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TitleUnkpapa Sandstone in Calico Canyon, Black Hills, South Dakota
DescriptionUnkpapa Sandstone in Calico Canyon, Black Hills, South Dakota. Argillaceous, very fine-grained, massive quartz wacke sandstone; moderately indurated but friable, permeable, no indication of cement. Colors range from pale yellowish orange (10YR 8/6) to grayish orange (10YR 7/4) to pale red purple (5RP 6/2) to pinkish gray (5Y 8/1). Color banding common, planar, curved, and Liesegang.
ChronostratigraphyUpper Jurassic
LithostratigraphyUnkpapa Sandstone
Geologic provinceBlack Hills
LocationUSA ▹ South Dakota ▹ Custer. Near Buffalo Gap. Boland Ridge Quadrangle.
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1975.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P00857 (Hartman Locality L96).
Key wordsUnkpapa
Tech details381 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format.
GeoDIL number1801