Dissertation: Texas 1960
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-132- Section 4 Measured up the highest portion of Dugout Mountain about one-quarter of a mile south of the northern windgap. Top of measured sequence Thickness (feet) Leonard Formation 30. Limestone, light gray weathering, contains some 1 to 3 inch chert pebbles; this is King's first Leonard limestone unit . . . . . 20 29. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 28. Calcarenite, like unit 25, and interbedded brown sandstone, like unit 24, five repetitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 27. Calcarenite, like unit 25, 4-27 . . . . . . . . . 2 26. Sandstone, dark green-gray weathering, very silty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/2 25. Calcarenite, orange-brown weathering, dark gray to dark brown on fresh surface, medium to coarse sand size, crinoid columnals, bryo- zoans, brachiopod fragments are primary constituents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 24. Sandstone, light brown, friable and porous, 1/16 inch lamellae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/2 23. Conglomerate, medium brown weathering, cobbles up to 5 inches diameter in middle of unit, top is gradational with unit 24 . . . . . . . . . 3 1/2