Banato Pit, Butte Co., South Dakota, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Banato Pit | Pit |
Butte Co. | County |
South Dakota | State |
USA | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 37' 23'' North , 103° 56' 24'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 44.62305,-103.94000 | ||||||||||||||||||
GeoHash: | G#: 9xyjfg3hn | ||||||||||||||||||
Locality type: | Pit | ||||||||||||||||||
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||||||||||||||
Nearest Settlements: |
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PERS COM BLACK HILLS CLAY PROD CO, OPER: BLACK HILLS CLAY PR
Commodities (Major) - Clay
Development Status: Producer
Regions containing this locality
North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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Regional Geology
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Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3188050 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Lithology: Siltstone,shale,sandstone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Early Cretaceous 100.5 - 145 Ma ID: 2938651 | Inyan Kara Group Age: Early Cretaceous (100.5 - 145 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Inyan Kara Group Description: Includes: Fall River Formation- Variegated brown, red, gray to purple, calcareous, well-sorted, fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, and shale containing mica flakes. Thickness 100-200 ft (30-61 m). Lakota Formation- Yellow, brown, red-brown, gray to black silty shale, pebble conglomerate, and massive to thin-bedded, cross-bedded sandstone. Locally interbedded with fresh-water limestone and bituminous coal beds. Thickness 35-500 ft (11-152 m). Comments: Original map source: 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. Lithology: Major:{claystone,conglomerate,sandstone}, Minor:{siltstone,shale}, Incidental:{limestone, bituminous} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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