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SECTION 8231
Morales I Hill
370 m E., 1260 m N. of SW Corner, Sec. 1, T. 20 N., R. 35 E., Garfield County,
Montana.
Unit
Thickness
3
3.2
Top of Section
2.65
Shale: fissile, dark brown grey, carbonaceous
.55
2.01
Shale: fissile, yellow brown, carbonaceous,
with poor plant fragments.
.64
2
Sandstone: very fine grained, clayey, friable,
subangular, brownish grey with carbon stains
and blebs, some limonite, apparent down cutting
relations. Some carbonaceous laminae in top
decimeter. Large punky carbon blebs.
1.8 shell beds with carbon masses, inferred
to be roots or logs.
.63
1
0
Mudstone: massive, olive drab, with rare
plant fragments.
1.38
Base of section on flat in front of hill.