Field Notebook: WY 1955a
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scheduled in lower part 1.0+ claystone, silty, green. On up gully toward cliffs marked changes take place in color in this part of section, below the upper greenish clay. Also the overlying ss thins toward the cliffs. 4 Part 2. Measuring up from base ss at 16. locality of Part 1. 1.5 16.0+ Syudstone, clayey sandstone, and sandy claystone. Chiefly soft, friably weathering to whitish slopes. Base) 1.5 locally coarse, conglomeratic sandstone, weathers brown to tan and slubby. Locally other indurated lenses within body. About 4' from top are thin beds sandstone locally with bedded chert, in thin layers. Top of sand gradational into sandy claystone above. Whole is white to gray white, some yellow stain. 5,