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32. Shaly chalk, like 34, with very thin lenses of skeletal limestone in
lower 2.0 feet and two beds of chalk, the upper extensively burrowed,
near top of unit; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9
31. Bentonite, yellowish-gray weathering grayish yellow to dark yellowish
orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2
30. Shaly chalk, like 34, with scattered very thin lenses of skeletal lime-
stone; bentonite is yellowish gray to dark yellowish orange; FOSSILS -
Inoceramus pictus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3
Total thickness of Hartland Shale Member
28.4
Lincoln Limestone Member
29. Shaly chalk and limestone; shale like 34, with numerous limestone laminae;
limestone pale yellowish brown, hard, skeletal, with petroliferous odor,
in part gently cross-laminated; layer of weathered marcasite nodules in
lower half; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus, Squalicorax, Hedbergella . . . 2.0
28. Shaly chalk, olive-black weathering dark yellowish brown to grayish
orange, tough, laminated, speckled, with scattered thin lenses of fine-
grained skeletal limestone and a single bed of olive-gray chalk; six
bentonite seams are mostly dark yellowish orange; FOSSILS - fragments
of Inoceramus, fish bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5
27. Shaly chalk, like 28, with scattered very thin lenses of hard, brittle,
skeletal limestone and two dark-yellowish-orange bentonite seams;
FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus, fish bones, worm castings. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0
26. Bentonite, dark-yellowish-orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2
25. Shaly chalk, like 34, with very thin lenses of hard, brittle, skeletal
limestone that has a petroliferous odor where fresh; FOSSILS - Inoceramus
pictus, cirriped, fish bones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8
24. Bentonite, dark-yellowish-orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.27
23. Shaly chalk, like 34; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus, fish remains . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
22. Bentonite, yellowish-gray weathering dark yellowish orange. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15
21. Shaly chalk, weathered light gray to grayish orange, soft, laminated,
speckled, with a few very thin lenses of hard skeletal limestone that
has a petroliferous odor where fresh; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus,
Stramentum sp., Ostrea sp., unidentified ammonite, fish remains. . . . 1.2
20. Chalky limestone, weathered light brown to grayish orange, weathering
to very thin beds or laminae; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus, 2 uniden-
tified ammonites (molds). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3
19. Shaly chalk, middle part olive-black, remainder weathered dark yellow-
ish brown to grayish orange, tough to soft, laminated, speckled;
FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus, fish remains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
18. Chalky limestone, light-olive-gray weathering dark yellowish orange,
with limonite stain through center of bed; FOSSILS - fish remains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5
17. Shaly chalk, weathered grayish orange, soft, laminated, speckled, with
numerous very thin lenses of skeletal limestone and a nearly white,
dark-yellowish-brown-weathering bentonite at top; FOSSILS - Inoceramus
fragments and prisms, fish remains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7
16. Skeletal limestone, pale-yellowish-brown to light-olive-gray weathering
dark yellowish orange, hard, brittle, petroliferous odor, thinly lami-
nated to gently cross-laminated, some quartz grains, weathered pyrite
nodules near top; basal 0.25 foot conglomeratic, with quartz grains,
bentonite pebbles, fish teeth and bones; FOSSILS - Inoceramus pictus,
fish remains, Ostrea beloiti, Hamites? sp., unidentified ammonites,
cirriped plates, coprolites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9
Total thickness of Lincoln Limestone Member
21.3
Total thickness of Greenhorn Limestone
90.8
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