Field Notebook: Texas 1957a
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Cool in Morning, Sunny, some haze-dusty and hot in afternoon. Regional showers in late afternoon. 6/23/57- Went to Hess Ranch and to spur of ridge around which Road winds- C.O.Dunla explained section to top of Ridge roughly as follows: 100't dolo. 6-23-57H 60' 75' or more Chert+Ispebble Conglo Fossil/ferns 1s (Wolfcamp) "Hess" Conglo The age of the dolo is questionable-The "Hess" Congl--has Wolfcampjuelence over Lying it - so that the conglo is apparently one of the Wolfcamp series. The possible correlation of the above section with that of Leonard Mts needs to be adequately worked out. 6-23-57-1 - Spur ative Hess Ranch House-just east of fault, about 20 feet below "Big Dolo" Edge (about 10' below "rusty" layer). Leonard Mts Section Fault? stump? Conglo Is beds Wolfcamp? Trap tank? Uddemites shale what-happens in the lower part is really a question, beds are miled up, slant horzontal layers and great variation "Wolfcamp" (K2)j 0. 0. Edips. This is loaded with fuselines Leonard? dol < relationship ? E.T. (Then probably from talus slope - not much strat. value) Total Uddemites Shale - east side of goal, canyon 6-23-57-2. 6-23-57-3- west flank of Main Reef node in P.K. Limestone 2 due North by Neal Ranch. wester N 80' 20' well bedded cobbles of massive reef head in limestone, lst+Org Frog P.K. Bed 2 which thin debries - Bryozans between reef Dictyostelium, Aruoid leads to about plate 20'