State | South Dakota |
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Name | Fox Hills Sandstone |
Geologic age | Upper Cretaceous |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed, Carbonaceous, Glauconitic)Bluish-green to green, white to dark-gray, and yellow to tan, carbonaceous and iron-stained, cross-bedded, very fine- to coarse-grained, glauconitic sandstone and siltstone.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed, Carbonaceous, Glauconitic)Bluish-green to green, white to dark-gray, and yellow to tan, carbonaceous and iron-stained, cross-bedded, very fine- to coarse-grained, glauconitic sandstone and siltstone.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Interbedded with gray and green to brown shale and silty shale.
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References | Tomhave, D.W., and Schulz, L.D., 2004, Bedrock Geologic Map Showing Configuration of the Bedrock Surface in South Dakota East of the Missouri River, South Dakota Geological Survey, GM 9, scale 1:500,000. |
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Counties | Butte - Campbell - Corson - Dewey - Haakon - Harding - Jackson - Meade - Pennington - Perkins - Walworth - Ziebach |