The data displayed below were collected during a joint project
between the following departments at Montana Tech of The University of Montana: Geophysical Engineering
and the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The samples represent sandstones collected and analyzed for their potential
use as proppant material.
Measured Section Details
Unit Symbol |
Name |
Township |
Range |
Section |
1/4 Section |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Geomethod |
Datum |
Page Number |
Sub Unit Id |
Sandstone Description |
Grain Size |
Cementation |
Roundness |
Sorting |
Thickness (ft) |
Suitability |
_f |
Section 4 |
02N |
04W |
14 |
AB |
Black Butte, Jefferson County |
45.9311058132 |
-112.064337401 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
205 |
|
pure white with limontie spots, planar cross bedded units are about 30 cm thick |
medium |
hard, well cemented |
|
moderat. Well |
6.5999999999999996 |
no |
_f |
Section 4 |
02N |
04W |
14 |
AB |
Black Butte, Jefferson County |
45.9311058132 |
-112.064337401 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
205 |
|
light yellowish brown, limonitic, small scale cross bedding and planar laminations, |
medium |
alternating poorly and well cemented |
subangular to subrounded |
moderat. Well |
23.100000000000001 |
maybe |
_f |
Section 4 |
02N |
04W |
14 |
AB |
Black Butte, Jefferson County |
45.9311058132 |
-112.064337401 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
205 |
|
light brown,conglomerate at base, finer grained upwards, crossbedded |
|
well consolidated |
|
|
5 |
no |
*q |
Section 15 |
01N |
03W |
13 |
D,C |
Jefferson canyon, Madison County |
45.83230621565 |
-111.915450925 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
227 |
|
Similar to A, thin bedded |
|
|
|
|
5 |
maybe |
*q |
Section 15 |
01N |
03W |
13 |
D,C |
Jefferson canyon, Madison County |
45.83230621565 |
-111.915450925 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
227 |
|
Quartz sandstone similar to A, cross bedded at base of unit |
|
|
|
|
6.5999999999999996 |
maybe |
*q |
Section 15 |
01N |
03W |
13 |
D,C |
Jefferson canyon, Madison County |
45.83230621565 |
-111.915450925 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
227 |
|
Quartz sandstone, white, uniform, thinly laminated in part, medium bedded and massive looking, cliff forming, brecciated at base perhaps due to bedding lip |
fine |
modertately hard |
subangular to subrounded |
very well sorted |
23.100000000000001 |
maybe |