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Sec 5, T. 1 S, R. 3 E.
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6 1/4 miles west, 3/4 mile north of Hollenberg
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, Date 2/1/1940
Remarks: composite of 4 pits.
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
17 RESIDUAL 0.5
16 CLAY--weathered, gray with pink and yellow. 1.3
15 CLAY--silty to sandy, yellow limonite concretions, yellow and gray. 1.4
14 CLAY--plastic, dark gray with slight, yellow stain. 1.8
13 CLAY - plastic, yellow and light gray, limonite specks in yellow band. 2.0
12 CLAY--silty, light gray and slightly red mottled with some yellow. 1.2
11 SANDSTONE--yellow to brown, very irregular. 0.6
10 CLAY--silty, gray with yellow and pink. 0.6
9 CLAY--plastic, light gray with slight yellow stain, conchoidal fracture 2.3
8 CLAY--plastic, lignitic, dark gray to nearly black with, slight-yellow stain. 3.1
7 CLAY--slightly silty, gray with yellow stain, contains root molds or casts, lignitic particles. 2.5
6 CLAY--silty, gray with lignite particles, limonitic particles, conchoidal fractures. 1.5
5 CLAY--silty, dark gray with much yellow stain, root fossil or casts, lignite 2.8-3.0
4 CLAY--plastic to silty, yellow joint stains, dark gray, some pyrite around root fossils, lignite in upper part. 2.1
3 CLAY--plastic, light gray with some yellow stains, holes probably contin limonite pellets, some lignite. 1.8
2 CLAY--plastic to-slightly silty toward bottom, gray with yellow tinge, no stain. 5.0
1 CLAY--silty, red and gray with grayish pellets, dendritic red. 1.0

6 1/4 miles west, 3/4 mile north of Hollenberg
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, Date 2/1/1940
Remarks: composite of 6 pits.
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
17 RESIDUAL 0.5
15 SANDSTONE--thin bedded wth thin gray clay streaks, buff and yellow. 3.2
14 SANDSTONE--limonitic, concretionary, yellow. 1.3
13 CLAY--plastic-gray with slight yellow joint stain. 3.7
12 CLAY--plastic, gray and yellow , a siIty streak near center. 10.3
11 CLAY--silty, gray with considerable yellow stain. 1.2
10 CLAY--plastic, light gray with considerable yellow stain. 4.2
9 CLAY--plastic, gray and some yellow. 1.0
8 CLAY--plastic, dark gray with some lignite particles. 1.2
7 CLAY--plastic, some red and yellow stain, yellow and gray siIt or sand at bottom. 3.0
6 MISSING. 4.6
5 CLAY--very silty, gray wity some yellow stain. 2.5
4 CLAY--silty, gray wity yellow stain, considerable limonite, gray and yellow silt at bottom. 7.2
3 MISSING. 1.4
2 CLAY--silty, light gray with very slight red mottling. 2.0
1 SILT--gray and yellow with concretions of limonite. 2.0


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