Field Notebook: MD 1945h
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268-5 calcareous siltstone 276-5 dark gray to black shaly siltstone. 277-2 dark brownish-black & black carbonaceous shale. 279-5 COAL 281-5 dark gray silty claystone - quite porous texture - Abundant nests of pyrite 287 dark brownish-gray claystone. Calcar- eous in upper 1/2. 288-4 calcareous "bastard" clay 295 dark gray siltstone - calcareous in top foot. 319-3 light gray siltstone, limy in few places in lower portion quite coarse-grained. 323-7 dark brownish-black to black siltstone. in places approximates a silty claystone. it is shaly in parts. 332-8 Brownish-gray to black shaly siltstones. Fragments of plants throughout. Last foot is much laminated due to coars sandy stringers and pyrite. It is carbona 333-7 COAL 341-9 dark brown 'carbonaceous' "bastard" clay. 348-3 dark gray coarse-grained siltstone 352-10 dark brown to black "bastard" clay 364-9 light gray silty claystone in parts a siltstone. Sporadic 2 to 4 inch calcareous streaks. 377-9 dark gray (with black laminations) silty claystone. 380-10 white coarse-grained siltstone or fine-grained sandstone. Laminated with laminae contorted in places. 383-1 calcareous coarse graining siltstone 390-10 dark gray to black fossiliferous limestone - some sections more fossiliferous than others.