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58 [Field] Section 34
See also p 34
None
(4 miles west of Marathon
on U.S highway)
8/20/57 cont. afternoon, see page 34.
Section measured up east flank anticline
beginning 150 yds SSE of Windmill, 1 1/2
miles on U.S. 90 easty Decie Ranch Home,
8) Sandstone (+ Conglomeratic Locality); contains
many shell fragments, light tan to orangeish
brown. Coll. 8/20/57/4 ; 7'
1) Sandstone, med grained, silicified.
1/2" to 2" beds with interbedded shales.
<10'
9) Sandstone, micaceous with few quartz cinders
replacement ?). many shell frags and shale,
strongly fissured ; 55'
2) Sandstone; v. coarse to coarse grained,
6" to 8" beds; with interbedded shales.
24'
10) Sandstone, yellowish tan, silicified joints,
a & band of darker silicification. Conglomeratic
to about 25%. 3' 8/20/57/15
3) Conglo; fine to med. pebbles, up to 1" diam;
orange-brown weathering; 2'
11) Covered, 15'
4) Shale + siltstone, poorly offsetted, 25'
12) Sandstone, tan, coarse to v.coarse; much
lime in young shell frags. 8"
6) Conglo, rich in lime pebbles, a little
grey for that reason; boulders up to 1'
in diam. matrix looks like rounded
cl.; 4'
13) Covered, 35'; several v.coarse sandstone,
and a poorly consolidated congl. near top.
7) Covered, [illegible], mostly sandstones + shales
in thin beds. 8/20/57/13, a piece of
float from this interval.
14) Sandstone, most no shell frags; yellow
tan weathering, chert & quartzite pebbles.
[illegible] up to about 40%. Two units - 8'
8/20/57/16