Ogallala Group

Includes: Ash Hollow Formation- White, tan, and gray, well-cemented, calcareous sandstone and silty limestone often referred to as "mortar beds". Thickness 90-250 ft 27-76 m) Valentine Formation- Gray, unconsolidated, fine- to coarse grained, fluvial siltstone, channel sandstone, and gravel derived from western sources. Thickness 175-225 ft (53-69 m). Fort Randall Formation- Pink and gray claystone with interbedded sandstone. Also includes green to gray orthoquartzite, bentonitic clay, and conglomerate. Thickness up to 130 ft (40 m).
State South Dakota
Name Ogallala Group
Geologic age Early Pleistocene to Miocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed, Calcareous)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone > Bentonite (Bed)bentonitic clay
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Comments Also includes the Thin Elk, Bon Homme, Herrick, Medicine Root, and "western derived" gravels.
References

Martin, J.E., Sawyer, J.F., Fahrenbach, M.D., Tomhave, D.W., and Schulz, L.D., 2004, Geologic Map of South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey, GM 10, scale 1:500,000.

NGMDB product
Counties Bennett - Corson - Gregory - Jackson - Lyman - Mellette - Shannon - Todd - Tripp