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Locality ~~56~~ 128
C305 float
Section:
A Starts in Elk Butte Shzle at least 35'
above river flat about in center of a
meander scar, 35'+ up on slope.
(1) 15.0-?
Shzle, dk gray, blocky to chippy, very finely
silty; locally weather brown stain on
fracture surfaces. Scattered red weather
limestone concretions in upper 4.0 and fairly
persistent layer of small ones (up to
0.8) bedding diam, at top.
(2) 15.8
As in (1) below except few silty layers
begin to come in in upper 3.0. At
top is CaCO3 stone cone layer of light gray to
rusty brown, light brush gray siderite.
Another cone in trench 5' from top
is siderite! Fizz only on powder.
(3) 0.6
Dk gray silty clay (more silty thru mdd)
(4) 0.3
Brown stained mottled "nodule zone"
A486
SO6 samples.
(5) 2.0
Gray clay, silty, with irreg blobs +
stringers of silt. CaCO3 cone layer
at top; local cone-in-cone jackets.
(6) 6.0-?
Interbedded + inter lmn, dk gray silty
clay and light gray silt. Weather's
deep rusty brown.
Slump cover