Bentonite (Big Blue Bentonite) in the Sentinel Butte Formation (North Dakota)
Type
Formation
Unit of
Fort Union Formation
Underlies
Golden Valley Formation
Overlies
Bullion Creek Formation
Location
Region
North Dakota
Country
United States
The Sentinel Butte Formation is a geologic formation of Paleocene age in the Williston Basin of western North Dakota.[1] It preserves significant assemblages of non-marine plant and animal fossils.
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