Field Notebook: CO, NM 1968
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6.6 mi. S of Colo-NMex line on NM 551, point of rise to W of road [ sand ] relationships observed clay? New Mexico #1 20-25' ss, med, coarse loc. green st vrks bonuerty, clust delta bedding 6+ Partially covered well worth salt above which is flinty silt of top DECm Finer ss intersit clay worth lite grey. Feugr from channel beds, bored temp. 16' ? 32-35' Covered 0.5-1 calt. Ledge hemi-shum crm., calt granule sigr clt + qtz + vu, stuf round bed is coarse to quanutz, them rund locally may be loc qhine too Guyphten siltic (replaced) with the other. 6 Sandstone, f.q. Frizlde whks lite yldr pinkish. 8 ss, med qr. clust snd, clay frags occq ram loc. cuts into ss beds 2-3 Bend and darky elsh sh sls silt + massive white silt, planing weth 4-5' med qr, calt strumqys, in shallow vcr channels, wood frags on surf of thick A-bed. ss zs below with clay pellet + clust pct+grun sturmqrs. Deltaic-like beds 10' f-mrg ss - tzungrnl x 12ar in broad shallde scoops, local granule strumers, wh.tav 8.+ 2-3' weth soft snd zs below, but phten, low. Billowy white-weth outcrop of fine-mcd sand. Bzssl 4. with deltaic bedding. reminder massive bedding desc. 15.+ 4.+ covered 3.5-4 Frizzle fqr ss rust spfts, green clst fthoes scott. Bright green Morrison clsts covered only