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Loc. W6
Mount butte.
Starting at stratigraphy, highest part
of butte and measuring down
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Sandstone, med.gr., friable,
ochrous - red to orange in
thin xlam beds to x bedded)
5110
Sandstone, med.gr., massive
ledge-forming with friable
bands and cross upper
8.0+ commonly weather
yellow-grey to buff, loc.
caps ledge, but this
too goes into friable
red weather ss. In massive
xlam beds, crudely tabular
in faces with planes turning
forsets approx 11 bedding, big xbeds
Colouration variable, chiefly
orange & red, considerable
conc. Fe on bedding & xlam
and scattered in very
small hollow cores.
At base about 1/2" layer +
Fe stone. Pebble found in it
but only one seen.
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