Gypsum North Welles Quarry

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson, Robert M. McKay, and Larry Pawlosky

87

 

 

 

 

 

Stop 8:  Tour of the U.S. Gypsum Wallboard Plant

 

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson, Robert M. McKay, and Larry Pawlosky

89