Interior, Jackson Co., South Dakota, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Interior | - not defined - |
| Jackson Co. | County |
| South Dakota | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 43° 43' 36'' North , 101° 59' 1'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 43.72669,-101.98361 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: 9xz2z21y3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| KΓΆppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nearest Settlements: |
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Badlands in the area - also extends to Jackson, Pennington and Shannon counties
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Plate |
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β 'Orbicular Jasper' |
| β 'Petrified Wood' |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Quartz var: Agate |
| β Quartz var: Carnelian |
| β Quartz var: Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| β Quartz var: Jasper |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var: Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var: Carnelian | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var: Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var: Jasper | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Orbicular Jasper' | - | |
| β | 'Petrified Wood' | - | |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| β | 'Orbicular Jasper' | - | |
| β | 'Petrified Wood' | - | |
| β | Quartz var: Agate | - | SiO2 |
| β | var: Carnelian | - | SiO2 |
| β | var: Chalcedony | - | SiO2 |
| β | var: Jasper | - | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Quartz (var: Chalcedony) | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz (var: Chalcedony) | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Oligocene - Eocene 23.03 - 56 Ma ID: 2887045 | White River Group Age: Paleogene (23.03 - 56 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Brule Formation; Chadron Formation; Chamberlain Pass Formation; Slim Buttes Formation Description: Includes: Brule Formation (Oligocene)- White, pink, light-green, and light-brown, massive to thin-bedded, bentonitic claystone, tuffaceous siltstone, and well-bedded, calcareous, tuffaceous quartz sandstone. Thickness up to 150 ft (46 m). Chadron Formation (Eocene)- Upper beds are gray, light-brown to maroon bentonite, claystone, siltstone tuffaceous fine-grained sandstone, and local, silicified carbonate lenses. Basal portion consists of poorly cemented, white, coarse-grained arkose and conglomerate. Thickness up to 160 ft (49 m). Chamberlain Pass Formation (Eocene)- Pale olive to pale red, mottled mudstone containing white, cross-bedded channel sandstone with basal conglomerate. Thickness up to 32 ft (10 m). Slim Buttes Formation (Eocene)- White, grayish- to yellowish-orange,pale-red to pink siltstone, clayey siltstone, bentonitic claystone,medium- to fine-grained sandstone, and conglomerate. Thickness up to 48 ft (15 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,siltstone,sandstone}, Minor:{mudstone,conglomerate,bentonite} 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] |
| Paleocene 56 - 66 Ma ID: 3193162 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleocene (56 - 66 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks 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] |
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Interior, Jackson Co., South Dakota, USA