Field Notebook: SD, WY, ND 1957
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Summary of geology "3 miles due north of Piedmont." [Roth's locality in sec. 28-4-6 Generalized section Approx. From slide scer 2t A. Tilford Quad. 8. Sandstone (Unit of Wieland) - 20,0t 7. Ostracodal shale (Unit of G.R.W) - 20,0t 6. Sandstone with shark teeth and bones (Sample W-57-21) 3,0 to 4,0 Piec'd from B. 5. Limestone dark gray weathers brownish, becoming gray- downward, gyp in lower part. Upper 10t is sandy in pinkish gray. Floet covers upper 15' Schus sample 20't from top. 45,0 4. Limestone, cclc, gray to greenish, one band bl.sh, 13 to 15 ft from top. Limest. layers (massive conc.) in upper 10 and two layers in lower 2 feet. 24,0 3. Limestone, greenish, too, gray silty to sandy with crumbly cclc. masses in upper 18'. Below this sandy interbeds + some pinkstein. 56,0 16