Wayne M Sutherland

Wayne M. Sutherland, Assistant Staff Geologist

Metals and Precious Stones

Phone: (307) 766-2286 Ext.247

Background:

Wayne M. Sutherland assists the Senior Metals and Precious Stones Geologist with investigations, writing, and mapping related to gemstones, precious metals, base metals, and Precambrian and igneous geology.

Wayne is a long-time Wyoming resident and geologist who has experienced first-hand much of the geology and geography of Wyoming. Wayne has worked for private companies and government agencies in Wyoming, Montana and Utah. His training and experience includes gold and other metals, diamonds, coal, oil and gas, and industrial minerals, as well as mining claim evaluation and federal mineral regulations.

As an undergraduate student in geology at the University of Wyoming, Wayne spent the summer of 1969 exploring for uranium in Wyoming and Montana for Newmont Exploration, Ltd. That fall and winter, he jumped at the opportunity to work for a season as a geologic field assistant in Antarctica.

During the summer of 1971, he worked as a field assistant mapping the Craig, MT Geologic Quadrangle for the USGS, a position he was selected for based on his superior performance at the University of Wyoming’s Geology Field Camp the previous summer. Wayne received his BA in Geology in 1973.

Wayne continued his education with an MA in geomorphology in 1976 from the University of Wyoming, Department of Geography where his thesis addressed the geomorphic history of one of Wyoming’s largest caves, Horsethief Cave.

His thesis work was helped along with a 1975 summer job as one of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (USBLM) first cave rangers, a job that included setting up a photo-monitoring system within Horsethief Cave. During this same period, Wayne, along with two other volunteering friends, co-authored Caves of Wyoming (WSGS Bulletin 59).

In 1977, Wayne worked temporarily with The USBLM in Buffalo, WY. That position was followed in 1978 by appointment as Mine Geologist for Lucky Mac Uranium (which became Pathfinder Mines Corporation) at their Big Eagle Mine on Green Mountain, south of Jeffrey City, WY. Wayne left the mine in 1979, just before the price of uranium collapsed, and worked again for the USBLM in Buffalo, WY as the Buffalo Resource Area Geologist. His position there involved oil and gas, and coal in the Powder River Basin, along with mineral materials, and federal mineral regulations of all types. It was during this period that Wayne took extended mineral law training in Arizona that emphasized the 1872 Mining Law and validity examinations of mining claims.

Wayne left the USBLM in 1986, and worked part time from 1987 to 1991 for the WSGS in metals and precious stones, and in coal. He again worked for the USBLM, both in Moab, UT, and then in Rock Springs, WY until late 1996. He began consulting in 1997, and held several contracts with the Wyoming Geological Survey between 1998 and 2005 mapping geology and exploring for diamonds, metals, and colored stones. Many of his publications listed below derive from that experience.

In 2003, Wayne and his wife Judy self-published a novel, Yellowstone Farewell, The book is a geologically oriented fictional account of a possible future major eruption of Yellowstone. Their writing in Yellowstone Farewell is a fictional outgrowth drawn from personal experiences and includes side interests in hiking, amateur radio, horses, cave exploration, cross-country skiing, and photography. Details concerning their book can be found at www.yellowstonefarewell.com. The book is also available over the counter from the WSGS or through their website at http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Pubs/PubIntro.aspx.

Wayne (NQ7Q) is a ham radio operator and a member of the University Amateur Radio Club in Laramie, Wyoming. He participates in DXing and emergency communications, and was named the American Radio Relay League, Wyoming Section’s “Amateur Radio Operator of the Year” in 1989. His other interests include a wide variety of outdoor activities. He and his wife hiked the length of the Wind River Mountains in 1983. In 1986, they earned the Bureau of Land Management's "Volunteers for the Public Lands" national award for their outstanding assistance to the USBLM Worland District's cave management program. Wayne also enjoys wood burning custom-made walking staffs.

What I do:

Assist with the preparation of reports, maps, books, and other manuscripts for publication that involve diamonds and kimberlites, gold, platinum-group metals, base metals, and colored gemstones.

Conduct or assist with investigations, studies, data acquisition, and mapping projects related to deposits of metals and precious stones, Precambrian rocks, and igneous rocks.

Respond to inquiries involving metals and precious stones.

Assist with or conduct field investigations relating to known or potential deposits of metals or precious stones.

Selected Education:

B.A., University of Wyoming 1973 – Geology

M.A., University of Wyoming 1976 – Geography (Geomorphology)

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training Course – Beginning Minerals Management, Course 3000-1, Jan.-Jun. 1981.

B.S., University of Wyoming 1990 – Education (Secondary Science)

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training Course – Mine and Beneficiation Cost Estimation, Course 3000-11, Jan. 1992.

Professional Affiliations:

State of Wyoming Professional Geologist, PG-2767

Selected Publications:

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Hausel, W. Dan, 2005, Preliminary Geologic Map of the South Pass 1:100,000 scale Quadrangle, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Mineral Report 2005-5, 1 Plate, Text 23 p.

Hausel, W. Dan, and Sutherland, Wayne M., 2005, Geology of the Cedar Rim opal deposit, Granite Mountains, central Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Report 2005-1, 11 p.

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Hausel, W. Dan, 2004, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Saratoga 1:100,000 scale Quadrangle, Albany and Carbon Counties, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Mineral Report 2004-10, 3 Plates, Text 34 p.

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Sutherland Judy M., 2003, Yellowstone Farewell: Spur Ridge Enterprises (P.O. Box 1719, Laramie, WY 82073), 334 p.

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Hausel, W. Dan, 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Keystone Quadrangle: Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Report 2003-_, Text 23 p., map scale 1:24,000. Digital map produced in 2005 as MS-66.

Hausel, W.D., Gregory, R.W., Motten, R.H., and Sutherland, W.M., 2003, Geology of the Iron Mountain kimberlite district (with a summary of investigations of nearby kimberlitic indicator mineral anomalies in southeastern Wyoming): Wyoming State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 54, 42 p.

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Hausel, W. Dan, 2002, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Rattlesnake Hills 1:100,000 scale Quadrangle: Wyoming State Geological Survey Mineral Report 2002-2, 2 Plates, Text 28 p.

Hausel, W. Dan, Miller, David R., and Sutherland, Wayne M., 2000, Economic diversification through mineral resources: in Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, Fifty-first Field Conference, Sept.10-14, 2000, p.209-225.

Sutherland, Wayne M., 2000, 1000-Miles-Per-Watt on All HF Amateur Bands: QRP Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 40, No.3, p.58-59. [This article also appeared in July, Worldradio Magazine,Year 30, Issue 1, p.20-21.]

Hausel, W. Dan, and Sutherland, Wayne M., 2000, Gemstones and Other Unique Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming: A Field Guide For Collectors: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bulletin 71, 267p.

Sutherland, Wayne M., and Hausel, W. Dan, 1999, Preliminary Geologic Map of Barlow Gap Quadrangle, 1:24,000 scale: Wyoming State Geological Survey Preliminary Geologic Map 99-2.

Hausel, W. Dan, Sutherland, W.M., and Gregory, R.W., 1995, Lamproites, Diamond Indicator Minerals, and Related Anomalies in the Green River Basin, Wyoming: in Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, Fifty-second Annual Field Conference, Aug.19-22, 1995, p.137-151.

Mears, Brainerd, Jr., Agard, Sherry S., and Sutherland, Wayne M., 1991, The Quaternary Non-glacial Geology of the Conterminous United States; Ch 10, Northern Great Plains; Stream Piracy and Fluvial History in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: in Decade of North American Geology, Geological Society of America, vol. K-2, p.446-447.

Hausel, W. Dan, Sutherland, Wayne M., and Gregory, Elizabeth B., 1988, Stream-sediment Sample Results in Search of Kimberlite Intrusives in Southeastern Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Open File Report 88-11, 11pp, 4 maps.

Hill, Chris, Sutherland, Wayne M., and Tierney, Lee, 1976, Caves of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 59, 230pp.

Other Publications http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/metals/Bio/author.aspx