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10 upper part
Sept. 2, 1958 Iron Mt. Ranch
Sect. 42 - measured up cliff to west of
Iron Mt at a point due south of
southern most portion Iron Mt.
Lower slope covered by Terra Rude.
1) Congr., Ls + chert pebbles up to 8" diam,
5' to 10' beds, pebble base lithics
and possibly schurgerian (kaussanda)
in them. 22'
2) Ls, med gray weathering, thin bedding
(1" to 1'), even bedding surfaces, solid
fossils common on bedding planes. a few
brachi, hyzoans, graminus but mostly
crinoid columnals - a frag. ls. sand-wellcome
Coll. 9/2/58/1 55'
3) Ls. with increasing % of pebbles + calcite.
still much like 2 except 1'-3' beds.
Coll. 9/2/58/2 - loose on slope at
base of outcrop, 2" diam. crinoid columnals
are common in this interval, fine
gravel size dominant, a few 2-3" pebbles.
Coll. 9/2/58/3 upper 10' 78'
4) Ls congcr. 10" to 12" diam., with columnal
base, 6" to 8" crinoid columnals - 12'
("Hess Ridge"?)
5) Dolostone - light tan weathering,
middle of gorge?, massive, 3 55'
grades laterally into fossil chalk, (silicified)
gaunt at top of ridge, general NNE
strike, vertical jointed with calcite -
rocks or other volcanic? same lithology
but beds don't match too well. above
fossil?
6) Ls: chert-chalk, weather saccharoidal
and dolomitic - like 5) 15'
top of gorge
7) Silicified, orange brown, with heavy
calcite bands (2"-4"), makes
back slope? - This is Leonard!
Dip 14° to the NW & SW
This upper Ls. can be traced into the
cliffs behind Decies double windmill
(Sect. 22) Kings 13th Leamolds
penches out NE of Sullivan Rd at Rte. 6
(Second ridge from Wg Road)