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5/16/95
(19)
Dubuque Corner of Horas Blvd + Cox St.
hoc. 51. Dubuque Type locality - abandons
X north side of Horas Blvd at COX ST
intersection. SW¼ sec24, T89N, R3E.
Upper 21'9" of Dubuque Fm. with
Maquoketa contact X has been partly
filled for a parking lot acc. to
Hemerson Gerb + Broadhead, 1979
hoc. 51.
1 B+ W photo.
We couldn't see Maquoketa Fm
Beds rippled above clay. Beds 8-10"
acc. to depth of boringing
There are shales up to a couple inches
-the shales come thicken + thin
Environment of deposition ??? -
a lot of silt in part due to extensive
leaching "Pockmarks" extensive in
lower half of X
Hondo College Alumni Campus
Center is a new bldg so Maquoketa
Fm prob. removed in bldg this structure
acc.
Note US20 ( Dodge St. is being
widened + there is considerable construction.
(20) 1/4 mile W of Devon St + Dodge St(US20)
intersection Road cut N side of Dodge ST
shows upper part of Dubuque Fm with a