Field Notebook: 1964c

Hickey, Leo

1964

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

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paleobotany stratigraphy palynology

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64-3 Leo J. Hickey Golden Valley III for Summer 1964 Dept. of Biology Princeton Univ. Princeton, N.J.

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Sec A-18-1 TURTLE VALLEY 0' ALL CONTACTS ARE CHANNELLED AND DIGGING NO STR LINE CONTACTS UNTIL further notice. MASSIVE, SYR 4/1, CLAYEY SILT. Above 1' becomes chippy breaking AND SY8/4 Upper 3" mixed WITH blebs of SAND. Wh Color 0' SY8/1 WITH Lim. ST & MOTTING ON WH. FACE &

joint CRACKS. 2 Cross & channel bedded fig SA, mic, with 170 lmm large mica FLAKES s'6 9/1 occ very small '1/4

A-18-1 4 some small 1/2" cones. wh color 10YR 8/2 8' 11.6 UNIT becomes a very fine bedded SILT WITH MICA FLAKES N, 8. 11.7 2" 10YR 8/6 wh. Color. Dense chert LAMINATED H-S layer of SEPTE & JENKINS UNIT IS LATERALLY discontinuous fading out 20' to north. thickness inc to about 6" south however it thicken & thins and in places is NOT

(present). HAS vugs of small sugary quartz & PLANT STEM IMP. on TOP & BOTTOMS of pieces. 11.85 Very fissile N-8 sh WITH LIM. ST, ? POOR PLANT FRAGS becomes SIETY RMICAE AT 11.95 & N.4 SLIGHTLY SIETY & WET some SLICKENSIDES & LIM. ST. 6-11.85 VERTICAL or nearly vert wh. 12.1 THIN LAYER OF LIMONITE WH COL. 10YR 7/4 -10.5 12.12 Vf g, MICAEOUS (270) KAOLINITIC, 10YR 7/2 MASSIVE SS. WITH THW

A-18-1 3 Limonite crust at top abuttin & bleby Limorite 5YR5/6 cows wh. across, ?, 13,9. channel contact 1" bedded, SITLY, N-9 CHAy, Mic, 17o 10yR5/6 STAINY forms Banded section N-9 & 10YR5/6 Smooth & popcorny 15, Limonite crust AT base of channel of v.f.y. mic-22 Kaolinitic N-8 channel ? x bedded SS having occ layers of SYR 5/6 Lim. coprolitic cows & turtle wh e0/. 15' bone laterally 10yR 6/c

16.1 N-B Limonite Stained well bedded Clay with layer of 2" very limonitic Comes out top. 16,7 Channel of SS. Cuts into TT Limonite layer with strange root shaped piece Channel with 1/m, layer cuts to abt 14' along line of section Channel filled with beautifully channel bedded f.g. clayey MILACEOUS 2% , SS

A19-1 4 WITH some bleby limswit 9 N-1 MANGANOS e clws. Wh color - 10 YR 8/2 9 10YR 7/4 1W bands. Whs TO steep angle with fluted sides. Few Thin 2"-4" layers of clayey SITS interbedded. 24' do 21' 29. N-8,5-Clayey SITST with 10YR 6/6 limonite blebs and # crumbly SYBII crust. forms shoulders of low Angle.

Some small Lim Concs in unit. 32.3 Moistty s/ist Other do 29. 33.5 N8.5- S1TST, massi No clay. mi-A 270 forms 2 of 70' 35 Channel of bedded Clay with poor plant remains 10 x 13 76 slightly siltty & some carb trash. 35.8 START of A ss unit which forms vertical cliffs which are fluted & erewulated 39.7 wh. color first >' N, 8 ss first 31 N,8,5 ss vfg, micaceous 2%

5 with very large 15 - 2mm flakes of mica which are very prominent. SS is very beautifully x 1 channel bedded 37.5 Color wh is 10YR 7/5 with layers of 10YR6/ 4 N.8 LITH AS AT 35,6 Few thin 5YR 5/6 Lim Layers. 39.2 5YR 5/6 1" limonite layer marking base of a new channel of 10YR 8/4, ventilat

fluted cliff forming Vfg, SA, 370 mic. with large (1mm.) flakes & beautiful x bedding & channel bedding. Inside color N8. with laminate of N YR 6/6. Occ layers of SYR5/6 cones & layers & N3 Manganese layers. 51. do 39.2 Vfg ss 370 mica but picking up more clay @ s117. layer of spherical SYR 5/6 lim, cones at 50. ss cont up to 57 on either side 20 feet.

channel of 52, MASSIVE clayey, 570 micaceous, SITST with thin layers of CLAY N.8 HAS A popcorny 3Y1/3 crust 9 A 45° profile. 67/0 52 60 do 52. 64-2 MASSIVE, 270 micaceous SITST N.8, 10 XR 6/6 HIM ORITE STAINING IN SMALL AREAS. WH color 64.2 N+8 upper 6 in A MASSIVE SITST mic 370 white (N9) which is silicified in

BLACK LINE IS CONTACT IN LITTLE BADLANDS NO! BLACK 1/2 LINE W.R. P/ACES. Now miracous DARK OR BAND AT BASE C8.2 well bedded SB9/1 with STST with some 10YR 6/ Limonite staining, Banded 5YR N-8 & Limonite. A DT 6 in. Popcorn crust. Limonite bands 5YR 1) 4 10YR 5YR 6/6 75" A 1 foot laterally dis continuous Limonite cones with manganese. 10 YR 5/8 vh to 5YR 4/4 with some n-1 mng. Cones Above 15"

7. Clay inc. Above 75' Color wh becomes W-G with only faint limonite bands, 76 very clayey SITS do in color 75 80 A massive W 8,5- clay wh color cl 75 84,2 UNIT thin lodges of limonite cemented SITS SYR H// wh to 10) R 6/6 increase above This point separation, Clay of do 80 chh UNTIL They occupy

more than 1/2 of unit unit thus forms bright lava 6/6 band on the cliff. Ripple marking on many of these bands is relatively N-S. 88 ledges of limestone become fewer an N-8 siltstone with thin 1/4" bedding, 370 thick, and a pop corn crust appear still syn 6% lim layers, few scat small <1/2 in cones 9 joint fillings are present.

8 90 do 86 but massive 91 vfg, Ang., mil 1/2 to ss with clay fillings in cracks massive but crudly bedded c" to 1 ft in wh slope. 93 - SITST. MIL ~~to 1/2 to but massive with some CLAY wh. Color from 90 10YR8/1 96 MASSIVE SITST 5y8/1 some 5YR 6/6 sph & elongate kim. cones

47. TUFFACEOUS CLAYEY SCRST, bedded SB 8/2 SLIGHTLY PINKISH. Definite Wh.R. 99.5 TUFFACEOUS SILTY CLAY N-9 WITH some IOYA6/ BANDS. 101,5 MASSIVE SY7/2 TUFFACEOUS HOLEY SITST, 104 MEDIUM MASSIVE ANGULAR SS QEMENT by TUFFACEOUS WH CLAY TY P. Wh. R. TYPICAL wh. RIVER CORN! pebbles appear in WASH ON ITS SLOP-E COLOR SY8/1

" 106 BENTONITIO SITST MASSIVE 110 BENTONITE 120 TOP OF BUTTE END OF SECTION"

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A - 19-1 SW - Sec 6 T 145N, R 97W. Sections with some light & dark grey shs & vfy SSS. Sect. Are prob. a KAOLINITE phase of E.V., AUTCM and not G.V. SS WITH ONLY a small AMT. OF MICA No recoy, lower mbr. and L.M. appears to occ. START higher abt 2 miles west. Buttes capped with A V.I. grey CALC SS. from Wh River of Killdeers CLAYS grey & yellow banded with thin beds of SAND

✓ Not at all typical of G.V. Wh R. Shuff Samp A-79-1-1

See A-19-2 NE, Sec 36 T 146 N R 97W & NW, Sec 31 T 146 N R 96W An upper G.V. section in The Killdeer MTS. NE 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec 36 T 146 N R 97W & NW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 31 T 146 N R 96W 0' upper mbr Gvk 10yr c/2, vfy very clayey, thin bedded ss, mostly covered by vcg. All contacts bet. units are channeled. Wh col. 0' sy7// 1.5

✓ 2.2 5Y8/2, massive, VFg SA; non mic SS. 4.9 silty, chippy, MASSIVE 5Y6/4, clay wh color 4.7-5Y7/11 some pocket of 10YR 6/6 limonite 8' plant remains roots. 9' good many poor leaves in the clay w/t in a 10YR 6/4 s/yw/2 sh 4" interbed at 8.7 leaves - dicot equisetum

10,3 2" 10YR5/2 Limonite concretionary layer at base of SS channel. Bears a few plant stem remains Wh. Color 10YR3' 10,5. Fig. , SA, poorly indur. Very friable, SS mica <1% but in large flakes, 10YR8/4 Wh. Color 10YR8/4 Makes a little "Saw tooth badlands" It is channel bedded & some

V UNITS WITHIN IT HAVE A % MICA CONTENT. MOST MICA ON B.B.S WHERE MAY BE S2 15. JOINT CRUSTS 10/35/6, with 5% mica flakes. 17. Much of SS above here res. 5/6/4 mica 2% in large 1mm + more flakes 22 Channel Contact A MASSIVE, MIC 2%. in small flakes S 1ST color 5/6/1

V Wh Color 22' 10YR 8/4 many pleby small reniform & buttyoidal LIMONITE SMALL 10YR 5/6 cores. 10YR 6/6 BLOTCHES 7W 317ST L 21-26 ' 26 MASSIVE, CHIPPY, 5Y7/1- CLAY WITH A 5Y7/1 po corny CRUST & OCCASIONAL BANDS of SWISS CHEESE 5YR 5/4 LIMONITE CORES. NO LIMONITE CORES ABOVE 29

✓ 36 Lignite N-1 36.1 Badly weathered chippy 10 YR 6/2 CLAY 37 Covered. 40 AN INTRICATELY interbedded sequence of SS x SHs in channels. AN N-8 CHIPPY CLAY H1 A CHANNEL OF 10 YR 6/6 & 5 YR 8/6 Vfy, MILACEOUS 17o rips to 40 ft in 10 & thins TO 1',mpt

(check mark) 40 41 42 CLAY UO 40' GAR PIKE SOLES found in this interval, monocot frags. 43-10 yr s/fc 2, monite ledge for 2'' either way UNIT Thins & Thickens laterally 5" stand a 45' 10 lateralls

✓ 45 Top of clay irreg r channeled Bt/np of 1#0' )w 20' LAT. On contact 5YR 4/6 weathering lim cemented COWCS, 10YR 5/6 21m. Cemented 17o mic. 5/7SS 5Y8/1 MASSIVE S7TST mottled with 10YR 6/6 WEAT color 45' - 48 - 5Y7/2 48' Covered 55' N-8-, chippy Thin bedded clay

V SOME 10YR6/6 LIMONITE LAYERS 58 A thin bedded, 5YR 6/1 SITY, CLAY 62- CLAY TO 5/5 FT L2,3 A vf9, SA, 5Y7/3 Thin bedded prob. Channeling SS. Wh. Color. 5Y7/3 62.7 64, do. 58 (CLAY) 65.9 A very silty Chippy clay Color. 5Y7.5/12 Wh color 65.7 5Y7/2 Y N-8 68.5 do 65.9 ASITY CLAY

color 5Y 5/2 MAY BE WR. 69 CLAYEY SITST MASSIVE 5Y 5)2 WH COLOR 67- 5Y8/11 71.5, A LIMONITE CEMENTED 10YA6/6 5YA4/4 SITST CONC. 72.8 5Y 6/4 MASSIVE GRITTY SITST. 73.5 covered anthracite BY WR TAIUS.

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Keller Mt. Forest A macrocarpa F. penn. var. lance. Y. americana B. populifera P. subuloides Populus eurystele or strewn Cornus racemosa Shepherdia Symphoricarpos Crabsaw Platanus virginiana Rosa nitida Juniperus communis Amelanchier arborea. Azalia nudiflora

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