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Section 8 contd.
Thickness
(feet)
11. Covered, probably gray-brown shale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10. Conglomerate, brown to brown-gray weather-
ing, chert and quartzite pebbles, brown
quartz sand matrix, upper bed has planar
upper surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
9. Shale, brown-gray weathering, 5 inch brown
weathering sandstone at top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. Conglomerate, light gray-brown weathering,
with two thin shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/2
7. Shale, brown-gray weathering, 6 inch sandstone
brown weathering, at top, coll. 8-7,
Schwagerina diversiformis, siliceous sponge
spicules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Conglomerate, light brown weathering, chert
and quartzite pebbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Sandstone, yellow-brown weathering, very fine
to fine quartz sand, silty, poorly cemented
1 to 3 inch beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Conglomerate, brown weathering, chert and
quartz sand matrix, 6 inch to 4 foot
beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
3. Sandstone, brown to gray-brown weathering,
secondary mineralization weathers purple
or magentia, coll. 8-3, Pseudoschwagerina