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The Bighorn Basin is part of the Triassic Chugwater Groupof deposits consisting of siltstone, a fine-grained form of sandstone, quartz and ferric oxides. This makes excellent aggregate for paving roads. The red roads of Wyoming are due to oxidation of the iron minerals in the local rock.

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