Field Notebook: CO 1951c
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Measurements slightly over actual thickness subtract about .5 every few 1/4" beds siltstone, some Fe Stain on frzcturas. Sample CS1= upper 1/2 11 CS2 = lower 1/2 6.0 Gray to dark gray silty clay with zones argilaceous silt and local beds siltstone (12 bed at base) upper 1.0 argill, silt then about 3.0 of dk grv silty clay, then highly silty clay + s, lt 7.2 Gray silty clay with local laminae & thin beds silt, partic in base?/ 2.5 2.72 Laminated silt, argill with argill ptngs Gray. 9.0 Gray Argill siltstn + highly silty clay. Locally, 14" from base is massive ledge conc, Fe stona 1 to 2.0 thick 5.0 As above with 4.0 " ledge Fe conc. silt at base 16.0 " " more silty in upper 1/2. 10.0 Chiefly highly silty clay minor silt 6.4 Bentonite. 11.3 DK gray highly silty cl + argill siltstn, 10.0 Siltst, argilaceous, some layers fines 6.4 Argill silt with zones silty clay with silt beds & laminae in lower part 1" siltstn at base. with few "good clt clay on top 2.77 Upper 2' sh very silty gray clay to argill silt, lower 3" dk pl clay with 1" silt bed top & 2 bed base. 6.6 Alternating beds of gray argill silt and dk plastic clay with silt beds + laminae, About 50-50, sequence of zones as in 2.7 above. 3" silt at base. 16