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Transcription
argillaceous sandy siltstone grading upward
to friable silty sandstone, upper 6.0
chiefly sandstone. This unit grades
downward into following.
9.) 13.0 Siltstone, argillaceous, hard block, grading
downward into silty shale.
8.) 3.0 Shale, clay, plastic,- light gray to drab
few silty zones
7) 0.4 Bentonite
6) 18.0 Shale as in 8) above
5) 1.0 Sandstone, fine-grained, silty, laminated,
grades into unit below
4) 13.0 Sandstone, argillaceous, and sandy
to silty shale. Thin bed of fine-gr.
silty sandstone at base
3) 33.0 Shale, silty to sandy, gypsiferous,
2) 5.0 Shale, black, fissile , with 0.1
bentonite 1.8 above base
disconformity
1) — Chrysotone, green and gray-green
(very fine sand less than 0.1 locally at
contact)
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