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Locality 75. west-facing bluff on Moreau River
beginning in SE cor., Sec. 6, T.14N., R.18 E.
and extending southwest into NE cor., sec. 7.
Red Elm N.W. qzrd, Ziebach Co., So. Dzk.
Section # 1 - On north end of cut where lower
sandstone is massive cliff-former as well
as upper.
(1) 39.4 Slump interval from high-water mark
of Moreau to bedrock in place on spur.
This interval has some large blocks
of typical bended-beds, largest and
lowermost contains 30 foot succession
in which redbrown weather calc. conc. and
a few ooliths appear. Cannot be tied
in with ledge. Entire interval from
river to base unit 3 most likely
bended beds.
(2) 11.8 Interbedded clayey silt, vfg sand and
silty shale in typical bended bed
succession. Plant frags. abundant.
Beds of shaly clay dk gray when fresh,
sandstones light gray. A few
sands up to 0.9 locally, some
ovoid ls concs in zone 1.5
from top. (Sample 1)
(3) 3.2 Sandstone, vfg gray to buff weather,
chiefly at top and base with
some irregular