Field Notebook: Texas 1957a
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bed 13: 7/10/57/7} PG. 79 15) Calcarudite, cobbles 4" to 6" diameter, (largest); light brownish-gray weathering limestone matrix. This looks like the "Hess Conglomerate" in the Wolfcamp Hills 15' plus (eroded upper beds). Colored Picture 24 or 25 - of a "typical" (2) cyclic sequence of Wolfcamp. 1) gray-yellow shale Collection 7/10/57/8 2) silty and full of fusulines {note: 1 and 2 (2' to 3.5')} 3) limestone rubble 1' 4) calcarenite 8" 5) calcarenite 2' {note: 4 and 5 (orange-brown weathering)} This is probably not typical of the Wolfcamp Hills, but seems typical of eastern exposures on Brooks Ranch. PG. 80 Section 30 Section 11 - Near earth tank 1 mile +-, west of Brooks Ranch, begins at top of Gaptank limestone. 1) Limestone, (Gaptank) (dip 7°N) dark gray weathering, 8' massive upper part contains 1/4" to 1/2" gravels calcaredite only in upper part. 2) Covered 11'. 3) Limestone, shell hash, but not readily identifiable 1' Collection 7/1/57/9 fetid, black on fresh surface, weathers dark gray with spots of iron stain. [Coll 30-3]. 4) Sandstone, very limy, light yellow to orange weathering, 6" to 1' beds, 34'. 5) Covered, probably gray shale 27'. 6) Calcarenite, gray weathering, fine sand size, and quite a bit of siliceous silt sizes. 1" to 6" beds, irregular bedding 15'; 7/10/57/10 [Coll. 30-6]. 7) Limestone, blue-gray weathering, massive brach frags but very fine grained. 4'. PG. 81 {note: illustration: bed 3: 7/10/57/9 bed 6: 7/10/57/10 bed 8: 7/11/57/8} 8) Limestone, light gray to light brown or tan weathering. Beds 2" to 6", uneven or rubbly. Fine grained for most part, (no large frags), several intervals are covered, but seems to be less resistant limestone rubble. 23'. 9) Covered 17'.