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In upper 8.0 has some vfg sand
mixed in + increasing upward.
At top is layer large (Av. about
1.5 diam) clc, coars weath
rusty bn to purplish bn,
brittle, with golden calcite
in flecks. Very rarely fos.
One frag D. nebrashensis seen
in one. These are scattered,
loc have salty jets, some
cp to 3' long diam.
10.5
7.0
Sand, vfg, silty, clayey, prob.
more of a silt at base but
vfg sand, subgrainweath, at top.
Upper 3.5 weaths to OB
chief band is about 1.5 thick
2 ft from top. Here it is a
vfg to fg sand with some glaucous.
In the brown band, locally,
are accumulations of shells,
loose or in punky red weath
sandy cones. These Protoceratids,
Pierce linguiformis, Pyropsis.
Some also at top of interval.
(P. linguiformis locally + Protocecidz)
3 4.0
Clay, sandy & silty dk gray, mixed
with clayey sand. Weath gray.
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