Field Notebook: 1964b

Hickey, Leo

1964

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

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Golden Valley July 20, 1964 Leo J. Hickey Department of Geology Brunelton University Bruneton New Jersey.

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Section L-20-1 BUTTE SE 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec. 17 T 139 N R 91 W. 0' 5 YR 8/4 BAKED DICOT BEARING SHALE, CHIPPY & PLATEY of THE HARWISCH LIGNITE SCORIA poorly exposed in gulley but many hills of it near this level 1.5 10 YR 8/2 WEATHERED BAKED SHALE SOMEWHAT BEDDED WITH FEW SCAT PLANT FRAGS. CAPPED BY A 2 IN DISINTEGRATED ZONE OF SR 4/6 TO 10 R 4/6 HEMATITE & GYPSUM G.V. L.Grey UNIT OF L.Mbn 2, F.G. ARG. SS. 5 YR 6/1 UNCORSED, DATED

sec L-20-1 WITH OCCASIONAL BLEBS OF [illegible] HEMATITE STILL SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF BAKING 4' do 10 YA 6/2 Fg A SS WITH MANY GYP BLEBS Wh. Color. N-7 from 1,5, AT 4'-5' SERIES OF NEAR VERTICAL JOINT fillings of SILTY very dirty SS better INDURATED THAN REST OF UNIT JOINTS filled with same but better indurated material than rest of unit. 6' SYAG// MASSIVE CHIPPY SITST WITH SMALL PODS OF GYP. # [illegible] [illegible]

Sec 2-20'-1 7.2 Siliceous, well inlurated massive irregularly weathering SILT. Dips Anamously to section as into a Channel. Part hor. Then To 10° - 7°W 8.6 N-1 Lignite 1" here but 10' to west 1' Thick & dipping as unit 7.2, NOT lensing out soil zone truncates it. .: Lignite here from 8.6 - 9.6 under soil. 9.6 MASSIVE, chippy, mica ccw <1/0 CLAYCY SILTY. 10YR 6/2 12.2 Mollusc lens

see L-20-1 10 x8 s/2 - laminated fissle silty micaceous union & gastropod PLANT STEM BEARING CLAY (sh.) grades laterally into LYNITE (1.5') app. ? n-7 sh. (1.5) to west in 25 ft. 15.3 LIGNITIC HIGHLY FRACT 10 x8 4/2 SITST WITH some br/yel Fe st. To 16' Here 3. feet west goes up to 20 feet & contact drops to here ch channel. lower mid part 20' over is a n-7 grey sh.

SEC L-20-1 16 mid Orange unit of l, M. N-9 SITY CLAY mic (1/2) MASS VC wh wth pt. rays wh to 10R 7/4 CARb (3/ob) + STEM 1 mp. limonite STAINING on JOINTS 10R 7/4 & 5Y 7/5 18' MINUTE limonite Spheres begin TO appear MICHEOUS 27O CLAYey >ITST. Fr. col. N-8 wh color - 16' SR 5/4 10 YR 7/4 - N-8 MOTTLED 20' N8, 7R 4/6 , 10YR 8/6 v. SITY CLAY MASSIVE wth MIN. h.m. Spherules Abt 5). micaceous Abt 1/2 21 SITST MASSIVE N-8 wh @dlo 21- 24 10YR 6/3 + N-8

sec L-20-1 N-8 WITH 10 YR 5/6 STAINING ON JOINTS very few min. lim. sph. 24 - S, I TX C/Ax N-8 some 10YAY: STAINING A few min. lim. sph. wh C3/10 slope 24-27 15, 5Y6/1 MAROON layer L.m., G.v. 26 - N-7 MILACEOUS, TO MASSIVE SITS, NO min. lim. sph. some 10YR 6/6 LIM, STAINING 27 SILTY, MASSIVE, 5 YR 4/1 CHIPPY sh. some 10yr 7/4 LIMONITE STAINING OF JOINT. wh color 27-2y 5Y4/1 TO 5yr 6/1

sec L-20-1 28'. 5YR 2/1 Greasy loamy irregularly fracturing chippy, massive sh. upper mbr cr. -> 29. 5y H/11 MASSIVE chippy, Irrey frACT sh, some 10yr 6/0 lim ST. PLANT frag. HORSETAILS DICOTS, MONOCs, wood frag. 33' do 29' sev. fern. from 30 - 33' loamy s SANDx due to wash over SAND sh. of SS- 34.5. slightly SILTY massive chippy 10 YR 6/2 CLAY some 10YR 6/0 lim. ST. 35, 10YR 2/12 Thin chippy soft sh, 35.6 10 yR 5/4 Thin bedded 1/4' SIT ST 36. SILTY, m/c (270) chippy sh.

see L-20-1 wh color of slope 30 - To top 10 yR 7/4 36 1/2 in bedded chippy soft mica, (3%) clay 5Y 5/3 some 10yR 6/6 2 1/2 minute st. 39 do 3y 40 mica 5% on A.P. color 10y 5/2 slightly silty other do 39. 41. very mica, 5-7o slight bedded abt 1/2 in, 5Y6/2 43.5 4y SA lam 5Y 6/2 irreg bedded ss with 10yR 6/6 lim st on

Sec 2-20-1 See dips abt 40-10 SOF E LAMINATION PLAINS MIC, ABT ?? 46.5 to 42.5 exc. Bending not obvious lim st. how much inc. 10 YR 6/4 47. do 46.5 BUT GYP BLKs APPEAR 49. 10 YR 6/4 X laminated SS. do 46.5. X laminations done in limonite. SS- in unindurated 57 - do 49 but not x-lam 57 do ? from won on covered

sec L-20-2 AN INTERVAL SECTION from top of HARNISCH LIGNITE TO WHITE RIVER ON BUTTE. Section is on ly poorly exposed here but does give interval 0' TOP OF HARNISCH LIGNIT SCORIA TOP OF F. O 499. CLAY 1' SILT, 1' LIGNITE 1' 3' 4' 9' 12'

15' 16' 21' 24' 27' 30l 33' 36' 39' 42' 45' 44' 50 - 5.1TY, Gyp x1 BEARING N-9 WITH 10YR 8/6 LIMONITE STAINING 51.5 do SO SITST WH color 10YR 8/2 SO - S-4 54.4 S-YR 2/2 VERX' IGNITIZ GREASY LUSTERED MASSIVE SH. MANY QYO XLS. WH COLOR SYR 3/4

54.7 . SYR 8/1 STST MASSIVE MICACEOUS some parts deeply 10YR6/6 STA and wth minute limonite spher. wh color <4.7 10YR8/2 + 10YR6/6 Some 10R3/4 Limonite Joint filling 56 . Sor, wth min Fe sph. 57 Covered interval 60. from H2 to L# is Nicc upper mbr fg XUNC, platey brown fissle Sh dips at high 2 62' norm into BUTTE orange

631 66' 69' 72' 75' X - 74' Vfy, micac 270 irreg bedded, ledge of well indurated, cARBONATE CEMENTED as. 75 covered. 78' 81' 84' 87' 90' 93' 96' 99'

6YA 6/6 SITST. 182' 105' 106' 3Y' 6 IN LAYER of red br grey inside rounded Vfy br grey SITST Conc S. Br. grey micaceous siltty Laminated CLAYS 110' SITST do 108' Some layers of LIMONITE 111' CONC. 112 Br grey very silty CLAY 114

116 Br grey clay with blebs of powdery gyp. 117 1" Lignite 117.2 PLASTIC N-6 chippy sh. 5Y 6/1 119 SY 5/2 somewhat silty Laminated fissle platey sh. come 10 yr 6/6 lim. STAIN on LAMINATE. 120. SH. PLANT FRAYS monocots dicots wood poor preserv. 120.1 LAMINATED N-3 TO NR SITST some 10 YR 6/6 Limonize st. 120.3 SY 5/35 LAMINATEY 10YR 6/6 I

✓ 10 yr 6/2 123 5yr 4/1 silty massive some 10yr 6/1 2/m. st. 124.2 sh becomes inc, carbonaceous 5yr 4/1 124, [illegible] 5yr 2/2 lignite platcy shaley. 124.6. 5yr 5/2 clayey siltst, massive, #be some carbon fragS 126-5, silty c/ly do 124. 6 128-130. lens of Laminated, v fA mucaceous, sta, don

incurated silt 30 feet further no such unit. 129 - 5 ys/1 silty clay massive, 135- MASSIVE SILTY CLAY CHANGES TO 10YA4/2 135.9 - Lusterous, bchuthy n-1 lignite with some 10ya8/6 lignite pods. 136.3 MASSIVE, PLASTIC, 5 ys/1 CLAY BEARING clods; stem frag; mowroots. 137.9 Thin 1" lig.

141' 144' 145 N 4 LIGNITE CLAYEY S/7 ST. MANY GYP BLEBS 146.5 N-8 1/2" Lignite layer 146.5S 10YA 6/2 S, 1TY MASSIVE CLAY MOTTLED WITH 10YA 6/6 LIMONITE Peds X STRIERS OF LH GYP. 148' covered 150' 153 very crumbly 10YA 6/2 C/Ax S/1TY CLAY MOTTLED WITH 10YA 6/6 LIMONITE -

157.2 10yr 6/6 very Crumby bedded (1/4") SITST WITH POOLS of N-7 SIT. W/B, 163- LAMINATED, MICAEOUS 270, 5Y 8/1 Vfy SA CHANNEL S, SOME LAYERS of 10yr 6/6 LIMONITE STA. WITH WHITE RIVER. A FESTOONED SEQUENCE OF CHANNELLED SITSTONES, VFY MICAEOUS <1256x>11 SA SS. 166- A Vfy , SA, 5GX 7/1 , RELATIVELY NON MIC <1/4 TO SS. SET IN A CHANNEL. 170 in mjt...

W-B. 170 N-9 Angular med gr loosely consolidated ss no mic. 172 - N9 do 170 SS but some pebbles of wh siltst. Angular. 173 Typical W.B. cong'l with sub rounded tuffaceous siltst pebbles in lenses 174 med SA, non mic poorly indurated SS. 175 Silty Ang med light br. grey siltst ss.

"177 - wh Tuffaceous Siltst. SY 7/11 179 SY 6/11 Tuffaceous Siltst. 186 - SY 6/11 Tuffaceous Silty C/AX Massive. 189 SY 8/9 - high Pale Siltst C/AX 191 - N-9 wh PLATEY splitting irregularly laminated SY9 8/11 Limestone (fresh water) with chert cement on some of the laminae then tinkles when probably, LS. becomes more massively split"

"✓ TOWARD TOP ? I NOW LAMINATED LAMINATED BOTTOM FOOT IS LAM. WITH CHERT. SOME LAM. SANS Chert TOP 2 FEET MASSIVE IS SPLITTING INTO IRREG PLATES ABT 1" TO 2" 195 END OF SECTION SOIL HAPPENS.

July 21\n LOCALITY L - 21 - 1\nSE 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 29 T. 14N R. 3W.\n\npresents a sequence of\nC.V.\n\n0-6! F.V. well\nA br grey bedded\nmed S.A. micaceous <1%\nSS poorly consolidated.\nft. Top A bedded\nlimonite ST, SS then SITST.\n\n\u215b G.V. TRANSITION TO\ndark grey laminated\nmicaceous (2%) SITST.\n\n12' DARK grey well bedded\nsilty mic. (3%) C/AX\n\n15 2 A min at v u l , s i t y c l a y . \n\n17 Light grex silty clay\nw/ th min lim sph.\n\n19 very g chippy, crumbly

very silty clay light grey 25' SL layer 28' lignite 32' golden yellow olive silty clay 37' end. FAIR section L-21-2 S 1/2 Sec 20 T 140N R93W Lower mbr. J.V. 25' capped with SL just above SL a lignite zone Oak upinain forest of y. ash A Elm & Oaks!! its section pretty

Lwr mbr, grdy. grey. whtr. color. flsh snd min g Lim sp. present in it. Lig scria at 34' thick. pictures foria 1 - 2 Sl with baked tops. 2-21 -3 Sw1/4 Sec 31 T 14N or 93W. 30 foot section w th Brownish KAOLINITIC slightly MICAEOUS ss of F.V. 8' BOTTOM 8' Grading into very KAOLINITIC somewhat MICAEOUS fy SA white to, V.I. grey SS. 20', vfg ss.

V 25 MASSIVE lgrey s/75t. 28 Brownish & white wh l.g. sh silicified s/tsT cap w/TH many plant stem impression Top of BUTTC ABT 30' Poor Section L- 21-H SW¼ sec 28 T 14ON R 94W SL over &v. little light lay at butte tops. L- 21-S JAIL 20 ft sect. L G.V Pazo FV. CONTACT SH HS FLOAT above it,?

✓ NW side of SLC 33 T 14N R 94W & several STRANGE SCT. SL becomes yellow here. from NEAR white AT TAYLOR L-21-6 1. Grey SITST WITH CAP of yellow grey SL BEARING pl. IMP.

July 23, 1964 Color Ch. with some rain DAMAGE please interpolate Sec 1 - 23 - 1 NE 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 29 T 140 N R 93 W. STARTS IN F.V. SS which is TRANSITIONAL TO O.V. 0' A vfg SA 10 YR 8/4 MICACEOUS 1/2 to bedded NON INDURATED SS. CONT. OCL large gyp xls. 1' A ss. do 0' except 10 YR 5/4 Carb matter & Limonite on the bedding planes mica 1/2q17o SS col. 5 y 6/4 1.5 10 YR 7/4 Thinly bedded LIMONITE SOAKED. Vfg ML (17o) SS. STILL placed IN F.V. Wh color (derived in part from above) 10 YR 8/2

G.V. 5' SYR 5/1 very thin bedded (1/8") very silty some what chippy clay. MILA. 170 7 7.' A laminated alternatly N-7 + SYR 4/1 micaceous 3- 4). SITST. LAMINATION planes somewhat irregular. Samp. L-23-1-1 10 SYR 6/1 clay massive now laminated small amt of 10x96% limonite staining. wh color of slope, 9 - top of 32 N-9 12 N-8. Laminated very silty clay. 13' N-8 - 10 x R 6/1 LIM. st. massive clayey SITST

15,2 CLAY N-8 BREAKING INTO VERY SMALL QUOI ANGULAR PIECES. KAOLINITE. 18 N-7 G+H SLIGHTLY SILTY CLAY OTHW DO 15,2. 19,15 SYR 7/1 SILICIFIED BUTTE CAPPING VERY HARD, BLOCKY BREAKING SITSY WITH PLANT STEM IMPRESSIONS. PRESSURE TRACKS FORMS A RUBBLE WHICH ARMORS THE CLAY SLOPE BELOW. WH COLOR TO YA 8/2 21,5. TOP OF SK. N-1 BLACK LIGNITE WITH SOME SYR 3/2 LIG. & LIG SHS. 25 Covered. 27 27 FISSLE THIN BEDDED

5 YR 4/1 30, 2 1" layer of 10YR 6/6 SIT ST. Concionary Chippy SITSS. 30.3 Covered wh. 10YR 8/1 col. soil Avfy ss with mica flakes. 38 End of Section.

L-23-2 NW 1/4 of Sec 33 T 14o N R 9HW 0' Covered CONTACT CU FU Somewhere IN This VIC. 1' very fissile THIN bedded Sh. Color N-4 (WET) W-7 Dry Wh col. Slope N-6 1'- 4' 3' do' 1' Some LITTLE LIMONITE STAIN Leaf imp. from This zone Cercid, Sequoia & Others. wh Col. Slope 3.5- 5- 10 YA 7/4 3.2 3.2 10 YA 7/6 MASSIVE LIMONITE STAINED CLAY.

2-23-2 Wh color 5- 5h N-9. w/ih occ N-Y bands. 5,1 Bedded (1") Now fissle mgt, SLITTY CLAY. Color fr. N-9. slight Arc patt 7, 5- Very SLITTY CLAY cbandd col do 5,1 exc. JOYB 6/6 LIM, STAINING 9. CLAYey SITST. 10, 5 Very SLITTY CLAY small equlany BREAKING INTO Chips. ML 1/2 T. 15, 2 Hill top covered by A rubbly layer of silicified SITS. 5X8/1 wh TO JOYB 7/6. Holds up Tops of several HILLS IN THE AREA. 16. Soil 16, 2 End of SECTwn.

L-23-3 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 line of Sec 28 T 140 N R 94 W FORT UNION FM. 0' 10 YR 7/2 f.g. SA F.U. mic. 1/2 to SS bedded 1/4" with SYR 3/4 carbon trash films on fine bedding planes wh color to 3.2 SYR 1/1 0.6 10 YR 6/4 fg SA now 1 am. now indurated SS 2. 4" of SYR 4/1 silty C/Ax 2.3 f.g. SA. do 0' with Thick acc. of carbon trash. Top H in with limonite st 10 YR 6/6 clays. some 3" thick 9 off long of cemented SS. othrs 3" ovald & with gyp

Centers Gyp X15 Y15 O- FUSS Rises laterally to 5' G.V. Wh. Color 3,3 - 4,8 - N,8 G.V. L.M. L.G. 3,3 3,3. 5YR 5/1 micaceous clay fissile & bedded with A slightly arcuate lower CONTACT indicating A channel laterally this & becomes come in some before finding F.Y.33 4,5 5Y 6/1 Slightly Siilty massive clay 5,6. 5Y 6/2 massive somewhat plastic clay LEAF And stem frags. Wh. Color: 4,8 - 8 5Y7/2 M.O. 8' do 4,5 clay 10YR 6/6 sph Limonite @owcs color now 5Y6/2 wh. col. 9-12 N-9 9' 5Y 7/1 Chippy clay massive with 11YR 6/

1-23-3 LIMONITE CONCS ABT 1/2" 1 1/2" SEAT, SEAT TO FROM 9 - H+ 10.5 9.8 KIBBLY CLAY LIM CONCS, COL SY7H 10.3 /Kibbly clay N-7.05 Limconcs. 13.5 SLIGHTLY SITY MASSIVE N-6.5 CLAY SOME JOYR 6/6 LIM ST, 14.8 SL WH JOYR 6/6 - SOYR 9/2 A SILIC, FIED SITST. BEARING PLANT STEM FRAGS, FC COL N-8. BUT MERTX HILL MEANLY CAPPED WITH RUBBLE FROM S-H ANGULAR 6'-1" BLOCKS BUT HOLDS UP GENERALLY THE SHIME LEVEL OF HILL TOPS AT+ AROUND HERE 15, 8 END OF SECTION.

1-23-4 Antur sec 20 T14N R93W. Lignite above shale layer at least 4 ft thick has burned and formed a scoria fire.

July 24, 1964 Loc L-24-1 NW 1/4, NE 1/4 Sec 4, T 139N R 95W 15-20' Section Lower qv. C14x3 & 5/75pi Capped by SL. Fair Section Some Fossil/leaves Would serve as a rep Section of The Area. NW 1 Loc L-24-2 Dragon fly pond. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec 5 T14N R95W Loc L-24-3 Outcrop of Blocky SL at top of Cr. Bk No Section NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 5 T 140 N R 95 W. L-24-4 SL capping a knobloch NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec 4 T 140N R 95W.

L-24-5 Good section typical G.Vi with 3 bands lm over v.m. contact with F.V, expor. SW1/2 sec 31 T 141N R94W. Top of Br Grey fg carb. Trash on bedding ss (F.vi) to irony ly d channaled by G.V.) AT BASE of BUTTES ON N side of draw H-S layer found below the G.Vi which had slumped down over it, A few pieces of worn turtle bone were associated with this. -> Smp L-24-5-1 ON BOULDER OF H-S ON BOTTE 40' above, Petrified stump in large Lignite above cliff-

L-24-6 NW1/4 Sec 36 T/141N or 95W typical 3 colored L.m. G.V. capped by 1,5' of LAYER over which is 2 in light v.m G.V FAR SECTION Long cut L-24-7 NW,NW, Sec 25, T/141 N, R 95W Lower GV on BATH. Grey - Orange I Grey 2 m WITH A large Bluff Lignite 4 short upper m. poor section in view of others. a b-25-6 Plentiful plants. Come for collecting

L-24-8. High grass covered hills in U, M. & V. no section but possible loc for H-S. SW, SW, sec 23, T141N, R95W L-24-9 KAOLINITIC grey F.V. OUTCROP WITH A RATHER G.V. APPEARING SE 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC 4 T 141N R 95-W. L-24-10 KAOLINITIC CHANNEL / LENSING OUT WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 1/4 MILE EXPOSED IN BOTTOMS NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 36 T 1412 N R 95W. limonite soil cones LIGS angular cont of F.V. on F.V. in ONE AREA.

L-24-11 Good sections on BUTTE CENTER SECTION 27 T 142N R 96W L-24-12 Wood buttes SE 1/4, NW 1/4, sec 35 T 142N R 96W. L-24-13 G.V. (?) section in BUTTE SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec 20 T 142N R 96W. L-24-14 NW 1/4, NW 1/4 sec 19, T 142N R 96W. L-24-15 Center NW 1/4 sec 24 T 142N R 97W. L-24-16 G.V. channel. me but all 50. SE 1/4, SE 1/4, sec 17,T 142N R 97W.

Camels 2-24-17 G.V. Butte E of N.H road on W side of Butte Fair Section.

July 25, 1964 Sec. 2-25-1 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec. 4 T 139 N R 96 W. G.V. base covered in A PIT ON Telephone Tower BUTTE. - 2' G.V. (?) S-Y X 1 vfy SA mic. 17, Thin bedded (1/4") now- ind. somewhatc limonite ST. SS. Some bedx with carbon TRASH or them Wh color N-7 = 2 some sph. limonite convs. Abt 1 1/2" to 1/3" of 10yr 6/s L 1m, -8" -0.6' COARSE SITST mica. 17o Thin bedded; Limonite laminated some gxq x

sec, L-25-1 Limonite crusts. CARB trash on many bed pl. color carb trash. 5YR 5/2. 0,2 5Y8/4 LIMONITE STA. medium grained silt thin bedded SS with a layer of spherical limonite & gyp crust concs at its base much kaolinite color at 0' 5Y8/1 some lim. concs. 0,5 MASSIVE V. SILTY CLAY 10 YR 7/2 1,4 Unit becomes laminated with broken irreg laminate laminate 5Y 4/1 & 5Y 7/1 1,5: Thin a very thin bedded SILT WITH 1/6" A IT, beds of LIMONITE & cARBON TRASH STAINED UNIT. 5YR 5/2 for carb. 10 YR 5/4 for lim. FEW POOR LEAF FOSSILS DICOTS.

L-25-1 2.2 Thin bedded SILTY, M) [illegible] 37o, almost fissile SYH/1 CLAY. 3.2 Slighty SILTY Less thin bedded CLAY oThw. do' 2.2. 3.0 Covered by bulldozed MATERIAL 5.5 SYB 3h bedded Slightly SILTY CLAY with abundant but poorly preserved UICOT leaves. Some res Cercido phylum others? Specs. L-257-1} -> SMALL VINO? ? Opercula ? -> 6.2 Sh. (Slightly SILTY) becomes SYB/2 & richer in organic MATERIAL. Leaves & oth. pl. frags STILL present.

L-25-1 6.7 A UNIT consisting of irreg lenses of SITST & Vfg SA MILACEOUS <1% HOLMITE SS- Whole is N-8. UNIT shows lamination of SS & SITST 7.7. Uty N-8 laminated SA. mix 1/20 ss with CLAY blobs & STRINGERS. 8.3- n;8 MASSIVE CLAYey SITST. 9. SITST. do 8.3 -N-8 11. SITST, LIMONITE STA. becoming EXTENSIVE some CAVITIES left by min. L:2m SPH (10mm) SYR 8/1 STA. 10YR 6/6 13. Chippy MASSIVE VISWED CLAY

14 - Kibbly SITST mottled N-8 10yR 4/6 x 10 yR 4/2 15. Kibbly 5yR 4/4 X CLAYey SITST, MASSIVE 17.8. 17,8 S2. N-8 silicified SITS, with plant stem impressions no bedding X blocky angular fracturing capping top of series of hills in the area. wh color A3 10yR 5/4 to 10yR 6/2 19 End of section soil HAPPEN!

L-2J-2 Dragonfly Pond NW, NE, Sec 5, T140N, R9SW St. Harls Co. OF, O, (?) 0' f,g. SA. mil. >120 >5 18yR 6/2 (wet) wh 5YR 8/1 2,9' silty massive chippy 10 YR 5/4 Sh. with AREAS ST. 10yr 6/6 top 1" ST 10yR 6/6 poorlx mud. 4,1 G.V MASSIVE 5YR 4/1 silty clay (chippy) large conc of black greasy organic matter at in basal 1" 5 N-8 massive mil. 270 sitsn 17 Nt6,5 Massive chippy sitsn.

L-25-2 17.8 (SL) - N7.5 Y 10YR 6/3 TO 10YR 7/4 LIMONITE STAINED SILICIFIED SITST, WITH PLANT STEM impressions. MASSIVE BLOCKY FRACT. WH. COL. 5Y5/2 5Y5/4. Upper mbr on upper surface of J-1 is 5YR3/4 SOOTY LN CON SOLIDATED LIMONITE LENSY 4'1'-1/4 - 1/2" BUT CANS 20.5 5Y7/3 MASSIVE CHIPPY FRACT SILTY CLAY. 22. THIN CHIPPY 10YR 6/5- LIMONITE ST. Y CARBONATE RICH SITST. WITH STEM FRAYS & ROOT IMPTS. L-25-21 -> 22.2 FISSLE 5Y7/3 SHALE THIN BEDDED. 23.8 FISSLE, THINBEDDED 5Y6/C SH. 23. 10YR 6/C SH. D223. 234 5Y6/2 FISSLE, CHIPPY

L-25-2 sh. wh. color white u,m 5x8/1 25. Thin bedded, 5y7/2, vfg, now mic. sh, slightly clayey, now- ind. ss. 26 Covered but prob. A ss to at least 20' Soil - Happens End of section

July 26, 1964 See L-26-1 NE, SW, Sec 31, T 14/N R 9W. Fairy Dells. SECTION STARTS IN F.U which is channeled by O.U. 0' F U. Fg. SA. Bedded & laminated SYR 6/1 (Fr. & wh.) 1X40 with Tough SS with SYR 4/4 rounded & flattened elongate Limonite cones in it. Carbon trash on B.P. in some horizons. MILA Abt 27. INT. of Cones N-8 SY6/2 top 2 feet 7' Vfy SS otherwise do 0' Color SY6/4 7.5 LAYER of very limy LS ov SITST. Cones Wh. SYR 5/2 forming

L-26-1 ✓ A ten legy lens° of on/y 20 ft LATERAL CONTINUITY overlain by sy/1 very limy vfy sa mic, chippy ss, of a few in. Thickess The cows are cracked in x ⊥ to bedding & cracks are filled with day tooth spar. laterally w 10 ft grades into a zone of flattened Alligator backed wh sBy= to sB 4/2 internally un weathered n-7 conc. 8.2 top of concj. 5y 6/1 vfy, ham, SA, mic 2̄o SS. 9.5. Highest discord concs. (of Alligator type) G.V. 10.5 wh color 90,5-1k n-7 wh. changes from smooth with small rectangular cracks to

6-26-1 RAISED IRREG POLYGONAL PLATES CHRR OF C.V. LAMINATED, SYH/1 MICACCU 170 S/TS, LATERALLY UNIT HAS NO CONES ABOVE 4' BUTT & COLOR GREYER BUT WH. CHANGE DOES PERSIST. VERY RARE CARB FRAGS ON B.P., 12' MICA 370 CARB TRASH OCC. 13' Color Now N-7, 14.8 X = LAM INXTIONS 15 - FLAT PLATY LAM SZTST. Some OCI, LIM, ST. 10X6 6/4 [WH. COLOR: N-7.5 17-23] 16 - Vfg, KAOLINATIC MIC, 370 -470, SX, BEDDILL AT ABT 1/6

L - 26 - 1 m i l a f l a k e s & s o m e C a r b , T r a s h o n 1 3 . A N , 7 , 5 . 19' N, 7, 5. X L a m i n a t e d S S , O T h w d o ' 16. 20' N - 7 S I T S T l i m , m i c 3 2 0 W h C o l o r 2 0 . 4 - N - 9 . 2 0 . 4 V f g . , S A , K A O L I N I T I C m i c . 2 7 0 J a m . S S . 2 2 , 6 V f g S A , 1 5 A 0 1 'd o ' 2 0 . 4 1 S S . S C A T T E R e d l i m . s p h e r u l e s m c . U P W a r d . 24. N - 8 S L I G H T Y S I T T Y T A , M A S S I V E C H I P P E R C L A Y 26.5 S I T T Y M A S S I V E N - 8 1 2 X R 6 / 4 L i m o t . C l a y w i t h h i g h c o n c o f l i m .

6-26-1 spherules. 27 INDIV. spherules paler and small 1" aggregates begin to occur scat. Through clay, clay stained 10YR 6/6 around sphs frm 241 - 341. 30 silty clay do 27' 32 very silty clay 10YR 8/5. Y N 8.5 Spherules infcl. 32' X scat indiv.s. 33 N-7.5 massive ? clayey 37752 no spherules, some 10YR 6/6 lim st. 34 Massive siltst [illegible] 5YR 6/1

L-26-1 36.1 5-6 SILICIFIED SILTST BLOCKY MASSIVE WITH SOME OCC. PLANT 37CM FRAGS. 36.3' 36.3' 10YR 2/2 SILTY CLAYITE 36.35' 36.35 10YR 5/2 LIGNITIC FISSILE SH WITH INDISTINCT PLANT FRAGS ON R.B.S. DOES. L-26-1 LATERALLY 30 YDS GOOD PL FYG. 36.5 Bedded NON fissile 5Y 8/1 SH OR CLAY WH COLOR 36.5 - 41.5 5Y 8/1 38.6 1" LAYER OF 10YR 6/6 LIM. IMPREG SILTST 38.7 Thin bedded 5Y 8/4 , SH. 1/0,2 SILTY SH DO 38.7 OTHER THIN BEDDED 5Y 7/1' POD OF SILTST SOME LAMINATED & LIM

improv. 4/1' 5y8/2 sh. do 38,9 4/1.3 very Thin bedded (papery) very fissile 5yr 2/2 to 10yr 6/2 lignite sh. 4/1.8. Sh. fiss thin bed. papery 10yr 5/6 x2,2 5y6/1 Thin papery sh. wh color 5y7/2 here section broken & moved 4/0 yrs least for A better dim

42.3 Hone incipit SECTION of 5Y8/1 & interbedded 5Y8/4 GASTROPOD & mollusc shellym for 8" above 4/2/13 4H.3 LIGNITIC fissile PAPERY sh GASTROPOD shell frags in lowest part Col. 5YR 2/2 to 5YR 5/2 4H.9 5Y8/2 fissile Thin bedded SHS. Slope wh color in general. 42,3 - 48 10YR 7/4 Lim STAINING & 5Y8/2 L-26-1-2 CRUSHED GASTROPOD shell frags in several beds AT 45' A+ layer of discont. FINE RED 3" thick 2-4' ft. CHTA Lim & SITST CORALS. 5Y7/6 for some red & down to cracking,

CONT POSS PLANT FRAGS. ABOVE 45', MANY 10YR 7/6 2" LIMEST ST, LAYERS ALTERNATE WITH 2" 5Y7/2 SH LAYERS IN WH. SLOPE. OYPXIS START AT 41 10 UNWH 10YR 7/6 4 5Y7/1 BANDS 48 SCAT GAST. SHELLS 52, 5Y7/4 SLIGHTLY SILTY THIN BEDDED (LA) WITH 5YB2/2 CARB TRASH ON SOME B.P. WH COL. SLOPE 52-60 55. 10YS/2 CTHW, DO 52

55,5. 10YR 6/6 limontic impreg siltst with white gyp crust interbedded with 50-57'/2 MICAC 370 SILTST. 63 do 57' GYP X15. 64 10YR 6/6 lim motltn. 65,8 62,8. do 61 66 slightly siltst Bedded chippy micaceous SYST sh, some limontic ST, MANY gyp X15 d at 64. do to nothing 69 very slightly siltty CLAY cl' 63. MANY large gyp X15. 72' do' c4

✓ 73.5 10 YR 6/2 MASSIVE Silty GYP X1. bearing sh. do 75' 76 lignite 9 2 ignitic sh. 77 . covered. 79- 10 yr 6/6 - to 18 yr 5/4 laminated mica ceous friable siltst. mic. (270) wh col slope to 72 10 YR 6/6 80' vfy mre 3? st now fr ind. ss. covred. 84 at 87' 92 lignite 5 yr 2/2 with 10r 4/6 cap.

90.5 PLATEY, 10YR 6/4 MICACEOUS 270 3175T. 92.5 covered. do 90.5 except CITON B,P. 95.6 covered. 2 ft soil- End section.

July 28, 1964 Sec. 2-28-1 FAIRY BELLS. NW 1/4, Sec 36, T 14 N R 9 W. SECTION STARTS IN Lower Grey Unit of G.VI. CONTACT F.U. G.VI. concealed west & slightly S. of Abandoned Farm Almost no Orange in Section - No SK Upper mbr is very sharp 0' Vfg SA, N-7 KAOLINIC SS, irregularly interbedded with N-7 S1TST. MILECEOUS UNIT Wth. N-7 from 0-9. Some CARB TRASH on big MILECEOUS 4% ON B.P.S. 2' mostly Vfg SS to 0's 6.5' massive N-7

L-28-1 SITST. wh. color. 11-14 N-8, 10YR7/6, 5Y6/2 mottled. 11- MASSIVE, laminated in places, 5Y8/1, SITs, with scattered min. limon. sphs. milaceous 170 14. wh. color SI, 14'-20'-15N-8 MASSIVE, N-9, SITST with scat. limon. sphs. ? blotches of 10YR7/6 18' do 14' no limon sphs. 20' N-8 MASSIVE siltty clay wh. col. slope 20-23' 5Y7/2 21. 5YR7/1 MASSIVE SITST. which when silicified prob, forms sh elsewhere.

L-28-1 24,7 Upper mbr C.V. lignite N-2 24,8 micaceous 170 5Y7/4 platy fracturing siltst. Some stem & roots frags. some 12yr6/6 lim, cem siltst platy layers whool 24,7 - 30 5Y7/2 30' do 24,8 5Y6/2 30.2 30,2 covered. 35 lignitic zone mostly covered however. 36,5 5YH/2 very plastic deeply weathered massive putty like clay with gypsum. 37,5 Very plastic slightly silty clay deeply wh. with some corne

L-28-1 Lim. Bloches. Colon 5Y 5/3 39.1- 40 36'5 C/Ay not PLASTIC however no SILT & has powdery gyp blebs wh color slope 30 to 5Y7/3 *H2- Very deeply wh MAT. MANTLE so deep 6in or More THAT I did not dry it out. From mantle IT IS A SILTY CLAY. MANTLE 5Y7/3 Gyp x1s plentiful on slope CLAY highly PLASTIC AT 215 no S,10, some lo ya c/c Lim St. somewhat popcorny wh. crusti wh color d8-51 5Y 7/1 *further des. next pfa

L-28-1 4/8 color chge to 5Y 3/1 wh mantle still 6" or more deep 53 vf.y, SA, mlu. 27", nun indurated very friable occ. 10yR 6/6 limon. 5T. 5Y 7/1 SS. Wh. color 52 - top 10x8 7-1/2 67 - covered top of season soil. H2 is a thin bedded 12x3 6/4 @ 5Y 7/4 STRT S1TY clay x clay with gyg x 1-1/2 v f this bed shs corres closely H2.6 in sic. L-28-1

Samp L-28-1-1 from 6 in above lig at 24,7' @ At 25,3' L-28-1-1 A, Bud ? Ganoid Scale. Water hilly leaves? some with a diameter of a radius of 6-8" Same layer as L-26-1-1

BAd. XIX XX XVII XVI VIII XII XIII XV XI BA I VII IV C-II L-28-H-C-T

July 29, 1964 loc 1-29-1-1 NW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 25 T 14 N R 9 Std Fossils 1-29-1-1 from Lower grey unit Lower mbr G.V.

Sec A-3-1 A KAY W/TO SS Channel into of FV, grading upward into G.V. 0. F.V. A fg to vfy thin bedded CLAYex MICACEOUS 1/2 TO 10 YR 5/2 SS LATERALLY & upward becomes A Fine or med NON MIC - SA, NON INDURATD SS (MASSIVE) 10YR 5/2 GULLEY & dashy fill. 1/4. 6 MASSIVE, MED., SA, NON IND. 5Y8/1, NON MIC SS. 7.5 GULLEY WASH & FILL 11.5 A SY8/1 SEG. OF MASSIVE NON IND. FG & MED.G. S.R. MIC ABT 1/2% WITH TINY LITTLE FLAKES SMALL AS SMALLEST GN.

✓ Wh Color 11.5 - N-8 Much KAOLIN & small hm. grs. 15. A mottled N-8 ? joya 6/4 Limonite cont, med, SA. Very [illegible] KAolin rich, micac [illegible] in larger flakes. SS. Massive but with some sugy of occ bedding. 16. SS. do. N-8 with less joya 6/4 mottling, mica abt 1/270 and in small flakes. occ Limonite st beds 21. slope wash & gully fill MAT. 24. grass covered. [illegible] 20 Very light grey N-8 KAOLINITIC Almost now mil, pow, nd, fg., SA. Massive SS. 24 do 20'

24 f.y., SA, ?Aolin.Tic. MIL <1/2"?O, SY8/1- somewhat l.m. not SS with some carb TRASH. MASSIVE. 28' SS becomes Xbedd= X beds dip ABT 8° EAST. I have carb TRACH on bps. oThw, do 25' 31' X bedding ends do 24' bUT remains bedded in ABT 1" UNITS. 34' SS do 24' but bedded INTO 1" UNITS which have many 1" charred wood frags on them MILS <1/2"?o. 36' N-9° WITH nice 1/2"?O do 34' EXC. NO CARB TRACH. 37' MASSIVE MILK but <1/2" OTHw do 36'

41 do 36' f.g. SA, MIL 7 1/2 % N - Y KAOLINITIC , MASSIVE WITH ABT 370 DARK MIN. SS. POORLY INDURATED. 45 do 41' GRAD CONTACT GV BASE H/RB, CHOST HERR AT 499.9 Thin bedded, N - Y, MICACEOUS STIST (pattern bedded) 10 YR 6/6 2/m. ST. or BP. of SITST. ONE 3" BED OF DO 45 SS IN THE UNIT. 51.2 SS do 36. 56 A N - E f.g SS WITH X BEDS HAVING CARB + DASH ON THESE X BEDS. SYM 4/1 BEDS ARE THIN 1/4" AND EXTEND ONLY TO 56.5 SS DO 36, 10 YR 6/6 OORBLE

✓ 57. N-8 interbedded micaceous vfg ss sltst. pcf GV LTH, 59. Vfg micaceous >20 kaolinitic, poorly indurated massive [ss] color N-8.5. 61- N-8.5 micaceous 3? sltst. with some interbedded vfg mic ss in lower foots 63- 10 YR 6/2 lim. ST on some B.P.S, SltSTI 64- orange unit of X m br basically N-8.5 1?o micaceous, sltst stained 10yrl/2s on B.P.s by liminite and with scat accc min. Lim. spha. sltst.

67.5 HELLYNG WITH some 10YR 6/6 lims? & a few min lim shi SLTST. wh color. 62-67- 10 YR 8/2 68.5 M. 8,5- Very s very CLAYey SITS/ MASSIVE WON MIC. MAROON UNIT. 70 5YR 5/11 very SLITX CLAY with occ[illegible] pieces of stems SH UNIT. LATERALLY becom harder more TYP. SH, 71 5YR 7/1 do to 71.75- 5YR 3/2 lignite 71.8 Upper mbr. Thin bedded sh. SILTY cLay with rare ph. frags. [Neliombo bed] Col. Sy 6/11

Wh color 5Y8/2 71.4 TO TOP. 73.3 MASSIVE LAYER OF 5Y8/4 LIMONITE STAINED WLL AND CARBONATE RICH Siltst 73.4 MASSIVE 5Y6/2 SILTY CLAY 75.2 CAP OF MASSIVE SY6/11 VERY LIMY SILTST Wh color 10 YR 7/4 LATERALLY IS A UNCINS SILT SAMP A-3-1-1 WITH OCC HOUSES OF CARB GEM SILTST 77. END OF SECTION.

August 6, 1964 sec A-6-1 NE\frac{1}{4}, NW\frac{1}{4} Sec 35 T 142N R 96W section starts in F.U. F.U. 0' f.g. 2A, very silty bedded (27) 10YR 5/4, micaceous, 10YR 7/6 limoni stained ss. with 5YR 3/4 carb. trash on B.P.s 2.5' 10YR 7/2 f.g. SA, mic(12) clacey or silty kaolinitic SS, no carb trav bp. wh col. 0' - 5y 8/1 poorly indurated ss. 4' ct & lim. st. present othw. do 2.5' 4.7 SS grades into A siltst then at 6' into a silty clay N-8, very micaceous, H70 with some 10YR 6/6 Golden Valley

Limowce st. Wh. color. H/2 N-8 6,8 Resistant ledge of silt with blobs & pockets of fg SA, sand 3 YR5/2 with much cabb trash (in fact stained by it) and plant frags poorly preserved frags. 10 yr 8/4 yellow mineral replaces charred wood in many cases A-6-1-1 -> Yell. min A6-1-L Much charred wood gypsum crusts) Wh Color. 5YR 6/1 6,8 9,6 - Unit A Vfg postly indurated, milaceous 170 SS. 5YR 7/1 with plant frags. Wh. Color slope 9,8 N-6s

10.7 - LIMONITE STAINED ledge 2" 10.4 - do 9.6. much KAOLINITE Aggregations of [illegible] min. lim. sph. into conc masses making large 3" grey masses at 12' or 6" layer there. above 11' ss is loya 6/a mottled 13.4 top of coals. massive, N-8 monmic vfy, KAOLINITE s= [illegible] well indurated no pifrays, areas of loya 6/6 lim. stained 15' unit grades into a stst N-8 massive some loya 6/6 lim ST. wh. Color.. SY 8/11 15/ with loya lim sm.

✓ 18,5' Slight l/a clayey S/75T, Massive OTHW do 15' 20. Massive clayey s/75T SYB 6/1 grad up to SYR7) with aggregates of min, lim, coh's at 19.5' some 10YR 6/6 lim. staining. Wh. Color slope is SYR 6/1) 20.8 Silty massive c/AY sXR3T few pl frags few scat pl. frags 21,3 Silty well bedded, 17o mic. 5YR 5/2, PLATEX, sh, with carb wood & poor pl. frags. Color goes to 5YR 4/2 brown caused by carbon some 10YR 6/6 limon st. Wh. Color. 21' N-6

V 22.5 Good CLAY oThw do 21.3. 23.8 UNIT becomes SYR 4/1 y more massive & very h eAViLy LImoW ITE STI 1(16YR 5/6) ST/IC +CLAY wh color slope SYR 6/6 24' 25.8. MASSIVE , SLIGHTLY SITTY CLAY , 5YR 5/6 color by lim wh. [not A TYPICAL ORANGE UNIT,] 27- UNIT 21Th do 25.8 SYR 7/1 WITH 10YR 6/6 2IM STI. N-7.5 wh. color SI, 28.5. "N-7.5 AT first wT+mottled WITH color of lower slope BUT AT ERr 29 solid.

28.5 5yR 6/1 Blocky thick dodged clay with pl. frags. some 10YR 6/6 limon. st. "maroon unit" 32.9 massive 5YR 5/1 clay with wh col 32.4 sygrs > polygonally cracked slope. 36 5yR 6/1 & carbonized film frags ot&w, do 32.9 37.2 waxy 5YR 2/2 highly carbonaceous chippy massive clay some plant remains x. 10YR 7/6 hum, st. 38. H lignite 1/2" black. upper mbr 38.4E issle shale with abundant

PLANT REMAINS, (10M6/2) pls. poorly preserved. Abundant gypsum xls. Wh color 5Yp 38.5' N-7 41.4 10M6/2 fissile lywitic shale with carbon layers and very abundant gypsum xls. prei. wh. Color 5Y 8/1 41.9, N-9 very fissile shale. bears SALVINIA for 8" inches starting at 41.9 A6-1-2-> Samples A-6-1-2 other pl frags as well dilots, ferns. water lilly frags at 42, 2 large gypsum xls wh from this unit, wh color 41.9 - 5Y8/1 large WATER LILLY leaves & SALVINIAS. at 42, 8. "Water Lilly layer of FAIRY Dells

V 43.7 some layers of limonite & gypsum? MASSIVE SY 7 1/2, CLAY WITH ph REMAINS. HAS PL. STEM remains. WH COLOUR 2/3 - 5Y 7/4 46, do 43.7 exc. few pl. stems & is gritty to touch but NOT SILTY! 47 SOMEWHAT SILTY SY 6/4 MASSIVE (BLOCK) CLAY STONE. 48.5. Thin bedded, mic.(?) CLAYEY SY 8/1 SLTST some 10x13 6/6 LIMON, COW'S (SMALL & SCAT.) many beds are ripple bedded. SLTST. NON RESISTANT (2) some beds STAINED by 10x13 6/1 LIM.

V 51 do 41.5 Cover inc on slope 54 do 6 in bed of greyer SILTST but top at 53.7 55 S.S. J. Inc, Amt. of CARB TRASH ON BP of SILTST SLTST. SY 8/11 56 Lignite, mostly covered supports lubvriumt growth of shephardia 5R 2/2 56.8 SYR 6/1 Very fissile, shale bearing plant frags. gypsum xls, 57.5. SY 8/11, now fissled sh. but is chippy micaceous but imp. to est. 60.5 - 61- Lignite very grumbly q SOOTY many gyf xls N-1 TO SYR 2/2 WITH LIMRITE 10yr 8/6

✓ Yellow ocre [illegible] y fissile, platy x highlite shale wit much gypsum & chert plat frags. wh color. S C3. 5YR 6/1, very fissile shale. Few pl frags C3.2 Covered 64. lighter, very fissile platy, 5YR 4/1, shale with much carb material and plant frags, other color of rich carb mat. 5YR 3/4 65. 5-YR 6/1 very fissile shale, few pl. frags some 10 YR 6/6 lim in bards.

66.15 unit 65' becomes A massive CLAY with abt 27o large mica FLAKES. Sy 5/1 Sequoia frags present. 67.5 Clay becomes a SILT with abt 57o large mica flakes Then 67.6 - Vf.g SA, 3-5%omic, non-indurated massive, grp xl bearing, x sph carrying spheres of kimowite STAINED on cemented sand with gr center, 10YR 7/2 color of ss. at 68.3 CONTAINS very large log of petrified wood. SAMP A -C-1-4 70 Covered, 71.8- whi color 10R4/4 Broken pieces of 10R4/4 CALC, CONCS, CONTAINING

sequoia r plant stem frags. Fisind color N-8. A-6-1-6

August 7, 1964 Sec A-7-1 3E,NE,20', T142N,R96W Section STARTS well down in F.U. 0' 10 YR 6/2 SITST WITH poor PL frags & some 10 YR 6/5 Lim. LAYERS. finely bedded. 7 PETRIFIED WOOD. WH color of slope 0'- WH. color 'lope 3,2-25-N-7 3' 5Y6/1 Thin bedded SITST with gyp xls (minute) some C.T and B.P. layer of 2" 5Y6/4 lim. STA AT 3' 3,5 5Y6/1 MASSIVE SH. Son e PL frags. Some tot 5Y9/4 LIMOSTI. 3,5: 1" LAYER of discoidal 4" dia. Silicified

√ 5Y6/1 vw wh, cones having decy 10B 2/2 coat. 7' organic content incs, upward, inc. amt pl. etc. 7.5 lignite & lig. sh layer 5YR 2/1 5YR 5/2 9. 5Y6/1 massive laminated clay s.tnc. laminas irrqy. 10 clay becomes fissle & chippy with inc. dry. cont. plant remains. 11.4 lignite 5YR 4/4 10YR 2/2 9 high shale. 11.7 massive, 5Y6/1 sits, with many poody pres. pl.

V sequoia cones dicots. Stems. Wh. color slope 7.5 5Y 6/1 Wh. color slope 13.2 - Discont. layer of sph. 4" cones of type des. AT 3.5' 14' At 5Y 6/1 slightly, silty fissile sh with many sequoia , some dicot, frags. 6yP x1/2 15.1 vf.g., mil, 22%, 5Y 6/1 silty, ss with many plant frags dicots & seq, Bottom 2" is well ind limon cemented 10 #R 5/4 ss.

V 17.9 2lyw/TC N-1 & SYR3/2 TOP 1" very fissile LIGNITIC SHALE LOYRSH WITH PL. REMAINS. 18.3 MASSIVE, LAMINATED CLAYEY SIT ST WITH PLANT REMAINS. 20.6 LIGNITE some yellowish ST. SYR 2/11 SYR 3/4 20.9 N-7, SLIGHTLY SILTY, MASSIVE CLAYSTONE. SOME LOYA 6/1. LIM. ST, WH. COLOR Slope 20.9 SY 6/1 MANY GYP YLS IN SLOPE WASH. 22. VERY CHIPPY SILTY SYH/1 CLAYSTONE WITH VERY THICK ALLIGATOR WH. CRUST. MANY GYP YLS IN

A-7-1 slope. 21.9 wh color 5Y7/1 25.5 massive 5Y4/1, very silty clay, kh color 26.5 5N,7 26.5 silty fissile platy sh some 10yR 6/6 21m st. col. 5Y7/1 28.2 S1TS1 othw, do 26.5 occ disc, 3" rim, ctm conc. 30.1 A discont. N-7 grey concretionary limy unit wh 5YR 5/6 31. 5YR 7/1 slightly silty clay with lamin. planes wh col. 31' 5YR 7/1

31.9 10YR7/2 very fissile sh with thin stringers of N-1 stained sYRS/ Lignite, many poorly preserved pl. frags. 33 Slightly silty platy somewhat micaeous 170 5Y7/3 ,Vsh, 34 1" Lignite N-1 34.1 10YR7/2 Blocky Bedded CLAY with occ thin lignites. NSh jm tc. 35.5. DISCONTINUOUS layer of CALcareous (ONLY on outside) grey on inside Fe rich Wh col. sYRS/6 Intwched.sh with monerit frags x 3-1/4 POORLEAVES. fresh cut, N-8

CONOS IN MATRIX AS AT 36.5 36.3 10YR 7/2 PLATEY, CLAYEY MICAC., 17O, SLST. Wh. Col. Slope 36.3 10YR7/2 Some Pl. Mat. 36.5 Very Silty, micaceous 27O, Irreg Platey, 5Y7/4 CLAY GRades INTO G.V. above 37' Golden Valley F.M. Lower mbr 37' N-7, KAOLINITIC, SLIGHTLY SILTY, MASSIVE CLAY Wh. Color Sl, 27 - N-7. 38.9 Layer of 5YR 7/3, very fissile, lignitic CLAY WITH MANY LEAF FRAYS ALL CERCI DOPHYLLUM. 39.4 Very fissile, slightly

V S1TY, Ceroidophyllum BEARING CLAY 10YR 7/2 40. PLACEY, N-7, MICAC 4TO SITST NO PL frags. 41.4 MASSIVE N-8, f.g. SN. S1TY, IMPURE SS WHT MTL semi indur. MIC ABT 17O SOME CLAY FILLED BORROWS KAOLINITIC WH COL SLIPe 4/4N-8 45. BECOMES MORE CHIPPY 9 SOMEWHT MORE 10YR 6/6 L/M ST. WHICH APP IN YOPe ALSO 46 VERY WELL INDURATED LEDYC OF N-8 FG SA KAOLINITC WELL INDURATED

47.5 becomes less well ind, has plants stem frags. other do +/6. 47.8 SYR 5/2 slightly f, sandy S1TST. mod, well ind non calc, thin bedded 48.7 CARBONACEOUS 5YR3/4 S1TST WITH carb wood frags, a poor pl. frags. Well indurated Wh color SYR6.1 50.6 Fissile, 5YR 3/4, sh. with Carb wood frags. 52.7 Fissile, S1T1x clay 10YR 6/2 STAINED 10YR 6/6 No pl. frags, some Yp xl. crust.

✓ Whi color Sl. S2,7 10 yr 7/3 54.5 Platey fissle N-8 Sh. Slightly Silty Whi Color SyB 5Jh SyB 6/11 Some SyB 4/11 * 10yr 5/6 shade, 56.5, Discount layer of SyB 4/11 int, S17ST concs sph. a. scrt. SJT 5, MASSIVE N-8 S17J7 59.5 Massive, N-8, chippy Clayey S17ST, Whi color slope 58-N-8 61, slightly Silty clay do 59.5 63= SILTY CLAY Othw do 59.5

65- Inc Amt plant fragments, T fissility 65.8. 10YR 6/2 very silty cLay with pl. frags in large AMTS. upper mbr. 67.5 fissile somewhat silty lignitic sh. 5YR 5/2 some yellow ochre with w-1 carb frags. M 68.3 massive, 5YR 7/1, cLay 68.9. Lignitic, fissile sh, with large amt of monocot imp. 10YR 5/2 wh cL. slrte 66-61.2[5YR 7/1] 69.2. wh color S1 to top 5Y 7/2. 69.2 well bedded siltst, 5Y 8/1 with some A-1 -1-2 good dicot leaf imp. Q SALVINA, q Lygodium

✓ Fossils first few in 61wy 72. do' no fossils. Poor bedding Here section breaks for a better section Through, v,m. Abt 150', west on same butt. 69.2 Fossils. 69.7 Poorly bedded to massive silty Mudaceous, ? with areas of orange? Limonite st., and gyp x1, crusts 75. slightly silty, massive silty clay do 637 21. few poor stem frags.

76. MASSIVE SYST do 76. 79. Lignite, fissile SYR 7/2 Sh many poorly pres., pl. frags Some yell. ochre Some free c+rb 80.? LIGNITE 10#2/2 PART of lignite has been turned into AN HS- LAYER with fibrous woody texture. < HS MAY occupy A portion of the lignite or TAKE UP ALMOST ALL OF ITS THICKNESS or more silicified lignite & Color of HS White goat is SYR 4/1, OUTSIDE SYR 7/2 HS HAS fib TEXT & druses filled with AT2 X 5. SY H-S, SAMP A-7-1-1

81.5 Chippy bedded, 5y6/2 sh. 83 JpB 6/4 Chippy bedded s10ft. 8H vfg, ob[illegible]bedded, 5y 7/2, ss with formerly large MARCASITE MODULES ABT 4"-6" NOW WEATHERED TO LIMONITE CEMENTED SS & yrp. Non-Mic. NON MICACEOUS. 86.5. Bedded, vfg, mic. 220 Irreg LAMINATIONS CAUSED by WEATHERING 87. TB Thin bedded do 86.5 some lim. nodules.

88. Thin bedded 5Y6/4 5/7ST. micaceous Abt 270 90 do' 98' 92. Vfy 5, micaceous 370 5Y8/1 ss, now indurated & app massive. occ. lim nodules, 95' SITST. 5Y8/1 with pods of wh. gyp. 97.2 Br fissile lgy sh with gl 5YB 4/4 99' 10Y4/2 mottled w/so 10 YR 6/6 (1x) PLASTIC 99.5 do 92 except 570 mica & gyp effl at base 2' 101- 10YR 6/4 vfy ss. some pieces of thin j lately white

COATED curved SS began to appear in float 102 Covered with possibly PCAr 105, End of section HARD ss ledge of ss in lower mbr ONE pothole filling App on base.

Aug. 13, LOC A-13-1 North of abandoned ranch SW1/4, NW1/4, sec 24, T 142N, R 97W Lower Mor G.V. very silty without well developed orange layer. Instead at lower part of orange layer a massive bed of yellow very mic, SS comes into sharp contact with the lower grey. CONTACT F.V. -G.V. covere Upper 2 ft of L.M. is br. grey graded into light white Then Typical U.M. SS, No plants in water lilly zone of U.M. L.M. 25' U.M. 20 to top of cliff

See A-13-2 G.I.V. begins with a lower dark grey section into which a channel of grey, orange or br grey has been cut. Channel thins rapidly to cast abt 200 yds east. VIM. G.I.V appears to rest directly on F. V1 due to absence of orange or light grey however lower grey & upper br grey still present, NE, NE, see 24, T 1 H 2 N, A& W. 0' Fort Union - Typical section exposed below this point. Vfy. micaceous 270, SY 7/2 SS. Massive Wh. Col. SY 7/2. 3' SOS with some loya/c hi m. SD

A-13-2 Few SAST, TYP: F.V., CONCS on slope. G V Covered interval. CONTACT between F.V.-G.V. is in this interval but is covered in a grassy bench. However it is probably a channeling relationship since G.V. at base has involved channel bedding. 7.8 very fiss 7.8 Very fissile, thin bedded, micaceous 5%, 10YR 4/2 sh. bearing some poor plant remains on the b.p. 4 atrb wood frags. wh. color 5Y6/ silty at 8.3 8.5 F.g, micaceous, 27, 10YR 7/2, channel bedded lenticular unit of sand with some carb. trash.

A-13-2 V Wh. color 10 YR 7/2 Some 10YR 6/2 color in fresh sand. 9.9 Color 10YR 6/2 Thin bedded 1/2 9,5 ss. 10' much Carb trash on thin channel bedding pfs. 12 Color do 875, f.g. 54, mfc., 3% ,ss with thin 1/2" bp. with much 5YR 3/4 carb trash on b o. 12.2 N-7, very fissle, mil. 2%. sh. with very much dry matter in lower 2 ftm. 9 many poor monocr frags AT 13 sh 1% YR 3/1 without many 1 frags 13.2 --> AT. 13.2 10 YR 7/2 A v+Y MASSIVE mfc. 3% th ss with gl frags

A-13-Z grading upward in 3" INTO: A f.g. ss. do belo, PLANTS ARE STEM FRAGS. WITH CARB PRESERVED IN MANY CASES. INC, AMT OF ORG MAT. UPWARD. 16-8 SY13 5/2,9 N-1, 10 Y13 5/5 LIGNITE slope color. 12-25 IV-7 17.4. SYOR 6/1, fissile, mic. 27o SH. GYP FRAGS IN SLOPE WASH. 20.5 SITST, VERY CLAYER DO 17.4 O THW, 24 DO 20.5 26. SITST, VERY CLAYEX BECOMING N&9 MORE MASSIVE THAN BELOW.

A-13-2 V 27' 5y8/1 massive, very clayey, mic 2?o 5Y75?,? 28' Possible FALSE SK UNIT of See A-8-?) CARBONACEOUS LAYER FIRST 1/4" THICK bedded 3" w-6 CLAY BEARING few monocot frags. 29.4 Becomes very fissile Thin bedded mic 1?o Shale bearing monocot and EQUISETUM frags. Color 5YR 6/1 30,7 ORANGE UNIT. Very silty N-9 CLAY lower 6" laminated. Above that MASSIVE. HAS A great NO. of minute limonite spe which give a 10 YR8/? color to slip face.

A-17-2 30, 7+ 43. Some parts of fresh mst. Also stained 10YR 6/6 33 f,g sat, mic. abt 27o 15aO/mix 10YR 8/2 SS. Aggregations of min Fe sphs. at base i Then They are scattered in it. 36 vfg micaceous 17o sitst with blehs of clay x o some vfg sand. color n-9, with same 10YR 6/6 x Fe sph. 37, F SITST U8 O6 whole orange unit has limonite & gyp xi crust fillings of many joint planes. 40,2 mic., clayey sitst. n-8.5 wit app massive~ 1/2, do 40,2 exc. ext. areas stained. 10YR 6/6 by limonite

V wh color slope 43-45.6 5Y8 7/1 43 N-8 MASSIVE SITST MICAeous <1% 4H,7 5YB 4/1 massive SITST upper member. 4G, ST BLACK & 5YB 4/4//2" LIGNITIC ZONE Then A very fissile ABT 8" NOW mic. SHALE WITH few poor leaves & SALVINIA in A cone. ABT 8" above CONTACT Color 5Y8/1 wh. color of slope 45,5 to top 5Y7/2 Becomes a well bedded Ph. silt CLAY ABT 4" Above British lignit° but not fissile 5Y8/1 color. UNIT shows LAMINATION some beds to YR 6/ Bedding pls AT ABT 1"

V VERY STY A CLAY OR SITST AT 49.9 50.5 Unit becomes A mic, 1/2 SITST Bedded 1/2 to 1" one 10YR 6/6 LIMONITE ST SITST, Bed with GYp AI crusts at 51.9 Lim Layer 51.6 lim. 1" /after 52.8 SITST. do 50.5 10YR 7/2 SITST OT This unit has is CALCAROUS 54. 54. Vfy, mic 2"o very well bedded claye, Thin bedded 1/4" CALC SS. color 10YR 8/2 56 Less well bedded OThw, do. 52. 10 YR 8/2

56.15 Ledge of beautifully X X - laminated calcareous well indurated friable ss, x lamination are herring bone style mica 270 , vfg ss- Wh. Color 10 YR 5/4 4 10 YR 6/4 Above 56.15 no x lam laminations laterally unit becomes less well ind with occ ledges of well cemented ss. 62.9 Ledges of very hard well ind, calc, vfg x bedded mic ss with limited

LATERAL EXTENT ABOUT 4" THICK BECOMES PLATEY & FADES OUT 20 FT LATERALLY 64.5, 1/2" BEDDED 1/3", PLATEY, SEMI INDURATED VERY MIL ~70, CALC SS. BECOMES POORLY INDURATED WH COLOR 10YA8/2. 67 IN ONE CHANNEL OF THIN BEDDED SS YES. LATER IN ONE SMALL AREA UNDER IT THERE IS A 2" PICKET OF SUBANG, SS FRAGS ABT 3/4" IN SIZE OF THE UNIT BELOW WHICH IS POORLY INDURATED COULD BE A B SIMPLEX LESS WELL IND UNIT A.

V 67. PLATEY well IND. CALC., uf.g, SA, mic 370 1/2 in PLATES SS. WITH "worm TRAILS" on UPPER R.P.S. SY8/1 [which] SAMP SY9 7/4 SAMP A-13-2-1 69' END of SECTION 2' of SOIL ABOVE. SAMP A 13-2-2 HBT 63' A SAMP OF XBEDDID CALC SS. ORIENTED for GRAIN ORIENTATION STUDY. HS LAYERed opp on TOP of UPLAND as FLOAT,

See A-10-3 In A ridge 520 ft. EAST of A-13-2 Lower mbr. here LACKS ITS orange unit which is a channel x here is NOT present. 0' Fort Union upper contact lower grey unit, -G; V contact obscured prob channelling. 7.5 A pseudo SL layer of silicified siltst. 7.7 Maroon unit becoming more carbonaceous toward top. 11' Maroon is a black chippy sh very lignito 11.4 Lignite 12 - Upper mbr.

See A-14-1 NE 1/4, sec 25, T 137 N, R [illegible] W, short and poor sec. 0. Golden Valley fm Lower grey unit of lower mbr. BASE OF E-Vi. Covers? N-7 slightly silty, moderate fissile sh. wh color. 0'-4' N-8 1.5. Unit picks up much 10YR 6/3 staining inside 3 very silty, N-8 clay chippy fracture with some spherical pockets of mw lim sph calusing 10YR 6/3 color in slope from 2' on trans. to above 3.8 Orange mbr vc14yey, platcy fract, 5YR/5 siltst with mw lim sphs, 10yr7

Some areas of heavy Lim, sph. cones, ? 10YR 7/6 color. 4'.5 SITST, little clay wh color. 4'-6.5 10YR8/4 6.5 MASSIVE SITST SCAT min. lim. cones Possible plant stem scraps Wh color 6.5- 13 10YR 7/4 base 10YR6/6 upper 2'' 9' do 6.5. 9.3' beginning of SCAT aggregations of min lim sphs. limonite (10YR6/6) & gypsum x1, joint filling especially common. 12' do 9.3 color N.8 some SYR5/6 staining.

12. 12.6 ??A Lavender unit. N-7, siltst, very little 10%?/6 staining. no mm, lim. sph conc. wh color ?/6/?? 12-6 5Y 7/2 15.5. Lignite 5YR 3/2 2'' 16.7 Shale, & platy, some poor pl. remains & sequoia 5YR 5/2. 17.8 Lignite, N-1 & Brown with yellow ochre 18.3 Clay, blocky fract., some gyp xl. pockets, 5Y7/1 sequoia in s? clay 22. Lignite N-1 with bands of yell ochre. 23.2 Clay 5Y7/1 above.

covered. 28. lignite 1" 34/ ledge of CAlc. Vfy mic. [illegible] well ind so Thin bedded & PLATEY may NOT be in place 29- top of buttc covered. WITH H-S FLOAT TO 345 End of sec.

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