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Loc. 25 Bullhead.
Section I. Main bluff (westernmost) - N of River
Begins at "upper ls. conc. zone" and ascends.
1 15.3
(massive
clayey silt
+ sand
zone)
At base
Dark gray to brownish gray clayey
silt, finely sandy. Has mottled Fe
stain. Sandy patches + plant frags, scat, throat
Zone etc. gray to blue-gray ls concs
at base, which have light gray chalky
to yellowish rind. & commonly Fe
stain on outer surface. Some yellow
sulphur mottling.
Becomes increasingly siltier and sandier
upward. At top is a sandy gray silt;
mottled with brngrey shely silt
blebs..
118.0 { 2
35.5
Banded silty brn-gray shale with
finely broken up plant frags, and
lzmizu + thin beds of fine ss
and sandy siltstone - light gray. Some
orange brn Fe stain on sandy layers.
Occasional lease of semi-indurated
sandy silt, - platy frizble, plant
frags common, weather platy gray.
Becoming sandier in upper 10't
3
16.5
As below but sand predominates, is
a buff-weather sand here whereas
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