Red Wing or Red Wing Creek structure is a meteor crater located in McKenzie County, North Dakota, about 24 km southwest of Watford City, North Dakota, United States. The crater is not exposed to the surface, but was discovered using seismic techniques, and the structure has produced oil since its discovery in 1972. Red Wing is 9 km in diameter, and it i…Red Wing or Red Wing Creek structure is a meteor crater located in McKenzie County, North Dakota, about 24 km southwest of Watford City, North Dakota, United States. The crater is not exposed to the surface, but was discovered using seismic techniques, and the structure has produced oil since its discovery in 1972. Red Wing is 9 km in diameter, and it is buried at a depth of about 2,000 m The age of the structure is estimated at 200 ± 25 million years.
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