Field Notebook: CO 1952c
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B.O.V. 35-65 Rainbow Creek section. (Piece at N side 5. qgp from continuous exposures, From top down A Shale and silty shale grading within 10' ± to typical Greenevros, some platy siltst in lower foot B 5.5* Siltstone ledge, white fine wash at out top. Then interbedded silty shale, siltstone and fine sandstone, observed by wash. Lower 1.5 is grey silty shale. C 2,1 Ledgey even-bedded x lim finesse, silty white wash at top. D 2,7 Sandstone, massive, x-led, friable grey burn-wash. E 2.5* Shaly siltst + silty sh. obscured! F 2.7* Sandstone as in D. becoming silty in lower part - up stope this unit thickness to ± 4'. G, 3.5 → Shale zone, obscured by wash H 3.3† Interbedded platy silt stone + fine ss in beds up to .5, pertings silty sh. I 6.0* Sandstone, it fine-gr. platy to irreg. bedded, lite gr. some Fe stain on bedding places grades into H above. J 6.13 Clay zone - chiefly argill siltstn, grey, minor silty clay in pockets lower ½ shaly siltstn. * approx measurements sighted from ledge to ledge. 9.