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Beuter
Spelter,
Contd., K.
and purple, see 2 or 3 thin beds siltstone,
0.6 Sandstone, irreg. bedded czp on unit
L. Dense, fine Fe impreg ss with
scattered chert + qtzite pebbles to 34" diam.
L 7.3 Sandstone, fine gr, dense, massive, weathes
yellow to yellow brown. Local x bedding
visible. Some coarse grains at very
top.
M. 2.2 Chiefly silty shale, weathes yellowish
gray, with thin interbeds siltstu
and fine ss. Sh. dk gray on fresh cut.
N. 6.8 Sandstone, similar to that in L
but relatively even bedding evident.
Beds 0.3 to 3.0 thick with fbcl/
shale (gray silty) partings
N. 30.0+ Lower part of Dekota. Here it is
channel deposit showing great (later)
variation in constitution + thickness
within this cut. At spot
measured it consists of 7 to 8 feet
of interbedded fine ss in bed up to
2.0 + and silty gray + dk gray shale
Lower 23+ feet is massive brown
over the fine ss. Laterally lower ss
thins abruptly and upper part
becomes solid ss.
Glencaru-Dekota
O. [Note this is cut out by channeling in which ss
73' ss at N is deposited.] comes in laterally
to 5 in cut.
Whitman?
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