Fox Hills Formation (NEKf;0)

Consists of fossiliferous, gray, ferruginous and yellowish fine-grained sandstone, arenaceous clays and a few interbeds of gray to brown sandy shale and coal totaling 172 ft thick at that section. Estimated thickness 500 ft.

State	Nebraska
Name	Fox Hills Formation
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Mesozoic \| Cretaceous-Late
Original map label	Kf
Comments	Montana Group
Primary rock type	sandstone
Secondary rock type	clay or mud
Other rock types	shale; coal
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed) Incidental Sedimentary > Coal (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Map references	Burchett, R. R., 1986, Geologic Bedrock Map of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey. Scale 1:1 Million.
Unit references	Burchett, R. R., 1986, Geologic Bedrock Map of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey. Scale 1:1 Million. Meek, F. B., and Hayden, F. V.,1862, Descriptions of new Lower Silurian, (Primordial), Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary fossils, collected in Nebraska...rocks from which they were obtained: Acad. of Natural Sci. of Philadelphia, Proceedings 1861, v. 1
Geographic coverage	Scotts Bluff