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Transcription
Considerable local carbonaceous material.
(2) 15'6" Sandy shale, grey to reddish
with
grey + interlaminated, light brown
sand. (one at base, one at top & one
2½ ft above bottom)
[illegible] about 1½ ft. above base
is bed of Ostrea (?1" locally). This
horizon taken as marking top of
middle shale minimum.
(34+8)
3' Sand, alternating grey (somewhat
bentonitic + shaley) and light
brown. Capped by platy ss. (grey) layers.
5' Sand light buff, thinly bedded
blocky.
2' Shale, light grey, extremely
carbonaceous, with some
interbedded sand and yellowish
brown small concretionary masses
(shelf former)