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Loc. 287, Rd cut E side Thunder Butte Village -
Rt & cutoff , south of Navarre Bridge in
NW cor. NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4. Sec 3 T14N, R 20 E,
Thunder Butte Quad., Ziebeck Co. So Dako
Cut exposes most of CAZ in Irish Creek lithofacies
near top is the D bentonite.
A-4683 - Two concretions with Protocerda
masses from same horizon, about
2.5 +/- feet under the D bentonite
and 10 feet apart along face.
Note size consistency in each.
A-4684 - Fossils from several layers in CAZ,
It looks as though there is a
bzzal berran layer, a layer
dominated by Cucullzeus - the ypical Irish Creek CAZ fauna,
and other scattered conc.
However relationships have
zre obscured because outcrop
plucked of the more fossiliferous
conc. - there may be no
consistent order of distribution.
On of few places easily accessible,
where relation of D bentonite
can be shown.
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