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St. Mary River formation

St. Mary River formation: Greenish-gray clay with local nodular limestone and crossbedded sandstone.
StateMontana
NameSt. Mary River formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late
Original map labelKsm
Primary rock typemudstone
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock typeslimestone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Map references
Ross, P.R., Andrews, D.A., and Witkind, I.J., 1955, Geologic map of Montana: U.S. Geological Survey, 2 sheets, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Witkind, I.J., 1972, Geologic map of the Henrys Lake quadrangle, Idaho and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-781-A, scale 1:62,500.
Viele, G.W. and Harris, F.G., III, 1965, Montana Group stratigraphy, Lewis and Clark County, Montana: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 49, no. 4, p. 379-417.
Stebinger, E., 1914, Titaniferous magnetite beds on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 540, p. 329-337.
Schmidt, R.G., 1972, Geologic map of the Coburn Mountain quadrangle, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-975, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Geographic coverageGlacier - Lewis and Clark - Pondera

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