Field Notebook: Oklahoma 1919
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"in their beds a finely laminated,\nsandstone is fine grained and decidedly cross-bedded,\nSome of the surfaces shows leach smoothing. The others,\npassions to create with the results that some surfaces\nshow limonite encrusting and clay joints copper (male-\nchite) accumulations. Not a sign for iron. I would\nappars to be the out-aerial side of a delta deposit.\nAt 1.30 we are at Paul's Valley and have lunch. At\n2 P.M. we are again on meray smith. We fan through\nDymmerrood, Darin and at 4.30 we are at Dufferin.\nAt about Darris we are out of the red character of\nthe Permian. South of Darin we begin to see the first of\nthe pink Semirble (France) conglomerate. At the crest of\na low rise is a good exposure of the conglomerate. It is an\nexceedingly irregular deposit, here beds of fine grained\nsandstone interbedded by irregular deposit of conglomerate.\nIn an area of 5 far west many are the pettles we\nof limestone usually under 4 inches though three up to 3\nfars some seen. Most of the conglomerate is a very coarse\nsand with quartz pettles, up to 1/2 inch across and limestone\npettles of the same size. In places all appear to be a\nsmall anthrac. I saw one granite pettle 3 inches across\nand it appears like faceted. These conglomerate mud\nsandstone beds are about 7 feet thick. Beneath me\nred and grey\nshale that in a short distance farros