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  • Usage in publication:
    • East Buffalo Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Montana folded belt
Publication:

Norton, G.H., 1956, Evidences of unconformity in rocks of Carboniferous age in central Montana, IN Foster, D.I., ed., Judith Mountains, central Montana: Billings Geological Society Guidebook, August 16-18, 1956, no. 7, p. 52-66.


Summary:

Pg. 62, 63 (fig. 7). East Buffalo Creek limestone member of Tyler formation. Limestone unit very much like Amsden in lithology; overlain by basal Amsden conglomerate. Age is Carboniferous.
Named from exposures on East Buffalo Creek, in secs. 11 and 12, T. 12 N., R. 16 E., central MT.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1201).


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