Name: Bead Geyser

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104743W

Latitude: 443238N

 

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Elevation: 7342/2238

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Geyser

 

Origin of Name:

Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., about 1000 feet west of Hot Lake, Lower Geyser Basin. Named by Prof. T. B. Comstock, geologist of Jones expedition, 1873, who described its beautifully beaded tube.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

The Bead Geyser, with a beaded surface around its opening, erupts irregularly to a height of 13 feet.

Source: Wyoming Guide

 

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History:

Bead Geyser.—Not far from the Boiler there is a vigorous jet, which issues from a rather long, narrow fissure, the water failing back upon the sides in a fine spray. The mechanical deposit is comparatively even, and it consists of a compact aggregation of minute, shiny, globular grains, which are opaque and of a delicate brown color when dry, but having a rich pink luster as they lie continually moist in their natural position. The vertical edge of the rim is somewhat coarser, with the beady clusters more confusedly arranged. There is a tendency here, as elsewhere for the compacted deposit to split into more or less regular cuboidal blocks, resulting in this case in the production of very limited fissures, and these have, been refilled by the infiltration of a pure white silica, which now traverses the mass as an irregular net-work or Louey-comb of platy veins, serving to cement the parts more firmly together. Larger fissures, though quite small, are not thus filled, owiog to a deficiency in the water-supply.

Source: Professor Comstock in Jones 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lower Geyser Basin

 

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