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Rainbow Canyon - contact zone
Rusty beds in part
Siltstone, weathers gray, some
ironstone conchs. in float.
2.0
Soudstone, fine-grained, Fe stained
locally Fe copped, chiefly massive
X-12m bed. Local fos. Pestone conch's
(Sample 1)
7787
11.0
silty
Siltstone, irregularly platy with
sandy layers but 3 zones of
ironstone, one at top, others
1.7 and 8.0 from top. Weathers
light gray with yellow stain.
?-
5.0
Clzystone, gray, silty at top
grading rapidly downward.
within 2 ft to light greenish
gray mottled with red Fe specks
and spherulite-like black blobs
throughout most of it - at least
upper 5'. Lower 2' obscure spot
shows light gray silty clay
(Sample 2)
7789
2.0
Obscured
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