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Locality 72 Damberger Rzuch - local bedlands in the
Bullhead and Colgate members in SW¼, sec. 15,
T. 14 N., R. 20 E., Ziebach Co. S.D. Section measured
from exposures in SE¼ SW¼ of sec. 15, and
adjacent parts of sec. 22.
Measuring up from Valley flzt.
(1) 8.0± Popcorn crust on silty clay and clayey
silt, thin-bedded, plant fragments.
At top is zone czlc. gray sandstone
masses loc. weath dk. rd. brown with
loc. cone-in-cone; bedding x 12m. masses
up to 3' Sample #1 -
Lower
gray
unit
and sand
(2) 14.0 Havel clayey silt with lzyclvs vfg gray
sand. Some loc. jerositic & Fe brun
specks + streaks. Whole weathrs.
gray with light gray bedding.
Plant frags common Also scat
Sample #1
lower 5'
clayey silt
COC3 cemented sandy cones, small < 1'
irreg, and ocoid ochvous cones
up to 5"±. In upper 6'-8' +zt top
shelves of c(CO3 rb ss up to 6'.
Sample #2
upper 5'
sand+ fos.
A649
(3) 22.0 Similar to unit (2) below, but clayeyert
more markedly thin-bedded and
overall color is brownish gray,
and clayrock more fissile. Modl
finely dissem. plant matter
some czrb bedding surfaces.
Sample 3
brn shi
sand layers + lenses loc. thicker
small cone.
sand layer
5-6' above
in upper half
base
scat, rb cones thin, irreg,
czlc, with rough-crckred surfaces
common. Some ochvous
powdery cones, + 'platy OB
chips. Lorelly has cozly lenses
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