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Transcription
EXPOSURES ON
LOC. 271 - N-S bluffs west of old meander scar
W side of Firesteel Creek in NW cor, SW 1/4,
NW 1/4, sec. 28, and NE cor., SE 1/4, NE 1/4,
sec. 29, T19 N., R.23E, Black Horse SE
quadrangle, Cowson Co., So. Dkt.
Following is adapted from Reiskind notes.
Section 1. South end of the exposure,
measuring up from top of a soft
greyish tan sand that presumably marks
top of Timber Lake.
① 25.3 "Banded beds". 1/4 to 1/2 " beds of shale, silt, +
fine to med. grained sand; colours range from
dk grey to tan + brown. Shale and
silt predominant. (note presence of the
dark grey silty shale + shale layers here)
② 3.9 Thinly interbedded dark grey silty shale
with some rusty sand laminated, and tan
sand with limonitic laminated, shale
and sand layers 1 to 2 inches thick,
③ 4.6 Sand, tan, with limonitic sand beds,
bedded, 3 to 8" thick; finer 1/2" layering
indicated on weathered surfaces.
④ 6.2 Sand, greyish-tan, appears massive; no
evident bedding, may be thinly laminated.
⑤ 1.9 "Banded beds", up to 1" thick, dk grey to
limonitic stained.
⑥ 3.0-?
Grey-tan sand as in ④
Grass roots
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