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University of North Dakota

1966

Stratigraphic; Geology--North Dakota--McKenzie County

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The Stratigraphy Of The Sperati Point Quadrangle, Mckenzie County, North Dakota, Michael B. Clark Jan 1966

The Stratigraphy Of The Sperati Point Quadrangle, Mckenzie County, North Dakota, Michael B. Clark

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The Sperati Point Quadrangle is in McKenzie County, northwestern North Dakota, about 30 miles south-southwest of Watford City, North Dakota. The quadrangle is bounded by Ts. 146-148 N., Rs. 100- 101 W., and encompasses an area of about: 54 square miles. The topography consists of weakly dissected upland plains and, adjacent to the Little Missouri River and tributaries, well dissected, well drained, badland areas characterized by extensive slumping. About 570 feet of the Sentinel Butte Member of the Tongue River Formation of Paleocene age is exposed in the quadrangle. The lower 200 to 250 feet is dominantly grayish, fine to …