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Sec 19, T. 1 S, R. 3 E.
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7 miles N., 2 miles E. of Morrowville.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 12/8/1939
Remarks: Composite of 4 pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
12 RESIDUAL 1.0
11 CLAY--silty to clayey silt, light gray with yellow limonitic streaks, typical upper Dakota 4.0
10 SILT TO FINE SANDSTONE--gray with slight yellow 3.2
9 CLAY--plastic, buff to brown with purple streaks 1.0
8 CLAY--plastic, dark gray to nearly black, many small slickensides 1.8
7 CLAY--dark gray 0.4
6 SANDSTONE--fine to silt, light gray to yellow, cross-bedded, irregular at top, thickens to east, becomes more clayey toward bottom and also shows more yelow 7.5
5 CLAY--silty, gray and yellow 1.7
4 CLAY--plastic, gray with considerable yellow in large areas and considerable yellow joint stain 3.0
3 CLAY--plastic, gray to dark gray streaks with some yellow stain 3.7-4.1
2 CLAY--silty, gray with some yellow streaks 3.6-4.0
1 SANDSTONE--fine to silty, clayey, yellow 0.8
7 miles N., 2 miles E. of Morrowville.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 12/8/1939
Remarks: Composite of 4 pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
18 RESIDUAL 0.5
17 SHALE--Graneros 5.3
16 CLAY--silty to clayey silt, light gray with slight yellow stain 1.8
15 SANDSTONE--fine too silt, buff 0.7
14 MISSING 14.7
13 CLAY AND SANDSTONE--gray, silty clay and yellow sandstone 4.0
12 SANDSTONE--fine to silty, yellow, thin beds 0.5-1.2
11 SANDSTONE--fine to silty, gray 1.0
10 MISSING 3.1
9 SAND TO SILT--yellow 1.4
8 SILT--very fine and clayey, gray, water bearing 2.9
7 CLAY--silty, gray with yellow stain and fine sandstone 0.5
6 CLAY--silty, gray with slight yellow stain, increasingly darker in color toward bottom, some lignite, bed dips to north with hill 5.0
5 CLAY--silty, gray to dark gray, lignitic 0.9
4 CLAY--silty, light gray with slight yellow stain 1.6
3 CLAY--same as above, but with more yellow joint stain 3.0
2 CLAY--fairly plastic, gray with yellow stain, lignitic, some fairly large particles, leaf fossils 1.9
1 CLAY--slightly silty and sandy, gray with yellow stain, leaf fossils and some pyrite 0.8


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