Field Notebook: CO, UT 1949
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Section 493-B Siltstone, ptmg silty sh. Frag. fossils-oysters + Moccureeds. 36" Bentonite 5" Gray shale and silty shale 51" 11 Bentonite - 1" Gr.sh.+silty sh.,for 2 thin bds. silky siltstone. 31" Platy siltstone, fissure, pt.fragm. clasts 6" Gray to brownish (weathered), silty in upper part wi. thin layers shale siltstone 47" 9 Bentonite 5'aw Dark gray shale with brownish streaks 22 76 354 rusty 8 7 Dk,qr. sh.wi. brownish streaks, basal 1/2 dense argillaceous 38 Bentonite 19 rusty 1 Dk. gray to 58" rusty black shale 34 4 Bentonite 4" Dk. gray to black shale 68 18 rusty rusty 3 2 Ammonite b.c.conc.zone Bentonite 22 sawee bed at top of 493-A -walked in field. 493-B Section 493-A ls.conc layer with ammonites Bentonite 12"+ Dk.gr.sh. 18" Oyster bed .5 Dk gr sh 45 20 25 11 10 9 8 Bentonite 1" Shale 6" Bentonite 2" Dark gray shale 47 Bentonite 1/2" Dk.gr.sh. 10" Bentonite 1" Dk.qr.sh. 11" rusty 7 Dk. qr. shale 47 6 Bentonite 1" Dk. qr. shale 33" 5 Bentonite 3" Dk.gr.sh 20" Bentonite 3" Dk.qr.sh. Bentonite streak 26 47 21 2 1 Bentonite 3" Gray sh. 20" Base of exposure Ammonite zone A. 493-4 Concretizing beds with ammonites (Not confined to bentonite.)