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(MP-70)
Angostura dam section - Measured in exposures
in SW-facing ledges under high point just SE
Angostura dam in SE cor NW¼, sec.20
T8S, R6E, Angostura Reservoir quad., SD
Begins just above water level (about 8±) at
distinctive ledge very fine grained SS. Measured
up.
(1)
0.4 - ?
Claystone, silty, dk grey, some greenish
cect, with circular, flat patches
white silt(?).
(2)
0.8 ±
Sandstone, very fine-grained, massive
white-weathering, sparkly, with
numerous dark + red grains.
(3)
41. 0
dk purple+
Claystone, dzrk grey to greenish grey,
silty. Basal 0.3 ± is sandy; a
bed of finely sandy siltst. + loc u-f ss
0.4 thick lies about 110 above base.
(4)
to white
0.7 → 2.0
Siltstone, light grey, prcy lzm
with silty to sandy clsty, forms
massive blocky bed, loc goes to v-f ss
Has Fe specks.
w
45.9-50.0
(5)
Sandstone, massive, cross lam to
cross bedded.
(5)
Basal 13-15' conglomeratic, in
stringers and in massive lvrcg bed
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