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  • Usage in publication:
    • Poverty Gulch Slate*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Slate
    • Phyllite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Midcontinent region
Publication:

Bayley, R.W., 1972, A preliminary report on the geology and gold deposits of the Rochford district, Black Hills, South Dakota, IN Contributions to economic geology: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1332-A, p. A1-A24, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:24,000) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_21440.htm]


Summary:

Named for Poverty Gulch in sec 23, T2N, R3E, the type locality, Pennington Co, SD in the Midcontinent region. Composed of uniformly dark-brown to black laminated garnetiferous or phyllite and graphitic slate. Very generalized description of lithology. Areal extent beyond report boundaries not discussed. Thickness not stated. Rests conformably on Rochford Formation (new) of Flag Rock Group (rank raised). Underlies Swede Gulch Formation gradationally. Of middle Precambrian age. Geologic map.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Poverty Gulch Slate*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Midcontinent region
Publication:

DeWitt, Ed, Redden, J.A., Wilson, A.E., and Buscher, David, 1986, Mineral resource potential and geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming, with a section on salable commodities by J.S. Dersch: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1580, 135 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:250,000)


Summary:

Mapped in the Rochford area, Pennington Co, SD in the Midcontinent region with Early Proterozoic unit Xsi (Pl. 1). Geologic map.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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