Field Notebook: Texas 1957a
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30 Sect 30 Section 11 - began at top of Goat Tank ls. (4up 70N) 1) LS, (Goat Tank) dark gray weathering, 8' massive, upper part contained 1/4" to 1/2" gravels calcancite only in upper part. 2) Covered 11' 3) LS, shell hash, but not readily identified. 1' Collection 7/10/57/9 petid black or fresh sugary, weather dark gray with spots of orange stain. 4) Sandstone, very limy, light yellow to orange weathering, 6" to 1' beds, 34' 5) Covered, probably gray shale. 27' 6) Calcancite, gray weathering, fine sand grains and quite a bit of silicious silt layers. 1" to 6" beds, irregular bedding 15' 7/10/57/10 7) LS, blue-gray weathering, massive bioterminal, buck fags but very fine grained. 4' 8) LS, light gray to light brown or tan weathering. beds 2" to 6", uneven or rumbley, some grained for most part. (no large gravels) several intervals are covered, but seems to be less resistant is rubble. 23' 9) Covered 17' 10) LS, blue gray, sort of a mubble, but almost calcancite. Darker "pebbles" are in a lighter matrix, but the difference seems to be one is reticulate around the other, not good pebbles. 22' 1" to 8" beds 7/10/57/11