Wyoming craton
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The Wyoming craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in the western United States that forms part of the geological core of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wyoming craton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5605053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wyoming craton Context triple: [Laurentia, includesRegion, Wyoming craton]
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A.
Superior craton
The Superior craton is one of Earth’s largest and oldest stable continental cores, forming much of the ancient geological foundation of central and eastern Canada and parts of the northern United States.
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B.
Kaapvaal Craton
The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
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C.
Pilbara Craton
Pilbara Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and best-preserved pieces of continental crust in Western Australia, renowned for its ancient Archean rocks and early evidence of life.
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D.
Greenland Shield
The Greenland Shield is an ancient Precambrian geological core of Greenland composed mainly of highly metamorphosed crystalline rocks that form part of the larger North American craton.
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E.
Siberian Craton
The Siberian Craton is an ancient, stable core of continental crust in Siberia that forms a major part of the Precambrian foundation of the Eurasian landmass.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wyoming craton Target entity description: The Wyoming craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in the western United States that forms part of the geological core of North America.
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A.
Superior craton
The Superior craton is one of Earth’s largest and oldest stable continental cores, forming much of the ancient geological foundation of central and eastern Canada and parts of the northern United States.
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B.
Kaapvaal Craton
The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
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C.
Pilbara Craton
Pilbara Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and best-preserved pieces of continental crust in Western Australia, renowned for its ancient Archean rocks and early evidence of life.
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D.
Greenland Shield
The Greenland Shield is an ancient Precambrian geological core of Greenland composed mainly of highly metamorphosed crystalline rocks that form part of the larger North American craton.
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E.
Siberian Craton
The Siberian Craton is an ancient, stable core of continental crust in Siberia that forms a major part of the Precambrian foundation of the Eurasian landmass.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | craton ⓘ |
| age | Archean ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Cheyenne belt
ⓘ
Great Falls tectonic zone ⓘ Trans-Hudson orogen belt ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Hudson orogeny
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crustalThickness | relatively thick continental crust ⓘ |
| economicResourcesInclude |
base metals
ⓘ
gold ⓘ uranium ⓘ |
| exposedAt |
Beartooth Mountains
ⓘ
Bighorn Mountains ⓘ Black Hills ⓘ Laramie Range ⓘ Wind River Range ⓘ |
| formedBy | Archean crustal growth and stabilization ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Laurentia
ⓘ
North American craton ⓘ
linked to:
Laurentian craton
|
| geochronologyMethodsUsed | U-Pb zircon dating ⓘ |
| geologicalCoreOf | North America ⓘ |
| geophysicalStudiesInclude | seismic tomography ⓘ |
| hasBasementProvince | Wyoming Province ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exposure of Archean basement rocks
ⓘ
oldest rocks in the United States ⓘ |
| lithologyIncludes |
gneiss
ⓘ
granite ⓘ greenstone ⓘ metasedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western United States ⓘ |
| oldestRocksAge | >3.0 billion years ⓘ |
| orogenicHistoryIncludes |
Paleoproterozoic accretion events
ⓘ
Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ |
| researchField |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
craton evolution ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Hearne-Rae craton
ⓘ
linked to:
Hearne craton
Superior craton ⓘ |
| significance |
constrains assembly of Laurentia
ⓘ
records early continental crust formation ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | interior of North American plate ⓘ |
| tectonicStability | high ⓘ |
| underlies |
Colorado
ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ Montana ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wyoming craton Description of subject: The Wyoming craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in the western United States that forms part of the geological core of North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.