Field Notebook: Texas 1959
Page 122
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Section 5 Section at West end of Road Canyon kjs fault contact by the Wrd against Vidoro is true, although there is possibly a fault 100 yard further up the hill to the 9S dig S70W Vidior 10 dolostone, brown-gray with haze clear Calcite Xalls and a calcite matrix (Coll-y this) ---- 6 to 12' unconformable contact 9 ls., calcilutite, yellow-brown 2"-6" beds with chert nodules ---- 12' 8 Ss., dark brown weathering, silicous bands with calcareous cement where calc. coats and remains weather to light yellow-brown ---- 32' 7 ls., calcilutite, yellow brown weathering, brown on fresh surface - 1' to 2' beds patches of cherty Xalls ---- 20' 6 ls., mid-gray, massive limestones 1' to 4' thick in rocks like above unit ---- 12' 5 ls., yellow-brown weathering, brown chert nodules, 0" beds ---- 18' Coll. of fossils for him - 4 Ss., dark yellow-brown weathering, 1' to 3' beds chert Xalls ---- 8' 3 ls., yellow brown weathering, brown chert nodules, 6" to 1' beds ---- 10' 2 S.s., dark brown, silicous, ---- 6' 1 ls., light grey weathering, platy, (possibly top of 3rd Word?) ---- 10' sandstone - Covered beneath