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Section 6 contd.
Thickness
(feet)
upper surface with 1 inch silicified band,
well sorted in upper 2 inches . . . . . . .
9
10. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
9. Calcarenite, gray weathering, in 1/2 foot
beds, well sorted separated by brown
weathering siltstone . . . . . . . . . .
3
8. Siltstone, and sandstone, like unit 4. . . .
6
7. Calcarenite, like unit 5 . . . . . . . . . .
1 1/2
6. Siltstone and sandstone, like unit 4. . . .
5
5. Calcarenite, gray weathering, chert pebbles
up to 1 inch in diameter, unit thins to NE
and thickens to SW . . . . . . . . . . .
1
4. Siltstone, orange-brown weathering, fine
sandstone brown weathering, well cemented
with secondary chert . . . . . . . . . .
11
3. Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
2. Calcarenite, medium gray weathering; minor amounts
of fine chert pebbles which occur in thin beds
near base, matrix is mostly sand size, upper
40 feet well sorted, beds 1 to 4 feet thick,
dip 10° N 70° W . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Lenoxhills Formation
1. Conglomerate, pebbles and cobbles from
Santiago chert and later Paleozoic forma-