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Gibbon Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Gibbon Geyser Basin consists of nine scattered hydrothermal areas in and around the Gibbon Meadows and northern Gibbon Canyon areas of Yellowstone Park. The main sites are consists of the Chocolate Pots, Sylvan Springs, Artist Paint Pots, Geyser Creek, Gibbon Hill and Monument Basin. Each one is small but unique and different in size, shape and color.
The Chocolate Pots are the most unusual group. They consist of a small collection of dark-brown cones colored by sinter containing more than 50% iron oxide.
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