Field Notebook: CO, WY 1955b
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11.3 Sandstone, fine gr, silty in thin beds and laminas, much ripple marking on surf. beds+ with parting sdy shale Middle zone 2' dominantly shale but varies laterally ss above shale more even bedded. 0.5 Coal and silty liq. sh., 2.6 Clay, soft plastic grey with carb flecks. 4.0 Obscured by wash 9.3 Irreg interbedded silty, locally sly, liquefic sh and fine gr. SS + sitstn, weather's blue gray and rust Fe brown streaks, + staining on harder beds marked by irreg. bedding + rough crumbly outcrop. Some coaly ptings. 5.0 Shale, fissile, clay, green weathers yellow to red lower 1.5 silty, yellow weth. 47