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4) Sandstone, brown to gray-brown, yellowish
weathering; purples, magentas, orange locally.
14'
5) Conglo. brown weathering; has sand of #4,
clasts & quartzite (but either no l/s.) mid. pebbles
has the dark weather coloring #4 -
2nd day! replacement 6" to 4' beds
14'
Moved SW along bed 5 - 100yds, to a point opposite bed.
6) Sandstone, yellowish to yellow-brown weathering;
1" to 3" thick, a lot of xlt and fine to v.f. sand
sizes; quartz, poorly cemented.
6'
7) Conglo., pebbles of clast, quartzite, l/s.; light
gray brown sand matrix?
4'
8) Shale, brown some grayish blue; a 5" brown weathering
sandstone top, total 6' Coll. 7/22/57/12
9) Conglo. like # 2 1/2', with 2 interbeds of "8"
10) like #8, with 2 - 3"-4" conglo beds like #7
[8']
Hueco Mts
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11) Conglomerate, pebbles & clast, quartzite; brown
sand matrix; weathering brown to brown-gray.
2 beds, one 2' marine, upper one is 1' flat top
& four wards of 3'
Hueco Mts
7/25/57 - Van Horn area, Eagle Mts, east side
Collection #7/25/71 - shale zone size
shells - etc! Covers 1/4 of outcrop.
This is James Underwood's Jennie area.
7/25/57-2 outcrop? (Suff 7/25/72 g
lane interest, left)
NE end of way going NW & Eagle
Grays Ranch North - near canyon hill
marine, dark gray l/s.
7/25/57/-3 /4 to 6' above 7/25/57/2)
Like Nueces? as appears in several locations here:
a) Jim Page/Jennie area in the Van Horn Mts
the Nueces is a dark dolomite in its entire
expanse, above the Portland Conglo 800-900'
b) In the Eagle Mts. & in Underwoods area
the Nueces becomes sandy on the lower
& upper parts; more dark gray l/s (calc?)
with middle grit?