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Locality 92. Exposures on both sides SE trending
nose of high bluff, at confluence of Thunder
Butte Cr. and Beaver Trap Cr., lying chiefly in
NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, sec. 29, T. 15 N., R. 20 E,
Thunder Butte quad., Ziebach Co., So. Dzk.
Extends into W side NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4. About
80 ft of lower Fox Hills up to bentonite
at top and including remnant 15 foot fossilif.
zone of T.L. member.
Section 1. On SW-facing bluff above Thunder Butte Creek.
Measuring up from top of beveren ls. conc.
layer (local designation layer A). - locally these concs
hug up to 2' thick 4' long D., w/ thin yellow-white -crusty,
zvc grey silty ls. inside, brittle.
1) 17.5
A 798
Sandy clayey silt with blobs vfg sand + silt,
massive, gray with yellow to orange Fe sta.
some on freshly weathering light brown green.
Arbitrary breaks this unit to record first fossilif. concs found in place = spec. 92(1)a
and 92(1)b A799.
A920
Specs 92(1)c found 1.0 above the others.
2) 14.0
Sandy, clayey silt zs below, somewhat more
clayey in lower 8 ft, clayey zcvc dtr gray
Scattered ls cons, some beveren, z few
fossilif, up to 1.0 from top. Big spheroid loosely
suzle 1.0+ from base
A921
Spec. 92(2)a 1.5+ form top
3) 0.4)
Devostic clayey silt with bright yellow-orange
band on top.
4) 0.4
Bentonite, yellow green, finely silty
5) 5.5 -> ?
Gray clayey silt w/ th. brn lower 0.8
bentonitic. Unit is zccly unigum