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Sec. 6, T. 15 S., R. 5 W
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Measured By N. Plummer and J. Romary, Jan. 6, 1939
Remarks: Composite of 5 pits
Unit No. Description Thickness
11 Sandstone, coarse-grained, yellow 11.0 ft.
10 Clay, silty toward top, gray and yellowish, mottled irregular with red and darker yellow, grades into clay below 4.4 ft.
9 Clay, light gray with some pink and yellow, 2" sandstone at bottom and in middle 2.3 ft.
8 Clay, plastic to silty, light gray to very light gray, with small number of yellow sandy lenses, 1/4" to 4" thick 4.5 ft.
7 Siltstone to sandstone, clayey, gray, some yellow stain in upper part, lower 2.6' augered in bottom pit, auger shows a total of 11.2' of silt, but probably part is same as bed 6 4.3 ft.
6 Clay, silty, hard, gray with almost no stain, conchoidal fracture, possibly slightly more silty toward bottom, but all is dominantly clay, grades into bed 5 below, thickness may be greater than shown since field notes were not consistent, may be at least 9' thick 7.6 ft.
5 Sandstone, clayey, light gray, grades into bed above, local 2.4 ft.
4 Clay, plastic, dark gray (almost black) with no visible stain, oblique bottom 5.0 ft.
3 Sandstone, light gray with some yellow 7.1 ft.
2 Sandstone, yellow, interbedded with gray clay, sandstone dominant in middle, but half clay in upper and lower 1.5' beds are inclined, irregular or lenticular 6.0 ft.
1 Sandstone, fine to medium-grained, yellow, hard, but somewhat clayey 1.7 ft.
- Note: Correlation of beds is ragged, this is due to both the dip and the horizontal variation in the beds  

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