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Cocheres Canyon Section sec. 19
Morrison Greenish silty clayslone with Fo
to 8.0' brown wash interbeds siltstone +
sandstone; argillaceous.
Apr 5.0'
Green silty claystone, micronized zone.
14.0 Sandstone, medium & coarse with
scattered pebbles, Fe specks, whole X lam.
Above this unit there locally appears a shale
breccia that separates off the ledge
above by from 6 to 10 ft. Laterally
the Lyle comes into the unit above
channelwise + joins it - this canyon
locates
98.0 Massive cliff-forming coarse sand.
gr SS, X lam, with zones cal SS,
local shaly zone 1' thick 40' above
base. Gives red wash locally & Fe
stained cap on SS below. Another
zone sandy shale, 27'/'2 above this
[12.0 Sandstone] help for Taven
19.0 Slope obscured, massive cal SS's above
with some interbedded soft silt.
Detail further along slope, & SS for 13 ft.
then 8' of argillaceous siltstone, platy
argill SS, sandy cl(sft), weathers life
grey with pink stained zones.
Hard, loc. qtz, tinted ledge fine, loc.
argill SS weathers d/t rusty br.
with scattered pebbles - This is
basal Glencliff cal,
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