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Locality W-2
Continuing section of Skull Creek up
from the base of the bentonite, which
sits on black shale.
1.6 Bentonite
1.8 Shale, black with 0.4+ silt + Fe
conc. silt at top, silt weath-
white platy, Fe in blue black-
weath to Fe brn weath with
some sideritic masses.
9.0 Shale, dk gray to black weaths
gray. Contains, from 1 to 5 feet
from top, two types of concs with
(Sample #1 ->) fish and reptile remains. At about
5' below top first concs appear,
usually large 2-4' diam,
Fe brn to purple black, with
some chert nodules and fish
remains. Loc. reptile bones. Above
this mostly small elongate egg-
shaped concs with white patina
bluish gray rind + chert cores
with fish fragments.
At top is siltstone zone 0.2-0.4
locally with some brown
siderite concs; generally festined. 25