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Darton
Cloverly formation: - (G.S.A. Bull. v. 15, p. 394-401)
No details - Mentions only SS (Avi?o bot 10-60) coarse,
buff-gray, xbedded, and overlying "clay", 30-40. Some
thin deposits of coal near base of sandstones.
Lupton, L.T., 1916 (U.S.G.S. Bull. 621, pp 167-168.)
Greybull SS - (A subsurface unit, no type section.)
Lupton says it is upper 20 feet of
Dartons type Cloverly
D.F. Howitt & L.T. Lupton 1917 (USGS Bull 656, p. 19)
[See this for type of Morrison - p.19 ref to Knowlton Fisher]
Cloverly "in pieces unconformably overlies the Morrison"
Average th. in BHB = 125'
Furmost pieces its lower part is fine white clay or clay SS,
15-25 ft th.
middle part is reddish sandy shale and thin b. SS
75'+6.
top is 10-20 ft. yellowish gray SS - "locally termed
Greybull sand, and here designated the Greybull
SS member of the Cloverly fm., from town of
Greybull near which it is typically exposed. [this
makes it a legal surface unit, not a subsurface
as Wilworth has it.]
They note Morrison "gastroliths" from near top of fm.
also cretaceous leaves near Tensleep. So
probably confusion of contact here also.
G.W. Washburne. 1908 USGS Bull 340, p. 35-0 Describes "rusky
beds" as basal member of the Colorado fm. Says
"...constant feature at base marking Cretaceous"
"Seemingly they are as a group a true (bss) sandstone