Color:  Taylor Bed Silcrete ranges from a gray to light tan commonly iron stained.  Remnants of wood and cattails are commonly present.

Texture: Fine grain

Luster: Earthy to waxy

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Notes:  Taylor Bed Silcrete is more abundant and has many overlapping characteristics of Tongue River Silica.  It has been noted that many artifacts identified as Tongue River Silica are actually Taylor Bed Silcrete.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Taylor Bed Silcrete caps the Dean Member of the Golden Valley formation of western North Dakota.  Primary outcroppings occur in south central Adams county and western Morton County.  Drift has been found from throughout southwestern North Dakota from Fort Yates into Montana and Mountrail County into South Dakota.