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Dakota Problem
Rock Creek Area Pueblo Co, Colo.
Summer 1949
Section of Graneros - # G491 -> G497
Top
Ft. | 17
4 Bentonitic shale
59 Weathered brown & gray clay shale,
1" rusty zone at base.
Samples 0-43 G491-A1
" 43-59 G491-A2
33 Dark gray fresh clay shale, thin rusty zone at
base.
Sample full 33 G491-B3
29 Dark gray clay shale.
Sample full 29 G491-B4
0 to 10 Concretionary limestone - only locally present.
Fossiliferous. (Ammonites Zone A.)
Ammonites & Oysters
15 Bentonite & Bentonitic shale
22 Dark gray to black clay shale, 1"
concretionary zone with oysters
(Oyster zone A)
Sample G491-B5
59 Dark gray to black clay shale
local and often zone 8" from top
"rusty" zone 18" from top
1" bentonite bed at base
Sample G491-B6
65 Gray to dark gray clay shale, weathered
in upper part
1" bentonite at base, 10" above this is buried
6" rusty zone.
Sample G491-B7