Teapot Rock
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Description
The eroded sandstone formation stands about Script error: No such module "convert". tall and is about Script error: No such module "convert". in circumference. It is located a few hundred yards east of Wyoming Highway 259, about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Casper, Wyoming in the Powder River Basin near Teapot Creek, a tributary of Salt Creek.[2]
The outline of the rock once resembled a teapot and gave its name to several man-made and natural features, including a geologic structural uplift known as the Teapot Dome, and an oil field about Script error: No such module "convert". east.[1] Over time, the features that gave the formation its name have been eroded by windstorms; the "handle" disappeared in 1930 and the "spout" in 1962.[3]
History
In 1915, the Teapot Dome Oil Field was designated Naval Petroleum Reserve Number Three as part of a program to ensure that the U.S. Navy, which was converting to oil-fired boilers, would have sufficient fuel reserves in an emergency.[2][4] It was one of several fields in the area, the largest of which was the Salt Creek Oil Field. By comparison to the Salt Creek Field peak production of Script error: No such module "convert". in 1923, the Teapot Dome field had about 64 wells, with a few producing more than Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
In February 2015, the field was sold by the Department of Energy to a private firm.[5][6]
See also
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- Historic American Engineering Record documentation, filed under Midwest, Natrona County, WY:
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- Historic American Engineering Record in Wyoming
- Landforms of Natrona County, Wyoming
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- Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places in Natrona County, Wyoming
- Naval Petroleum Reserve