Early Tertiary age of pitchstone in the northern Black Hills, South Dakota
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By: J. A. Redden, J. D. Obradovich, C. W. Naeser, R. E. Zartman, and J.J. Norton
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Abstract
A block of pitchstone in the northern Black Hills, South Dakota, is Paleocene in age, according to potassium-argon dating of biotite and fission-track dating of zircon in the sample. These data invalidate published suggestions that the age is much younger. The pitchstone is not extrusive in its present position but instead is in a volcanic pipe with other fragments that came downward from as much as 1100 meters above the modern surface.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Early Tertiary age of pitchstone in the northern Black Hills, South Dakota |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.220.4602.1153 |
| Volume | 220 |
| Issue | 4602 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 1153 |
| Last page | 1154 |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| Other Geospatial | northern Black Hills |