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Field-1959
Verdigre localities
A- Shale cuts east and west of road, Fossils
(ammonoids) in shale upper part cuts,
Brownish gray shale with Fe-stained
small concs - mostly barren. Base
of cut with bluish-gray weathering
shale containing horizontal U-shaped
worm tubes. Cut is about 1/2 mile
south of RR crossing on Rt 14
B. Road going east from US 14 at Verdigrre cut-off
several good cuts, Rough succession
follows - descending.
1. Gray shale with semi-indurated
gray shaly silt layers, scattered
redbrn. weath, Fe stone conc layers
And a few white punky concs.
which look celcecreous-some small, holey,
Zone of gray shale with cone-in-cone
concretions.
Brownish shale (on weathering) with
small Fe-stone concs & scattered
ammonites - beculites in float and
scaphite frag ments.
Dark gray shale, more sticky + blocky
bluish cast, sharp color distinction.
U-shaped horizontal worm tubes
in this zone.
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