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Locality 266. Exposures in gulley N of dmz and
at base of butte south of Bickley
Ranch in center W1/2, SW1/4, sec. 15, T18N
R23E, Black Horse SE quad., Carson Co,
So.Dak.
Tancredia-Ophiomorpha biofacies in
gulchies N of dmz, grades into grayer
Ophiomorpha - bearing ss in lower part
of butte which is capped by hard gray
O-bearing "Colgate". Complete section
of butte not exposed but patches show
only sand. Total interval from gulley
base to butte top about 75'.
No section measured.
To south, on road heading E, from Fitzgerald
School along S border sec's 22 and 23,
T18, R23, float of Hell Creek concretions
and chips fossil wood come in on rise
in center sec's 22-27, at about
El. 2220. To east across draw N
road gutter shows rather "bundled"
colgate-like friable sand with flat
OB ferrug concs and purplish
layers with abundant plant frags.
Suggests total absence of Bullhead facies; but
on road S from 266 to Firststeel a road
cut on W side shows mixed Bullhead-Colgate
lithology - whether actually interfingering
or just local Bullhead lens can't tell
from outcrop scale. This cut located on S.
side dip across draw, W side road, about 1
mile S of Fitzgerald school (which is in NE
cor. sec. 28, T18N, R23E.).