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Hole 30
Surf. Elev.
Depth 76'9"
From To Th.
0 20'9" 20'9" White sandstone, medium
grained, micaceous, local
brown staining. Carbonaceous
streaks throughout.
Clarion
SS - ?
20'9" 49'2" 28'5" Gray sandstone, medium
to fine grained, micaceous,
carbonaceous. Carries
several zones of plater gray
shale fragments in lower
15 feet, and one 7" band
of black shale from 42 to
42'7".
Homewood
SS
49'2" 49'11" 9" Coaly shale
Coal horizon
49'11" 60'9" 10'10" Dark gray shale, locally
black, carbonaceous.
Shale
60'9" 62'3" 1'6" Black shale
62'3 63'4" 1'1" Coal and coaly shale, at
least 5" coal, some core
loss either from coal
or thin coaly shale below
it.
Coal horizon
Merces
63'4" 69'4" 6' Hard clay as follows:-
8" Gray to black 'top block'
15" Dark gray flinty block
13" Fine grained nodular
blocks.
36" Sideritic block, some
nodular zones
Clay
69'4" 70'9" 1'5" Shaley block clay, greasy, Fe
bumps. Appears conglo-
eratic.
?
70'9" 72'7" 1'10" Dark gray to black shale,
greasy, sideritic (Fe bumps)
May still be shaley block
clay - should be analyzed.
Merces or
Mauch Chunk
?
72'7" 74'7" 2' Silty + sandy gray shale
Fe bumps.
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