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Sec. 19, T. 30 S., R. 15 W
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Lower Dog Creek shale in abandoned gypsum quarry
Measured By Ada Swineford, 1955
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Dog Creek Shale  
6 Sandstone, fine-grained, friable, calcareous, red (2.5YR5/6) with small white spots; bleached white at top 3.5 ft.
5 Sandstone, silty, very fine-grained, friable, red with small white spots 1.2 ft.
4 Clay shale, silty, brownish-red 4.0 ft.
3 Dolomite, calcareous, argillaceous, highly vesicular, sugary, light greenish-gray (5G8/1) with brownish-red stain; in thin beds 1.8 ft.
2 Clay shale, silty, brownish-red; contains thin resistant dolomitic siltstones, bleached zones, and thin (3 inches) porous dolomite beds 8.0 ft.
1 Covered 5.2 ft.
  Blaine Formation, Medicine Lodge gypsum member  

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