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resting upon a rather smooth surface of crossroy "
Surface locally on cloverly ss, but "most places
ss absent & rusty beds resting meroon green shales which
are regarded as part of Morrison -" though they may
belong to the Cloverly " * This guy had the answer.
R.S. Knoppey & G.F. Moulton 1931 (USGS Bull. 822, pp 23-28)
(Central Southern Montana) Good stratiq. - Excellent in details.
Cloverly as descr. by NHD but thicker and coarser.
3. loose members:
(3) Rusty fine-gr ss & sandy sh. 60 ft = Greybull of type
(2) Vzzr, clays + mudstones, incl. much
andesitic agglom. + very lenticular
coarse brown ss. 90-240 Av. 150
(1) Thick irreg mass of black chert (cl), 20-95 feet Av. 45
+tawny yellow ss.
(3) Greybull here sharply distinct. - It is pretty fluviial origin
but upper bench-forming ss, wave rippled + indicate
"definite establishment of marine conditions."
(1) Analyzed Cloverly cl - 1% Iq, rest from Madison or Avsden,
x beds dip eastward, cals thin N-S, izudness to
west indicated.
(2) Vzzr unit mapped but not named. Includes polished stones,
mostly pink + white quartzite. Doesn't believe they are
psestralithus, neither does Stanton. Much of clay swells
like bentonite. Highly colored to black. Lenses of
dark green andesitic sand, thin layers bentonite,
(
Question this - does not mention agglomerate
in his extended description.
A very lenti. coarse brown ss, [illegible] 30 ft below top
of clay. Gets up to 60 ft thick,
Included rusty beds in base of their lower shale memb,
of Thermopolis. They = lower 100 feet of it and prob.
include the ymost of Fall River equivalent,