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Sec 8, T. 1 S, R. 4 E.
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1/2 mile W. of Hollenberg.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 2/2/1940
Remarks: about 1/4 mile west of other pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
3 RESIDUAL 0.5
2 CLAY--fairly plastic, light gray and red mottled 4.5
1 CLAY--fairly plastic, light gray, lavender and some red mottling, considerable yellow specks of hematite 5.5
1/2 mile W. of Hollenberg.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 2/2/1940
Remarks: Composite of two pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
5 RESIDUAL 2.2
4 SANDSTONE--yellow, dips to northwest 2.5-3.0
3 CLAY--silty, gray with considerable yellow joint stain ±5.0
2 CLAY--slightly silty, light gray with slight puple, red and yellow mottling, Dakota 4.2
1 CLAY or SHALE--banded, mostly yellow with purplish red at top 2.0' and some greenish gray with a black streak of shale near bottom, bottom of pit on limestone 4.0
1/2 mile W. of Hollenberg.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 2/2/1940
Remarks: Composite of three pits
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
16 RESIDUAL 200
15 RESIDUAL--terrace sand, silt, gravel; glacial material, feldspar, quartzite; possibly Pleistocene 4.1
14 SAND and SILT--light gray with some yellow 2.8
13 SANDSTONE--medium to coarse, brown with some cross-bedding 1.6
12 SANDSTONE--fine, light gray to nearly withe, some clay 1.3
11 SANDSTONE--coarse to medium, brown, cross bedding in upper 1/2, dips W of SW, bottom irregular and concretionary 4.0
10 CLAY--plastic, gray, greenish rgay, red, purple with sloght trace lignite 3.1
9 CLAY--plastic, light gray and yellow with some purple in bottom 1.3
8 MISSING INTERVAL 1.5
7 SANDSTONE--yellow with concretionary hematitic bed at top 0.6
6 CLAY--some partly gray shale 0.2
5 SILT TO SANDSTONE--yellow to buff, concreationary, clayey hard lumps, may be conglomerate 0.4
4 CLAY and SILT--buff to gray, alternating and very thin 1.3
3 CLAY--silty, gray 2.7
2 LIMESTONE--resistant and hard, gray 0.7
1 SILT-gray 0.8


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