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Recorded
Turkey Creek section -- and st.
From top 1st massive SS, East old Mine entry.
A)
32.6 Sandstone massive cross laminated
fine-grained buff to Fe brown lichen-
covered. Cliff former.
40.0 to 41.0 Sandstone, some shaly ss, softer than beds
above + below, forms break in massive
cliff
39.8 Sandstone, fine grained, cross laminated
weathers buff + Fe brown lichenous. Cliff form
Discont.
13.6 Siltstone, augillaceous, dark gray, hard
weathers gray, light gray + Fe stained, with
exfoliation locally. Fracture coach to subcoach
whole is bedded, loc. laminated, bedding
obscure. Preportion silt to clay varies but
silt consistently higher. May be some fine
ss locally.
6.0 Siltstone, hard ledge of gray siltstone
recd. carb frags, Two thick beds (upper 11.2)
sparated by thin bedded augill. Siltstone with
1.2 of dark gray hard silty sh at base.
Base of mine entry
B) About 150' up slope along strike.
6.0+ Siltstone as above, weathers orange-brown.
11.6 Interbedded siltstone and shaley siltstone,
minor silty shale. Siltst has locelle
laminize (X-12m) fine SS.. .2 bed sltgy
grey sh 6.0 from top.
41.4 Asabove, - mostly covered/ed approx meas.
51.2 " "
slope wash.
May be local shaley beds on
about but if so thin.
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