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Section B. - Cast end of westernmost cut, about
125-50 ft east section A, starting
2f top of hard silty clstn in lower
3' of unit 1 of section A.
(1) 17.0
Chiefly covered. Top 1.0+ is purp.
red ledge of Fe imprecy very fine sst to siltst
up to 4' greenish gray clayey siltst, loc.
exposed below it.
(2) 12.5
Siltstone and silty claystone,
upper 5.0+ is massive gray
siltstone, scattered spherulites,
becomes darker + loc. shelly
near base. Under this 2.0 to 3.0
Fe (red & purple) concret. in siltst. which
rather densely spherulitic. Next
2.5+ is dark purple to reddish
gray covvng, siltstn + clayey
siltst. Bolton 2.0 is gray
faintly pink-mottled siltst.
(3) 7.5
Sandstone, massive, fine-rg, to
thick-bedded, 1/2m to x 1/2m.
Weathers to yellow brown vertical
ledge with Fe imprecy upper surface
(loc rip.mkd.)
(4) 2.5
Siltstone, shelly to platy, loc. sandy
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