Field Notebook: WY, MT 1988

Hickey, Leo
1988
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DI-6 APPROVED DECEMBER 1941
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1988 Summer Trip to Montana- Wyoming 7/24 Left New Haven @ 6:20 by Lim to La Guardia Flew to Denver - Drought Conditions evident in browning of fields and thin cover Denver to Billings Fires in Wind River Range & Absarokas. Met by Kirk (W) news of a dead battery & tire problems. Jason Hicks had to take off to Alaska 7/25 DAY IN CAMP & in Red Lodge Reading Blazer & Self for field 7/26 Left for Mellville Mont. at 10:30 arr abt 2:30
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7/26 Hot & Clear. NW 1/4 Sec 33 T 20 N R 18 E, Wheatland Co. 7 Loc. 881 = KRJ 88141 Mount Simpson Quarry of Krause, In the Bear Fm. Vert Date is Puercean Section consists of tan to gray SS lenses x ledges x bedded vf g. w/ interbeds of sh & mudst. NW -> ss w/ very soil molluscs in side -> mud. Plants) 1 2 3 4 121 1. X bedded f.i. SS. 2. Brown mud'st, w/ sticks. Rooted, no bedding remains 3. Mollusk layer, sileritic & w/ mudst, roots, sticks, poor leaves 4. SS,
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7/26/88 Loc. 881 (cont.) Leaves: PLATANUS RAYNOLDsii very dom. Cercid. jew? (base only) Onoclea hesperia TAXodium o/r/i/xii Hell Creek BEAR Lobo mel Above The Quarry S.c., & up section. Ledges become more Gentilyan x make up Steadily less of the section. Lobo Fm. must form the broad valley here w the tree covered Fluvial Melville forming the tree covered slopes of the south valley wall.
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7/26/88 881 Lebo is a snake Hard to see its Character.
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melville - light colored ss. lebo - darker olive grey bear. 7/27 862 lebo ledges Equisetum in tops of distal splays grey mudstones. siderite in base of ss. some fresh water is in chs. gordon wash at coumex r. - known loc. of lebo plants.
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Cooney Branch 7/27/88 Bob & Laurance Cooney - Lebo SS w leaves at house Platanus quellimine Tilia or Populus Bear / Lebo Bear SS are generally light in color. Lebo olive grey SHS SS. dark brownish,
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7/27/88 Lebo Fm. W. end of Modst, dominated seg Dark grey to brownish grey weathering Soil development Reddish wh. siderite comes in layers. Lens of dirty tan-ish ss 2m, thick w clay pebbles at base and base, wh, grey x TAN. looks just like Lebo at B.H.B.
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7/27/88 LOC 884 - KAJ 88143 SW 1/4 Sec 2, T 3N, R. 14E Sweetgrass Camp McVille Quad. Mid portion of a 0.8m thick Xbedded SS, w rare fresh water IS. Clams PLATANUS guillainae Alnitos Tachoder drosides Acer silbertingii
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885 lebo 7/27/87 Sheep Feeder Loc. Melville NW Quad Upper Tor. Mudstone/Ss sequence Siderite in mudst. 25° Fossill SS - SS w sid. Bem jely. Lateral accretion reddish SS - Dusty Brown SS at top of Buff 21 31 mudst 1,51: skells fussl pc upward Vfyss w shells mudst w sid. very good leaves PLAT. guillerme PLAT. Raynoldsii Cercid gracilis Ginkgo ddaintoides Eucomma serrata Viburnum antiquorum Glyptostrobus europaeus Cornus nebrascensis
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7/27/88 886 Lower Melville Site Lower Tiffany 2 ingiberpis meta sequoia
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7/28/88 Introduced Doug Nichols x Janet Brown to Fort Union Fm. Scorpion Hollow Lacustrine.
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7/29/88 887 Grimey gulch Carb Shales immediately above COAL of unit #6 of sec 8627 Pistia Corregata?
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7/30/88 Mesaverde/ Meeceetsee SS SW, SW Sec 2, T 8 S R, 23 F Carbon Co. Mout Hatcher Pass quad. Julith River SS forming Large CUESTA FIAT & planar x bedded Well ind. w skolithus tubes Grey SHALE above, NEXT SS up w/ SKOLITHy These lignite. Looks like terrestrial w/ marine influence in channels. Meeceetsee Perasively routed mudst SITST. SS often rusty brown , weathered.
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7/31/88 loc 886 Dinosaur loc. Meetcreek Fm. 25m above top of limestone Ischium? in place - w/ other large bones. - in a tan silty mudst. 207° From gate in section fenced at end of road SW, NW, NW, NE Sec 15 T8S, R 1500m N, 800m E, SW con. Sec. 15 T8S, R 23E, Carbon Co, Mont. Age of this may well be Edmontonian - latest CAMP. EARLY Maastrichtian
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8/11/8Y 889 KLM W JAYON Ridge Crest NE, NE, sec. 1 T57N, 04/00 W PARK CO NYO ELK BASIN 7 1/2, 30 yds NW q Pumper. - 1st marine tongue, Trace fossil LACKING 5-sided Traces. Tabular SS. & Shales med grey in color 30' thick. capping a ridge FLUVIAL SS on dip slope. 2nd marine looks then or now EXISTANT
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8/11/88 W JASON-HICKS bottom of Scorpion Hollow Sector Located as Stop 1 at 8/11/88 MEETCRSE NE, SE, Sec 1, T.57N, R.100 W. DAK Co., WYS - SKULLTHUS IN SAND AT near top of Second marine tongue - LARGE FAULT or DIKE CUTS 1ST MARINE MBR. Trending 025 at NW 73° - in this area we have both upper & lower MARINE tongue but Fewer Trace fossils x Lower Diversity IN 1ST LOWNEN TONGUE
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81188 UNIT MAY be somewhat thinner top trac. SS unit capped by fluvial SS. 2nd tongue Thinner than at cottonwood creek no marine mollusks found. However had same sepetarian cones in lower portion Top w SKULLTHUS was below a strongly fluvial ss which is a clay CLASS up to 10 cm Lance - perhaps 75cm 4 sm. lithos lower to 2 middle soil liver H 1 lower soil
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Loz. 8811 8/2/88 SW, NE, Sec 23, T54N, R102W PARK Co. Wyo on mapped contact LANCE MEET/SEE looking at meet. dip. 71° x 62° E 1km looks dark grey w prominent 2-3m thick bands & thick fluvial sand. walked w down section to contact w mesa verde tan to lt, grey ss ledges supporting trees. dip. 72-80° E, meetc/see w coals in 2nd 1/4 basal 1/4 is soils & larger 3rd 1/4 banded soils w fluvial lenses
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8/2/88 8811-(count) meauertle is Thin meecerse 1200-1400' may be as much as 3,000 6/2/88 8812 Meetcetse LAND FILL upper 35-40 m of Meetcetse w/ well developed soils & lignites dISTINCTLY TERRESTRIAL LANCE is FLUVIAL x VERY SANDY at LEAST 100-200 m THICK; MAINLY SS ledges. TOPS OF SOME LEDGES TO FLAT BEDDED TIMONITE IMPREGNATED
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Loc 88/2 (contd.) W TRACKS & FEEDING CASES AT BASE OF DISTANCE LEDGE found well developed soil profile as follows Soil Profile A logw / 1ft. B ss, lt grey, leacher w roots C of | | | | ss yellow w/ roots ROOTS. some ss w/ vertical roots penetrating into c horizon plant locality al/in sks mudst above a ss abt 20' above base of
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101, 8612 (contd) Slope, on boundary fence Quereuxia angulata Araucarian Seeds Elatides PLATANOID leaf
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8813 W 1/2 S 1/2 Sec 33, T 49 N, R 100 W, PARK CO WY. Meetcese W. 7 1/2 Quads Banded Meetcese W llyvites & soils looks a bit like The Horseshoe CANYON FM. in Alberita 1, 4 mi N. on RTE 120 from center of Meetcese GOOD FOSSIL PLANT Prospect W 1/2 S 1/2 Sec 33, T
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S of meetease on RTE 120 Mesaverde-like ss occupies much of basal 2/3's of Fm. On Hot Springs Co line to east of rond Tabular bedded material ss appears below a FLUVIAL SS holding up a isridge to EAST of rond
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NE 1/4 Sec. 2, T 45N R 90W, Hot Springs Co. Wyo Eagle Pass 7 1/2 - 2 uc. 6670 of Hewitt p.24 2 2' coals w/ interbedded clays x muds x sands above a white unconsol SS. Adjacent to Hewitt sec. 25? ✓ for photos. nothing except roots & fragments.
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8/5/88 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 Sec 33, T 49N, R100W PARK CO WYO. 8814 lignite w Amber From about middle of meetese Fm, in meetese west 7 1/2. from W. 100 m N of SE corner of sec 33, T 49N, R 100W 660 m W, 145 m N of SE corner of Sec 33 8815 SW, SE, Sec 33, T 49N, R100W PARK CO, WYO meetese w. 7 1/2 Q. 71.7 + 0.3 PLANT LOCALITY in grey SITS 3' below a lignite 2/3 of way to top of bluff 60' above base Elatides Vitis ohiikity Dom credneria
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8815 (Contd) Amesoneuron Cerciphyllum ellipticum type Entire leaf (Rhammites?) Equisetum Anemia Platynus guillermue Taxodiaceae Con UNIT is a laminated SHALE AT CLAY base Coarsening upward to a ft. grey SS AT top above PLANTS. Then a lignite
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8/6/88 8816 NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 Sec 17 T 6 S, R 18 E, Carbon Co Mon McKAY Ranch quad Livingston Volcanics ? fw fos D ELATIDES D TAXODIOID foliage FA Cone PLATANOID D CELASTRUS TAURINENSIS ? GINKGO DXYLOPHYLLUM PSEUDOQUERCUS PISTITIA Beds STRAT below these have complex Ophiomorpha burrows These beds ST drop AT Top of hill 8816b NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 Sec 8, T 6 S, R 18 E, Carbon Co. MONT. TAXODIOID CONES
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8/7/88 SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec 14, T6N, R15E, Wheatland Co., MT. Teno'clock gate 7'1/2" 8817 Bear / Hell Creek contact Bear a dirty tanw[illegible] Grey SS in Vagoe roots & Carbon Films on bedding planes. Hell Creek a greenish grey mudst. x interbedded ss. 30 - 40 m - below Bear/H.C contact large, fulsome worm borrows in mudstone. Have eaten all of the organic matter Dip 63° at 275° Strike 8817b
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220 88176 mN, 130mE SE Cor., Sec 14, T 6 N, R. 15'E, Wheatland Co., MT. Hell Crck K TEN O'CLOCK GATE 7'1/2 90-150m below BEAR / HC CONTACT marine gastropods in a limestone lens, 8817C LEADER DARK SS. 88176 BOA 8817 FLUVIAL LEG... DARK SS AT BASE OF FLUVIAL SECTION Rooted SS in vicinity burrows continue C is 540mN, 130mE, SE Cor. Sec 14.
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8/7/88 8817d 660m N, 300 mE, SW Cor. Sec 14, T 6N, R. 15'E, Wheatland Co., MT: Ten o'clock Gate 7'1/2 Lenrep Fm Busty SS x Sh. Andesitic, W) Fossil leaves 60 m from base of Fm - All dicots Possible PLATANOIDS
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Ten o'clock gate 7'12 8817e GOM S, 480m E of NW Cor, Sec. 14, T6W R. 15'E, Wheatland Co., MT. Abt 100 m below Top of Bear Paw Sh. Ammonites Sphenodiscus Baculites grandis Inoceramus Clam
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8818 380m S, 180m W, NE Cor, Sec 31, T 6 N, R 15 E, Wheatland Co, MT Merville TW 7 1/2" Q Torrejonian T03 Flora AT base of a cross- bedded SS lens. SILTST interbed 3" thick AT BASE 1" 3in {<-- LVS Congl of pebbles CLASTS, molluscs wood frags 1 cone Platanus nobilis raynoldsii + seed heads of PLAT Carya antiquorum Metasequoia occidentalis Cowe
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8/8/88 9819 Upper Lebo Mbr. F. U. Gp DARK grey SHALE w/ Zinylbropusis medasegubia - Cercidiphyllum - STAMP like leaf BAK SWAMP flora Torrejonian?
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8/8/88 8820 Five mile Hill N. of Custer, Yellowstone Co., MONT. olive greenish sumpo Hell Creek Sequence Capped by yellow FT. Union BS & mudsT. - 8820d 10-16Vcm, above coal Coal #2 -> 8820c -> immediately below co. Grey mudst | 10 ft. - 2f. coal #l -> 1ST Coal I
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SCL. 8820 Cliff forming SS Grey mudst, comm ph frag. iron banding. COAL #3 immediately below 42 cm Carb sh, mud rooted 5.4 m 17 grey mudst sh. 13cm 8820d -> 10-16 cm + COA 89201 COAL # 2 8820 C grey mudst rooted at top w limonite bands. 8820b -> COAL # 1 3x, 0.4m SS 14cm 8820a 10 cm below coal # 1 3.2 m 8820e Samples 8820c w limonite. 8820d 1 immediately below COAL # 3 8820d 10 cm + COAL # 2 8820 C immediately below COAL # 2 8920 b Top 2 cm Coal # 1 8820 a 10cm - Coal # 1 8820 z 25 cm below to of grey siltst unit
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8820 8821 2.5 mi mileage from blue Equipment shed or e. side of road to Locality 3.5 from end of BLACK top 4.1 to n bank of Yellowstone R. 5.0 Custer exit of # I-94 12.2 EAST of Custer, MONT exit
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IN STORAGE AT Red Volge 8/88 200 Sample Bags 50 No 8 1 1/2" Screws 2 Screw Sets #8 1 1/2" Aluminum Foil 2 Tarpaulins 1 Web Belts Hand Axe Goose Neck for 5gal Jerry CA. 2 Ducc Cement 1 Epoxy Salt Tablets Sun Bloc Stick #15 Krylon 50 #10 1 1/2" x Screws 1 2QT CANTEEN 1 Can Tec 200ft Cosh Cord 1 Bottle Vodka. 1 Spatula 1 filter funnel 1 roll Aluminum foil 1 Gas goose neck 1 Griddle 1 NardStick
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