Virgelle Sandstone

The Virgelle Sandstone is a geologic formation overlain by the Two Medicine Formation.^[1] It formed from the beach sands exposed on northern and western shores of the receding Colorado Sea.^[1]

Virgelle Sandstone
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Two Medicine Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Region	Montana
Country	USA

Footnotes

1. "Geological Setting," Trexler (2001); pages 300-301.

References

• Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.

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