Soda Butte 4A0023
Soda Butte
Soda Butte cone (left) sits along the road to Cooke City in Yellowstone National Park. It is a travertine deposit (Calcium Carbonate) that formed from a hot spring hundreds of years ago. It is now only minimally active. The Soda Butte Creek runs around the cone on three sides. Its waters were one of the most contaminated by mining for gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper that began more than 150 years ago. Reclamation efforts at the old mine sites were finally completed in 2014 and the stream finally delisted by the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality in 2018. Bison and other wildlife are frequent, if not constant inhabitants in the area. #Bison #SodaButte
Soda Butte 4A0023
Soda Butte
Soda Butte cone (left) sits along the road to Cooke City in Yellowstone National Park. It is a travertine deposit (Calcium Carbonate) that formed from a hot spring hundreds of years ago. It is now only minimally active. The Soda Butte Creek runs around the cone on three sides. Its waters were one of the most contaminated by mining for gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper that began more than 150 years ago. Reclamation efforts at the old mine sites were finally completed in 2014 and the stream finally delisted by the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality in 2018. Bison and other wildlife are frequent, if not constant inhabitants in the area. #Bison #SodaButte