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W-20
Newcastle sections
A-
U.S. 85 roadcut thru Mowry & Newcastle
beginning in Mowry.
5.9
Sandstone, fine-gr, hard, in thick
massive beds, weathers yellow
grey, to brown.
1.5
Siltstone with interbeds silty
shale and local lenticular
beds of fine grass. Siltst
is laminated has thin ss
beds loc., becomes silky
downwzrd, lower 0.5
is chiefly grey silty shale
silt lzmzna.
1.3
Shale, grey, silty, micaceous
contain lzminze & thng
beds silt. (Sample 1)
6.9
Bentonite +/or bentonitic sh,
light green at top, grey green
to blue green in lower 5',
some blue grey, light.
(Sample 2)
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