Field Notebook: CO 1951c
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In quarry N. 30° W, 60° E Helmer Ranch Section # 1 Measured at gap in hogback, Helmer Ranch. Lower part of section taken in a gap in plow sand quarry, upper part south of gap, on N. side gap. Measured from b25a up. Continued ↓ 16.0 ± Green silty claystone, red zone in upper .6 5.0 Argill fine ss & sandy clstn, lite gray weathering 1.6 Sandstone, fine gr., massive buff weath. 2.0 Silty to sandy clstn & argill fine ss lite gray weath., some red weath. zones 3.7 Sandstone, massive fine gr., buff to weath. Some basal intracal end numerous shale lenses lenses Cap weaths Fe brown has some cal pebble tok surface. Locally fine pocezzucous siltstone lens near top Dis Discounf. Same 51.0+ Sandstone, massive, cross laminited fine to coarse, conglomeratic zones. Much cal in lower 8'-clert pebble with lenses & large frags hard claystone locally. Upper 10 to 15' not very calcic. 5.5 Zone of claystone. Lower 1' red stained Argill siltstone, then 4.5 of silty cltq chiefly green-gray, red zones in upper 1.5... Remender is wash covered Disconformity 40