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Loc.50 - Section 2. SW facing scarp about
west of section 1 and about 100' west of
fault. Beginning at top of silty-sand
ledge made by footsats of Protocerviz cones,
(i.e. - top unit 7 of section 1)
(1) 4,0
Sand, vfq-fq, silty + clayey, massive, tough
irreg. mixed, subgruwthc with gleyunite.
Mottled gray, ltegray + greenish gray with
orange to maroon sizing on fresh
surfaces. w/hs yellowish gray, higher Fe
concent. in lower 1.5. Inch + Fe impreg.srd 1.5.
(2) 3,2
Shale, ddk gray silty to finely sandy
with irreg. blobs + laminze of silt;
weths gray. Lower 0.5 to 1.0+ is Fe
impreg: interlam. Silt-sand layers sh. ptngs.
weths red to OB + loc. ferrums crumbly
Fe-stained ledge. Shale, carb.plant frags
weth purple.
(3) 5,0
Shale, silty+ sandy grading within a foot
or two to more massive clayey silty
sand with pads of clay sand + silt mixed.
Considerable shale - really a massive
mixture sandy clay + sticky sand. Yellowish
gray, plant frays
At top zone small dk blue gray ls. cones
dte gr to gr-white patina, thin silty rinds
No foss. seen flatten ovoid up to 1.2+ l.d.
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