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5/14/75
quartzo, 1 on each side of Hwy 44. See Fig 20 -topographic map (9A)
(Springs)
Spring Grove X; south side of Hwy
Coll Bry. 5/14/95/A: float in Decorah Sh
Roll.
2 B+W photos in X on E side of Hwy 44
2 B+W photos #19+20 in X on N side
of Hwy 44
(9B) E side of Hwy 44 (Hailings)
Scree slope shows numerous
brachiopods - a shell hash
in calcarenite. Fine calcilutite
below calcarenite. 3"-4" diam
orthocerid mollusc; trilobites
(9C) X N side Hwy 44
late ledges (v. thin) 2"-3" - not v.
persistent from lower ? to bottom
of upper ? of Decorah Shale.
v. dark grey to brownish black band
if plus thick of shale with shell
hash here & there at top of it.
Pyrite. Shell hash of brachiopods?
This suggests a sudden deepening
event creating anoxic shale
environment.
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