Field Notebook: WY 1955b
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part, which weathers gray-white with yellow stain. Locally upper shady part is cut out by channel base overlying unit. About 2' from base is purple-pink zone in siltstone with black, Mn-looking spots and irreg blobs. Below this zone which is 0.2 thick color is gray, + self cleavy. At base is 0.1-0.2 of hard Fe impreg. OB study siltstone which sticks out as thin ledge. 3.5 Siltstone, shelly, locally approaches silty shale. Brownish gray with pinkish cast greying to black. Locally stained purplish in upper 1.0t Finely dissemin. carb melter & scattered Fe red- weather spots which locally give it reddish cast. The structure not laminated but looks loc. as tho was once so then thoroughly stirred up. Base 0.2-0.3 ove red (Fe stained prob.)