Field Notebook: Texas 1957b
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8/11/58/8 - South side entrance to Hueco Canyon, at base (or very near base of Hueco limestone). Tom believes he has only 5 or 6 fossiliferous zones. Collection 1 is from the Penn. and perhaps can be correlated with Coleman, Texas Section. Collection 2 and 8 are from approximately the same horizon at base of Hueco limestone section (top of Powwow?). Collections 3 and 4 is in the lower Hueco limestone, this zone seems to carry through to the north. Collection 5 is from the lowest of 2 fusulinoid horizon in the upper portion of the middle Hueco. Collection 7 is from top of the Deer Mt. "shale" (marl) and Collection 6 in Alacran Mt. as well as productids and colonial rugose corals. Tom believes he has one more fusulind zone higher in the Upper Hucco. The scattered fusulines above #6 look "Leonardish". The rest of these specimens are robust PG. 136 healthy big ones. Few if any small ones were found and those few small ones (nearing collection 8) are probably immature forms. (Tom's roads are a mess, and he has had to sell his pickup truck for a jeep.) 8/12/58 8/12/58/1 - large ravine due east Lincoln Tank and SW of Hill 5509 Hueco Mts; 1.5 miles west Naville Mt. 50 yards up stream from first massive outcrop. Mid Hueco? 8/12/58/2 - So end of Hueco Mts. about 3 mile SSE of El Paso north at gas pump station. This is just above (30-40') the steeply dipping El Paso limestone. PG. 137 8/22/58 Gaptank Area - Allison Moore Ranch. Bed 5, Section 16 (40 written above 16) = King's third limestone of Gaptank fm. Bed 19, Section 16 (same as above) = King's fifth limestone of Gaptank fm. Bed 15-17, Section 16 (same as above) = King's fourth limestone of Gaptank fm. Bed 21, Section 16 (same as above) = King's Wolfcamp ledge. Collection 8/22/58/1 - shaly interval in persistent gray limestone unit forming end of valley north of section 16 - This is = to bed 36, Sect. 32. Sect. 16 cont. to top of section. 45) Limestone, brownish-gray weathering, 4"-8" beds, shaly partings lenticular and more brownish. Staffella, Schwagerina and Composita, echn. spines, fenestillides. Collection 8/22/58/1 - near base, 8/22/58/2; 20' up and 8/22/58/3 at top of unit. 112'. (above this unit is a series of silt dolostones and interbedded shale (brown to red) in 6" to 2' beds - 200 +- until covered by alluvial + K). The highest collection has 2 Schwagerina one is fat and the other fusiform - tie in with Hess ledge west of Marathon?