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AIN - 50-40 south side of Van Bibber
1) Main clay bed - end of hogback south
of Van Bibber Creek. 3 little beds
above main bed present. Main bed
under out - Stops against fault -
beds displaced 10 feet. 081' bentonite
at base of main clay. Bottom of ss
surface like Verdos
2) Base of first sandstone, fine grained
to silty, somewhat platy, gray and brown
weathering sandstone with carbonaceous
material. Porcelanite present at top
of second shale. White weathering, gray
when fresh - slightly silty.
Second shale 8'-10' thick with
prominent 10' ledge of second sandstone
below
3) Disconformity - 30-40', third ss above
ss above bedded + brown weathering -
typical whitish weathering friable
little below. Actual disconformity in
shaly siltstone between sandstones.
partly obscured
4) Very good place to get section of main
clay + 3 little beds
5) Lower bentonite of third shale, 6.8' from
top of third ss. Third ss holding up