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(Canon City trip with Ruechtel (July 23 thru 25)
First stop - Skyline drive. Observed sequence same
23 as that in Denver basin with Glencairn
member basal cgl. on Lytle. Base Lytle
cgl. Lytle locally picks up green claystone
interbeds. Glencairn has ss like the
platy ss under shale #3 and a thin
shale zone between it and the bszl cgl.
Also looked at Grenados, Gocenbarn, Czuliste &
Niobrera
24 Morning - Stone City, Codell & Timpos on
rim across from Dry Creek C. Then
exposures in Dry Creek Canyon & Spring
canyon.
Afternoon - Rock Creek - in slope mine to see
thick clay. back thru Beulzh, Florence
25 Morning - Oil Creek Section
Lytle-Glencairn contact on 115,
this exposure also shows red beds
locally in Lytle.
Type Lytle - brief look from
distance. Type exposes only massive
sandstn. + cgl of section is poor
as no Contacts shown
Colo Spas- Garden of Gods- Dakota
pzvt. Faulted out locally.
Back to Federal Center
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