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Coll. 8/11/57/11 - This bed is dipping slightly toward
the town of Marathon, not a good exposure,
but believe this is Gaptank shined over
Haymond onto Dimple.
The diagram on page 151 shows 2 beds by
thickening + thinning. This is really caused
by a fault - bearing the NE side about
60 to 70° with respect to the SW side.
The thickening and thinning of the three
limestones I'm sure does take place
but perhaps not on the order of magnitude
pictured on page 151.
Sullivan
The Dickard Canyon fault cuts the NE
end of the Decie (Denver) Hills. The
lower Leonard is ex cropped on the NE side
to a point below the Three Sockinella reef.
The picture was confused by several unrelated
or related fault blocks, in parallel to main
fault system. Just SW Windfall in
line with the Dickard Canyon fault, there
is evidence of a fault - the NE side has
black shist (James or Dimple) faulted against
above? or gaptank orange-brown sandstone.
The amount of cover NW of the place section 20
was examined observes the geologic
relationships. I believe the angle
of the lower Wolfcamp is missing in part
and pinches out completely over a couple
of Haymond and Dimple (Welfcampia)
beds. The evidence is slightly negative
because what I believe is Gaptank
sandstone (orange-brown) has no
conformable cover. The Haymond
clay+ sandstones are exposed very
close to the lower vacchini clays of and
no single exposure typical of the
lower Wolfcamp.
These faults according to P. King's map
line up fairly well with the 3 that
flank the NE end of Cathedral Mt. He
maps the black shist as Ord. marathen
"V unit." The orange-brown beds as gaptank
they look much like some of the
blackish shales in the Eldershots
zone, however. The Dimple
shists are present in great abundance
in the conformable (e.g. sample 8/11/57/1)
which may represent the lower or
basal portion of the Wolfcamp.