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Aug. 7, 1908
On the west shore of Burns core
there occurs on the S. side of
the point in central 5. 51. 8.
a finely amygdaloidal rock
of finely flexured or fault
fractured. Further south nearly
100 yds. on the south side of the
corelet the fault brecciated
zone continues, while with the
development of a caliche zone,
nearly a foot thick trending
N. 70° W.
This amygdaloidal rock
continues along the shore
and is occasionally covered
with coarse sandy fluvial-
course sediment often con-
taining black fragments. The
amygdaloid is frequently
banded. The amygdals are
in linchets not in bands.
The sediments over the
amygdaloid contain fossils
chiefly Stenoscisma also 5. 51. 8.
Dalmarella occasional
mytharca occasional A.
calyptone occasional
Halyzites (flora) common
the fossils may be collected
West & southwest of the
little island