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Sec. 20, T. 32 S., R. 12 W
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Upper part of Cedar Hills sandstone exposed in the NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Measured By Ada Swineford, 1955
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Cedar Hills Sandstone  
6 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, calcareous, friable, white (5Y8/1); contains white to pink granular gypsum "snowball" concretions in top part, average 6 inches diameter. Bottom contact gradational 1.1 ft.
5 Sandstone, fine-grained, calcareous, fairly resistant, red (white spots); forms base of top ledge 0.9 ft.
4 Siltstone, coarse, sandy, very friable, calcareous, red (white spots) 4.4 ft.
3 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, very friable, slightly calcareous, red; contains scattered gypsum nodules 5.3 ft.
2 Sandstone, very fine-grained, very friable, calcareous, red (white spots) 4.7 ft.
1 Sandstone, silty, and sandy siltstones; very fine-grained thin (0.6 foot or thinner), interbedded, red (white spots). Siltstones contain white flat gypsum nodules up to 4 cm in long diameter; some of the sandstones are hard, cemented with coarsely crystalline dolomite (and gypsum) 10.0 ft.

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