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Little Thompson section.
Starting base of slope in draw at top
of Massive ledge 3rd SS.
N. 9° W, 16° E on platy beds in A.
N. 6° W, 16½° E on bedding plan in 3rd SS.
Top massive to evenlaid x low, ss brownweth of 3rd
A. 11.2 Partially obscured, ledges of platy
gray fine grinded sandstone with
interbeds, irreg, bedded argill ss and
siltstone, red - shaly siltstn + silty
shale, gray, carb particles throught.
B. 7.1± Obscured - Gray silty shale and
siltstone, wash covered. Siltstn in
layers up to 2", bed siltstone
Fe-stained at top.
C 15.6± Shale, hard, gray to dk gr, finely silty
to silty, with zones shaly siltstn.
In upper 3' zones carb irreg,
argill soft siltstone + blk
finely silty sh.
Sample (1) Lower 10'
Sample (2) Upper 5'
D. 1.6 Siltstone, hard, irreg, massive ledge,
Fe-stained, hard carb fuzzs.
E. 3.8 Shale, hard, blk sh fissile, very
finely silty, with 0.4 bed
siltstone at top as in D.
Sample (3)
F. 14.0 shale, dk gr to bl, finely silty to
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