Field Notebook: WY 1955b
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On the east side of this hill the road cuts show channel sands in lower thin-bedded portion of the Fall River. The contact is in similar beds to those on west side with a varicolored zone with white, yellow weather, siltst with plant frags resting on the highly colored (here orange rather than red) zone with Fe specs. Cut on E side of Hill - one with thick orange-colored slope on E side. Measuring down from equivalent to unit B of preceding section Part C -?- - siltst pink & gray. 0.4 to 0.8 (=Unit B) siltstone, gray, light weathers with yellow stain, loc. laminated, has carb frags - incl loc. fern pinnules. 3.0 Siltstone, light gray, massive, shot through with yellow Fe specs. Loc clayey, upper 0.8 has yellow stain than, about 2' from top bright orange in irregular areas. Grades in lower foot to unit below 15