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Turkey Creek
R
(C) Ditch along S side of gap, on slope.
Dip & Strike on pretty beds N 43° W, 27-30 E
Starts from base of dual SS 6.0 of other section
Intervals
22.2 Chiefly platy siltstone and shaley siltstone
with some beds fine SS → Sh
whole illuminated to thin bedded w/this
platy orange-brown, few shale
beds, one of .2 ft about 6' from top
3 to .6 Silty Shale with peculiar silty bed that
takes reddish brn Fe stain.
3.3 Siltstone above (22.2)
Calculate
Wash covered interval concealing clay bed.
Meas. from shale (3to.6) to top SS bed), 27 to
Strike of beds N. 43° W, dip 30° E
Azimuth Outcrop N. 12° E
Slope distance 25 feet
Measured along N 65 W
Slope angle - 38-40°
wash, dirt & float deep, no bedrock
reached by digging shallow holes under
hard ledge.
6.1
1.1 Siltstone, light gray, somewhat sugilaceous
shaley bed in mid. (1.3).
0.4 Dark gray silty shale with beaunite at base
Beaunite = .2 locally but thins.
belaive this zone locally cut out.
(sample of "beaunite")
2.0 Sandstone, fine gr., brown w/this,
Irreg. bedded.
1.3 Silty Shale
3.4 SS as in 2.0 above
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