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 |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
179 |
|
indistinct bedding, gray green, argillaceous |
very fine |
|
|
|
10 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
179 |
|
indistinct bedding, gray green, argillaceous |
fine |
|
|
|
8 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
179 |
|
massive, some beds finely laminated, many fractures and slickenslides, carbon films on some laminae |
fine |
calcareous |
|
|
96 |
probably not |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
179 |
|
massive, green, agrillaceous |
fine |
|
|
|
5 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
medium bedded with thin shaley interbeds, green, agrillaceous and micaceous, silty |
fine |
|
|
|
11 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
very thick bedded, green gray, silty and micaceous |
fine |
|
|
|
14 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
thick to very thick bedding with thin shaley interbeds, gray-green, carbonaceous, silty |
fine, several beds medium to coarse |
|
|
|
85 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
massive, blocky, gray-green, contains numerbous black chert grains |
medium |
|
|
|
47 |
maybe |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
thick bedded, yellow-green, silty with several cross laminated beds, concentrated calcitein concretionary zones. |
fine |
calcareous |
|
|
20 |
no |
kk |
Challenge Creek |
29N |
13W |
32 |
|
1.5 miles upstream from Challenge Cabin |
48.23046825455 |
-113.325175728 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
180 |
|
flaggy (2-5 cm thick) yellow green, silty and agrillaceous |
medium |
|
|
|
45 |
probably not |