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  • Title: Government Draw Bentonite Beds; a newly identified stratigraphic marker in the Virgin Creek Member of the Pierre Shale, central South Dakota
  • Author(s): Nichols, T.C., Jr., Chleborad, A.F., and Collins, D.S.
  • Publishing Organization: The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
  • Series and Number: The Mountain Geologist v. 24, no. 3 [p. 77-80]
  • Publication Date: 1987
  • Cross Section: None
  • North Latitude: 45° 56' 43" N (45.9453)
  • South Latitude: 42° 28' 47" N (42.4797)
  • East Longitude: 96° 26' 12" W (-96.4367)
  • West Longitude: 104° 3' 29" W (-104.0581)
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