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Sec 10, T. 2 S, R. 3 E.
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4 miles N. 1 1/4 miles W. of Washington
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary
Composite of three pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
8 RESIDUAL 1.6
7 CLAY--weathered 0.4
6 CLAY--plastic, light gray and dark red mottled, white present in large patches 9.3
5 CLAY--plastic to slightly silty, light gray and bright red mottled with some lavander and some dendritic red 6.0
4 CLAY--same as above with streaks of yellow silt to very fine sandstone 2.0
3 CLAY--surface stained, rgay and slightly red mottled, silty 2.2
2 CLAY--silty, gray with yellow and red mottling, much red 2.2
1 SANDSTONE--very fine, almost silty, gray and yellow with some red stain 0.6
4 miles N. 1 1/4 miles W. of Washington
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary
Composite of four pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
12 RESIDUAL 1.6
11 CLAY--light gray, red and yellow weathered 1.5
10 CLAY--plastic, mostly light yellow with thin horizontal beds of limonitic concretionary clay 2.1
9 CLAY--plastic, gray, tends to come out in flat chunks of beds, some silty parting in upper 1/2, slight amount of gypsum 3.0
8 CLAY--plastic, lavender with some gray toward bottom, yellow stain at joints, irregular at bottom 3.9
7 CLAY--plastic to silty, some yellow stain, light gray 0.7
6 CLAY--plastic, light gray and purplish dark red mottled, dendritic pattern, weathered 5.4
5 CLAY--slightly silty, light gray and dark, purplish red mottled, westhers to granular hematite 7.3
4 CLAY--plastic, but hard, very light gray to red mottled, some dendritic red and some lavender stain 1.9
3 CLAY--plastic, light gray and red to brownish orange mottled, probably some granular hematite 2.4
2 CLAY--plastic, lavender and light gray 1.3
1 CLAY--plastic, gray and lavender, slight yellow in slickenside joints 3.5


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