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50yds westy section 29; an a stream
cut a 9' limestone underlies the
Calcarudite. Short seems the calcarudite
has been deposited on a eroded surface
of the ls.
6) A, ls, [illegible] light pink;
massive, weathered surface
has a tingly brownish orange
0' to 9' 8/17/57/3
6) B, ls, light gray, some yellows; calcarenite
6"-8" beds, Coel. 8/17/57/2; 0'-20'
These 2 units overlie 6) and underlye 7)
w Top of Ridge
About 4' of straight relief
I think the Calcarudite is wave reworked
material, not much transporty the
Chertsgoes, but most of the ls have
probably been reworked nearly endsee.
Beds 6A and 6B weather into horizontal wavvy
"bedding" lines; these I have call debris
beds off reef highs and I suppose that
would hold true too.
I believe the Hess Cycle has been reported on the
Lower beds westward to the Brooks Ranch-explains Lackysg
The beds above the Hess Calcarudite are
-shaly & silty for a considerable distance upwards.
They then begin to alternate in some sort of
cyclic deposition.
4 to 6 cycles of Hesse cycle before the
ridge forming dolostone (41s) unit is reached.
The Hess Cycle usually has a red shale
I suppose you either see or at top in the
eastern portion of Moore Ranch - In fact in the
middle-western exposures also.
The first canyon east of the ranch road thru the
Wolfcanyon, has 4 or 5 Hess Cycles
separated by red shale and buff
sandstones. The Hess is about '75' to 80'
thick here. The Wolfcanyon, thicker
here and the gapland ls (#5?) is
well exposed. The size of the
gapland & Wolfcanyn increases.
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