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Clay out, thin to N
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Minor silty beds come across from E
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3 small clay in here with 3" bentonite
in, silty beds below. Js base of Main clay, Clay
doesn't come in till 13
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N 22° W, 49° E. Main clay bed in here with
thick - 8" - bentonite-like clay. Below this is
thick 1st SS, then relatively good section
down to the 3rd. SS.
Above main clay thick SS with more of
the small clays. Above this clayey zone
of Delt present but no good clay.
(See page 46 for section)
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Crop of main bed, 1st SS with friable zone in
middle part - more of 2nd shale in here
than in hogback to N. 3rd SS - only upper
part, also in.
'Resume' - Nameless Cr. to S.Plat Ho - B.O.V. 32-8
Clay beds - Main bed is in locally, basal bentonitic
layer present and 'lower split. Latter has
some highly carbonaceous plastic clay
in it. Main bed of minable thickness in
two or three places (red-green line on photo),
next split may be thicker than main
bed locally - not separable in all places.
Distribution of beds is too erratic to
be worth anything.
One of 3 small beds in throught
the northern 3/4 of hogback, not thick
or good enough but continuous bench
former from short distance N. of
Stone quarry. All 3 beds are out in
S. end of hogback.
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