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July 31 trip with Wzyur Pettyjohn - chiefly in area
cornered by Opal, Red Owl, Advance + Marcus.
See County road map for locations
(1) Bluff overlooking valley of Sulphur Cr. from N. on
road S from Opal. E side
Concretionary ledges in x lem SS overlain by
soft yellowbwn wath sand with dinosaur bones
locally. Hard ledges have rare internal molds
clams and fairly common Helymenites. Beneath
sand with conc ledges is 4'-5' sand same lb sh.
then scat yel. bwn worth cones, lower pt. concreted
sand upper ls. - much plant wash. Below this layer-
interbedded sand +sh, fairly thin beds, auth wails
with sk & reptile teeth.
Ledge is lowest visible in Sulphur Cr. valley
and 1/2 shzle below prob. grades down into
Piarra lith. - which can be seen in trib
valley at (14)
Have rather silty to sandy clay has some redworth
sandy ls. cones.
(2) Great mass of rather spectacular cross bedding
chiefly in fq.ss some shale + liq layers.
Conc. ledges at many different levels in this
unit which seems to border valley as far
cast as rd S Opal. Festoon type x bedding
of many small intersecting
crystals + 2 few big ones.
(3) Valley of Beaver Cr. where crossed by county road
thru middle T.10 N. R.14 E. Have 2 time section
possible from dk grzy sh with jarosite buds +
concs sandls up thru 20-30 ft lb sh + sand with
scat. flat lended bed type cones to sand with
some sandy lime conc layer, one of which
at least - a yellow worth flat conc bed with
"wormy" surface, has local fossils. Possibly the
TL fauna (Pettyjohn hits)
60.