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Hole 40 (continued)
50'5" 62'4" 11'11"
Gray to black shale as follows:-
50'5" to 51'4" Gray silty
51'4" to 52' Black to slaty
52' to 60'1" Gray to black
silty
60'1" to 62'4" Black clay shale
coal in basal part.
62'4" 62'9" 5"
Gray semi-hard clay
62'9" 64' 1'3"
Coal
64' 70'2" 6'2"
Hard clay, as follows:-
19" Dark gray flinty block
with scattered fine
nodules.
8" Gray block, may be
somewhat sandy or
silty, some carbonaceous
streaks.
47
33"
Sideritic blocks. (Shows
'conglomeratic' structure
in lower 16") Both
fresh siderite and Fe
bumps
70'2" 71'8" 1'6"
Shaley block clay, very
crusty (Fe bumps)
71'8" 74'1" 2'5"
Dark gray shaley clay to
clay shale with Fe
bumps - may be a
shaley block clay, but
seems more of a true
shale.
74'1" 76' 1'11"
Sandy shale, mottled
red and green + shot
with seams of gray
sandstone (May be large
shale inclusions in s.s.)
76' 76'4" 4"
Light gray s.s., inclusions of
red + green sandy shale.
Mercer?
? Manch Chunk ?
(Reworked?)