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Two Medicine formation

Two Medicine formation: greenish-gray clay with local nodular limestone and crossbedded sandstone; locally some coal in lower part. Rocks equivalent to Judith River formation, Claggett formation, and upper part of Eagle sandstone are included in this unit.
StateMontana
NameTwo Medicine formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late
Original map labelKtm
Primary rock typeclastic
Secondary rock typevolcanic rock (aphanitic)
Other rock typeslimestone; bentonite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Igneous > Volcanic (Pyroclastic)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone > Bentonite (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
Berg, R.B., Lonn, J.D., 1999, The preliminary geologic map of the Nez Perce Pass 30' x 60' quadrangle, Montana, revised 1999: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open File Report 339, 14 p., scale 1:100,000.
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.
Gill, J.R. and Cobban, W.A., 1973, Stratigraphy and geologic history of Montana Group and equivalent rocks, Montana, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 776, 37 p.
Geographic coverageCascade - Glacier - Lewis and Clark - Pondera - Teton - Toole

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