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Deposits exposed in bluff on Waterton River between steel bridge and its junction with Belly River west of Belly Butte. Alta, Canada. 1912.

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Date Taken
1912-09-16

Summary

Album caption: Deposits exposed in bluff on Waterton River between steel bridge and its junction with Belly River west of Belly Butte. T. 6 N., R 25 W. 1. Dark soil, grading down into - 1 foot; 2. Dull, buff, unstratified, loess-like stoneless clay containing small shells - 1-20 feet; 3. Stratified sand and gravel, pebbles mostly from Rocky Mountains, some from Laurentian formations - 3-5 feet; 4. Dense, tough, jointed, clayey Keewatin till. Upper part and joint faces weathered brownish, lower part slaty blue. Pebbles mostly from Rocky Mountains, small percentage Laurentian. Bottom not exposed - 75+ feet. Alta. September 16, 1912. Handwritten notes on album caption: Canada.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Alden, William Clinton

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name photoLibrary awc00615
number photoLibrary 867
batch photoLibrary btch473
number_in_book photoLibrary 615

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