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sand is well exposed most of way
N to where main clay in & minable.
It is thick thruout most this
area, typically tabular x-lay and
with local silty lenses and, in
one place a shale lense. Where
main bed in W of Denver Sewerpipe
mine the ss is noticeably thinner
and not cliff forming. Need
measurements to prove rate thinning
but it looks abrupt.
May be some correlation between
thinning of 1st Glen and thick main
clay in this area.
Second clay has top beat. clay, but
is thin thruout area in question.
So-called platy beds not prominent
& consist chiefly of ss in thicker
beds than typical platy. No fossils.
zone nearly Fe. Starned.