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Cascade Springs quad. Red Gulch section
Rough section from Minnewaste up. Mostly
along old road cut through gap in ridge
just W Bridal Veil Sp.
6.0-8.0 Sandstone, massive, weathers orange-red
3.0 covered
6.0 Limestone, fine-grained, gray (Minnewasta)
in thick massive beds
10.0 Claystone, chiefly black, to gray
at base where it contains some
thin interbeds limestone in
base 1.5 ft. Above this it is
decreasingly calcareous, upper 3.0 ±
is non-calc black clay.
5.5 Covered by slump except for upper
foot which is greenish gray
loc.shaly, sandy clsty.
9.0 Sandstone, fine-grained, massive,
appears to have crinkled x bedding
but this may be weathering
phenon. Weathers light
yellow-brown. Has white clayey
blebs throughout 2m±. Top yellow
stained with 0.2 ± silty
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