USGS Describes New Fault in Southwest Montana
June 22, 2026
June 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued 'Preliminary Geology of the North Meadow Creek Area, Tobacco Root Mountains, Southwest Montana--The North Meadow Creek Fault' as Open-File Report 2025-1058 by Gary S. Fuis, Parker J. LeClair, and Chester A. Ruleman in 2026. The report presents a preliminary geologic map and field interpretation of a previously unmapped fault on the east flank of the Tobacco Root Mountains.
