File:Spokane Sapphire Mine (near Helena, Montana, USA) 16.jpg
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English: Fluvial deposits are sedimentary layers laid down in fluvial systems - rivers and streams. In the channel facies, deposits are usually poorly sorted and cross-bedded. In the ancient rock record, channel deposits are typically sandstones and conglomerates. In the floodplain facies, deposits are usually fine-grained - in other words, mud. With burial and lithification, floodplain deposits become horizontally layered shales, maybe with mudcracks and occasional plant fossils, representing growth between flood events.
Seen here is a small quarry along the Missouri River in Montana. The target material is a sapphire-bearing, Pleistocene-aged river terrace gravel deposit. A relatively thin layer of regolith ("dirt") occurs above the fluvial gravel. Locality: small quarry at the Spokane Gravel Bar, southern slopes of the Missouri River Valley, northeast of the town of Helena, southeastern Lewis and Clark County, western Montana, USA (46° 39’ 40.74” North latitude, 111° 48’ 37.49” West longitude) |
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| Author | James St. John |
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