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Sec. 9, T. 32 S., R. 10 W
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Measured By Ada Swineford, 1955
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Cedar Hills Sandstone  
19 Siltstone, argillaceous, slightly calcareous, thin-bedded, red (2.5YR5/6) 3.0 ft.
18 Sandstone, very fine-grained, very calcareous, red (2.5YR5/6) (white spots up to 3 mm diameter) 8.1 ft.
17 Sandstone, very fine-grained, argillaceous, red 3.9 ft.
16 Sandstone, fine-grained, friable, white 0.2 ft.
15 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, very calcareous, somewhat resistant, red (white spots) 3.0 ft.
14 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, slightly calcareous, red (white spots) 0.8 ft.
13 Siltstone, argillaceous, hard, slightly calcareous or dolomitic, red (white spots) 1.2 ft.
12 Covered, probably red and white soft silty sandstone 1.4 ft.
11 Siltstone, coarse-grained, sandy, massive, red (white spots) 6.6 ft.
10 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, calcareous, red (white spots up to 0.6 mm diameter); argillaceous in upper part; red oblate spheroidal calcareous sandstone concretions (some hollow with calcite crystals) in lower part (average 2 inches in diameter). Some darker red micro-galls of shale 3.0 ft.
9 Sandstone, fine-grained, friable, calcareous, thinly laminated, white grading upward to light-pink (tYR7/6) with small-scale cross-bedding 0.8 ft.
8 Sandstone, fine-grained, massive, essentially unconsolidated, slightly calcareous, well-sorted, white (2.5Y8/2) spotted red; sharp contact with locally bleached salt plain below 1.2 ft.
7 Siltstone, argillaceous, calcareous, micaceous, reddish brown (5YR4/4) (green spotted) 5.0 ft.
6 Covered 9.8 ft.
5 Siltstone, sandy, fairly resistant, slabby, calcareous, yellowish-red (5YR5/6) (large green-gray spots); bimodal size distribution, some rounded sand grains 0.3 mm diameter. Also large calcite crystals 0.8 ft.
4 Covered, probably red, green spotted calcareous argillaceous siltstone 9.0 ft.
3 Siltstone, calcareous, thin-bedded, slabby, micaceous, reddish-brown (2.5YR5/4) and white (5Y8/1) banded; white is coarser-grained, more calcareous than reddish-brown 2.1 ft.
2 Shale, silty, slabby, micaceous, calcareous, reddish-brown (5YR5/4) 1.0 ft.
1 Shale, silty, calcareous, micaceous, yellowish-red (5YR5/6) with greenish-gray spots 7.4 ft.

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