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Section 3. Measuring up from highest
sidelite conc. layer in Elk Butte. Concs
are 1'± in diam, hard, weath mzxroon
zve light brownish gray inside.
Conc in piece
(1) 15.5 Shale, gray, silty, weathers to
light gray flakes. About 3' above
base is dark gray, earthy-weathering
# popcorn (prob. bentonite) up
to about 11' above base. On fresh
surface it is good shale throught.
(2) 13.3 Shale, gray, silty, similar to below(1)
but with thin interbeds and
lzm inch of silt. This in lower
3.0 feet±. Above silty zone is
earthy dark gray silty clay shale
chiefly blocky, which grades
into Fe stained, silty-gray
shale about 5.5 from top. Bp
taken at thin jarosite layer
(3) 11.0 Clay, locally shaly but mostly
blocky, mixed clay and silt, Fe
brown + rusty stain on fresh,
weathers to brownish gray
slipen At 5.5 weak jarosite
layer, a few scetti concs.
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