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Section 31 cont.
percent of the rock, upper 1 foot is
coarse organic fragmental . . . . . . . . .
15. Covered, dark red shale in part . . . . . .
14. Sandstone, orange to yellow-brown weathering,
fine quartz sand, 3 to 6 inch beds . . . . .
Gaptank Formation
13. Limestone, dark gray, organic fragmental,
upper 3 feet in 8 to 12 inch beds, lower
9 feet massive, weathers to irregularly
pitted smooth masses . . . . . . . . . .
12. Limestone, dark gray, 3 inch beds, very
silt and clay rich in bedding planes,
uneven bedding surfaces . . . . . . . . .
11. Limestone, dark gray, organic fragmental,
blocks of cemented organic fragments
common, 3 to 4 inches diameter,
massive, coll. 31-11, Triticites beedei . . .
10. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. Shale, brown-gray; and thin calcarenites,
calcarenites become very fine pebble
conglomerates in upper portion of the
unit, badly covered . . . . . . . . . .
8. Limestone, dark gray, organic fragmental,