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158:, it was known by the Sioux as "Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”. In fact it is the neck of a long-extinct volcano. The circular shape of the land around it suggests the shape of the volcano itself. While Devils Tower is Tertriary in age (40-some million years old), the rock through which it intruded is a good bit older. The red rock is the Permian-Triassic Spearfish Formation, about a quarter-billion years old. Above it the white layer is of the more recent (Jurassic) 284: 251: 43: 360: 243: 265: 290: 95: 718:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"heading"}}},"{\"value\":{\"amount\":\"+0\",\"unit\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q28390\"},\"type\":\"quantity\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P7787":"0 714: 331:– You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. 234: 715: 155: 143: 1013: 631: 595: 258: 61: 1484: 384: 57: 53: 47: 1307:
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