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Sec 34, T. 2 S, R. 1 E.
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Measured by Plummer and Romary
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
18 Residual--yellow and sandy 1.7
17 Clay--light gray, silty, some yellow stain 3.1
16 Clay--slightly silty, yellow, hematite and limonite specks 0.4
15 Clay--slightly ailty, dark red and some gray, red almost hematite; bttom 0.3' almost pure hematite 2.6
14 Sandstone--silty, resistant, yellow 1.0
13 Clay--fairly silty, light gray and red mottled; sand streaks, specks of limonite 2.0
12 Clay--silty, white to light gray; irregular lens and boulders of yellow fine sandstone, hematite specks in upper part of sandstone 9.7
11 light gray, slighty silty, some yellow §0.5
10 Clay--light gray with considerable amount of limonite, yellow 0.9
9 Clay--red and some gray 2.0
8 Clay--silty, ray with slight red and yellow stain 2.0
7 Clay--silty, red, gray and yellow 2.5
6 Clay--slightly silty, red and yellow and some gray; granular hematite and specks 2.1
5 Clay--light gray and red mottled, slightly silty to plastic 6.0
4 Clay--slightly silty, gray, slight brownish yellow mottling; silty at bottom, conchoidal fracture 2.6
3 Clay--slightly silty, light gray and red mottled 1.0
2 Clay--light gray and red mottled 6.6
1 Sandstone--very hard to silty, light gray and light brown moteled 2.5
Measured by Plummer and Romary, 2/26/1940
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
6 Sandstone to silt--light gray, very fine 1.8
5 Silt--gray with platey limonite 1.0
4 Clay--very silty, dark gray 1.8
3 Silt to very fine sandstone--gray with slight yellow 1.1
2 Clay--silty, dark gray 2.7
1 Silt--gray with a slight amount of lignite and yellow stain 2.6


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