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Rest of Hell Creek consists of
drab gray brown carbonaceous shales
weathering light blue gray. These
broken by thin zones of purple
to black, small, very hard ironstone
concretions. Shales include
dinosaur bones, some poor lignite, no coal.
(Differs quite a bit from Lance in
lack of sandy beds + log concretions)
Also differs from Hell Creek of
Meade, Zebronch etc., counties in
S.D.)
Hell Creek - Ludlow contact.
Drowned by Goblin at base of
white
massive yellow sand, 2-3 ft thick
grading upward into yellow
drab S.S. Above these come
lignitic shales bearing F.O. flora.
Coal beds present.