Field Notebook: MD 1945f
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Hole 46 SurF Elev. Depth 65'8" From To Th. 0 6" 6" Overburden 6" 6' 5'6" White medium-grained sparsely micaceous sandstone with partings and seams (1/4 to 3") of white to yellowish sandy plastic clay. Clay seams increase in thicknesses downwards. Locally clay occurs as pockets in S.S. 6' 14'1" 8'1" From 6' to 10'8" as follows: White sandstone with large zones of clay:- 6 to 8 feet includes 8"seam of brownish to gray sandy plastic clay with occasional inclusion of S.S. This seam, as penetrated, is at a high angle to the original axis of core - 6' -> 6'10" -> Hashed up core, poor recovery, pred. clay. 8' -> as above. From 8'to 10'8" sandstone as above with large irregular filling of dark brown dirty (loamy?)clay with S.S., brown clay, + cosy fragments. Only 9'recovery rest probably all dirty clay