From: GoodStuffAlways (goodstuffalways@aol.comxyz)
Subject: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-05 17:39:48 PST
What ho, space travelers!
Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of Sinclair,
Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about it except on USGS maps,
etc.
The Sinclair refinery nearby has a nice aerial photo of it.
Thanks!
Message 2 in thread
From: Bill Nelson (billn@spock.peak.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-05 20:50:04 PST
GoodStuffAlways wrote:
> What ho, space travelers!
> Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of Sinclair,
> Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about it except on USGS maps,
> etc.
It's a crater. It is big. It was made by a meteor. What more do you want?
There have been many books and articles written on the crater and Barringer,
who first studied it. Try a Google search - or a bookstore search engine.
Potential search items "Barringer" "Meteor Crater".
--
Bill Nelson (billn@peak.org)
Message 3 in thread
From: I M Openminded (openmind@telocity.com)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 07:10:56 PST
Bill Nelson wrote in message news:...
> GoodStuffAlways wrote:
> > What ho, space travelers!
> > Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of Sinclair,
> > Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about it except on USGS maps,
> > etc.
>
> It's a crater. It is big. It was made by a meteor. What more do you want?
>
> There have been many books and articles written on the crater and Barringer,
> who first studied it. Try a Google search - or a bookstore search engine.
> Potential search items "Barringer" "Meteor Crater".
The Barringer crater is NOT anywhere near Sinclair, WY.
Message 4 in thread
From: Bill Nelson (billn@spock.peak.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 16:09:58 PST
I M Openminded wrote:
> The Barringer crater is NOT anywhere near Sinclair, WY.
True. It is Arizona - about half way between Flagstaff and Winslow.
I did not notice the state mentioned - only Meteor Crater.
--
Bill Nelson (billn@peak.org)
Message 5 in thread
From: Jonathan Silverlight (jsilver@merseia.fsnet.co.uk)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 02:35:03 PST
In message <20020405203940.20556.00002104@mb-mn.aol.com>,
GoodStuffAlways writes
>What ho, space travelers!
>
>Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of Sinclair,
>Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about it except on USGS maps,
>etc.
>
>The Sinclair refinery nearby has a nice aerial photo of it.
You can't find anything about it????
It's even featured in a "major motion picture", for heaven's sake!
Message 6 in thread
From: Jeff Root (jeff2@freemars.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 06:59:53 PST
"GoodStuffAlways" wrote:
>> Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south
>> of Sinclair, Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything
>> about it except on USGS maps, etc.
>> The Sinclair refinery nearby has a nice aerial photo of it.
Jonathan Silverlight replied:
> You can't find anything about it????
> It's even featured in a "major motion picture", for heaven's
> sake!
I've never heard of this crater, and it isn't listed in
my (somewhat old) copy of the Observer's Handbook, which
lists 39 craters in North America, including some rather
small ones. What movie do you refer to?
I'll do a web search now and see if I find anything.
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
.
Message 7 in thread
From: Bill Nelson (billn@spock.peak.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 16:03:10 PST
Jeff Root wrote:
>
> I've never heard of this crater, and it isn't listed in
> my (somewhat old) copy of the Observer's Handbook, which
> lists 39 craters in North America, including some rather
> small ones. What movie do you refer to?
See if your handbook list Barringer's Crater. They are one and
the same.
--
Bill Nelson (billn@peak.org)
Message 8 in thread
From: Paul F. Dietz (dietz@interaccess.com)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 16:11:07 PST
Bill Nelson wrote:
> See if your handbook list Barringer's Crater. They are one and
> the same.
Last I checked, the Barringer crater was in Arizona, not
Wyoming.
Paul
Message 9 in thread
From: Jeff Root (jeff2@freemars.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 07:21:15 PST
I haven't searched for the thing on the web yet, but
it just occurred to me that the original poster said that
there is a big picture of this "crater" in the office of
a MINING company in Wyoming!!!???!!! If it's a really,
really HUGE pit, it's probably the world's largest copper
mine, which I've seen photos of, years ago. How it could
be mistaken for a meteor crater is beyond my comprehension.
I would think the roads in the sides of the pit would be
a clue. The sides are covered with roads winding around
the circumference. The dozens of digging machines and
monster-size dump trucks using those roads could be
another good clue.
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
.
Message 10 in thread
From: Jeff Root (jeff2@freemars.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 07:32:13 PST
Jonathan Silverlight wrote
about a supposed big meteor crater in Wyoming.
I still haven't done a web search yet, but I see you are
(as I thought but wasn't sure) in the UK, so it would be
understandable if you confused Wyoming with Arizona,
where Meteor Crater (aka the Barringer Meteor Crater,
aka Canyon Diablo Crater) is located. But there is so
much astronomy stuff in Arizona, I wouldn't think anyone
who is into astronomy could confuse those two states.
I wouldn't confuse Sheffield with Greenwich.
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
From: John Popelish (jpopelish@rica.net)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 08:31:26 PST
GoodStuffAlways wrote:
>
> What ho, space travelers!
>
> Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of Sinclair,
> Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about it except on USGS maps,
> etc.
>
> The Sinclair refinery nearby has a nice aerial photo of it.
>
> Thanks!
All I can find on the USGS topo maps is Grenville Dome. Is this the
feature you are asking about?
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=15&T=2&X=50&Y=722&Z=13&W=2
--
John Popelish
Message 12 in thread
From: Jeff Root (jeff2@freemars.org)
Subject: Re: Sinclair, Wyoming, Meteor Crater
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 2002-04-06 14:01:48 PST
"GoodStuffAlways" asked:
> Anybody know anything about the huge meteor crater just south of
> Sinclair, Wyoming? Theories, etc.... I can't find anything about
> it except on USGS maps, etc.
>
> The Sinclair refinery nearby has a nice aerial photo of it.
I found a little bit on the Internet. Sorry I forgot that you
said "refinery" and transformed that into "mining". The copper
mine I was thinking of is in Utah, if I'm now recalling at all
accurately. I see that Sinclair is named for the oil company
with the green dinosaur logo.
The Microsoft Terraserver satellite image shows an interesting
shape immediately south of Sinclair. On the topographic map it
is labeled "Grenville Dome". The contour lines seem to indicate
that it only varies by about 10 meters (30 feet) in elevation,
so it is neither deep nor high, but it is much bigger than the
town of Sinclair.
Since a major oil refinery is located right next to this thing,
I would speculate that it is a salt dome, which I know nothing
about except that large quantities of oil or gas can collect
in them, making the oil or gas easy to extract. Various layers
of soft rock on top of the dome appear to have eroded away after
the dome was pushed up, making the crater-like appearance.
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis