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Sec 27, T. 3 S, R. 3 E.
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3 3/4 miles S. 1 3/4 mile 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.
4 CLAY--slightly silty, light gray and red mottled, red is in vertical streaks, some lavender, some limonite specks 9.7
3 CLAY--silty, brown and light gray mottled with lavender and pink 4.8
2 CLAY--dips nearly west; indication of fault 5.5-8.0
1 CLAY--silty, yellowish and pinkish gray, slickenside extends in an unbroken plane from the SE to the NW. Dips 45° to west and 30° to the North, rock in bottom in spots, probably concretiionary, several vertical or 8030° cracks with black sooty covering 6.0-8.5
3 3/4 miles S. 1 3/4 mile W of Washington.
Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary
Composite of two pits.
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
5 RESIDUAL 1.0
4 CLAY--lastic to slightly silty, light gray with some light yellow or cream and some yellow to brown mottling 6.2
3 CLAY--slightly silty, with considerable yellow along vertical cracks 4.0
2 CLAY--slightly silty, creamy gray, very little stain 3.1
1 CLAY--slightly silty, creamy gray with brownish mottling 6.0


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