Field Notebook: CO 1952c
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argillaceous siltstone, local Fe stain in silty zones 2.4 Brittle dk gray finely silty fissile shale with thin interbed siltstone 0.4 Ironstone zone 3.2 Semipl. Dk gray shale, very finely silty in upper 1" a few thin laminated siltstone. Differs from clay below in somewhat more splintery-shelly fracture, less soapy feel. 6.6 Dk gray semiplastic clay. 0.2 Platy argill siltst+ fines ss 0.3 Dk gray silty sh- shly siltst 0.2 Benthocitic clay 2.3 Sandstone, massive bed fine gr. ripple marked surface. Purple SS. 0.6 Argillaceous siltston, dk gray, grades into bed above, hard, pytodolite? 3.8 Shelly dk gray siltst+ silty sh. 0.2 rusty zone at base with tough bent-like seams. L. split 0.12 Sandstone, fine and argill. siltst, red. 1.2 Argill. siltston, minor fines ss dk. gray. var.-zbc-grades into 1.3 Dk gray silty shale Top 1st SS. On slope to west 2nd SS obscure - looks to be developing pitty beds in lower part 54