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Section 17 contd.
Thicknes
(feet)
14. Calcirudite, like unit 12 . . . . . . . . . . 19
13. Conglomerate, brown weathering locally,
chert and quartzite pebbles more
abundant than limestone pebbles, the
change from unit 12 to unit 13 is
rather abrupt even for conglomerate
lenses, 4 to 6 foot beds . . . . . . . . . . 28
12. Calcirudite, gray to dark gray weather-
ing, limestone cobbles up to 10 inches
in diameter, chert as sand size particles
only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11. Conglomerate, very fine chert pebbles,
matrix of limestone sand with crinoid
fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
10. Covered, probably mostly shaly sandstone,
coll. 17-10, Parafusulina linearis,
Schwagerina nelsoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9. Calcarenite, dark gray, coll. 17-9,
Schwagerina compacta, S. laxissima, S.
diversiformis, Pseudoschwagerina
tumidosus, Paraschwagerina plena? . . . . . . . . 1
8. Sandstone, gray-brown, well sorted, very
fine to fine sand, 6 inch to 3 foot beds . . 16
7. Limestone, dark gray, fine calcarenite