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Barber County

Sec. 1, T. 32 S., R. 14 W
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Exposed along U.S. Highway 160 in the SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Measured By Ada Swineford, 1955
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Flowerpot Shale  
10 Sandstone, very fine-grained, silty, friable, gypsiferous, pink (7.5YR7/4); forms slight ledge 4.0 ft.
9 Shale, slightly silty, gypsiferous, thin-bedded, reddish-brown 15.4 ft.
8 Sandstone, gypsiferous, thin (0.5 foot), pink, interbedded with reddish-brown silty shales 4.5 ft.
7 Siltstone, sandy dolomitic, gypsiferous, white (2.5Y8/0) to pink 0.4 ft.
6 Shale, gypsiferous, weak-red (2.5YR5/2) mottled gray (7.5YR6/0) 7.3 ft.
5 Siltstone, sandy, light reddish-brown (5YR6/4), and intergrown gypsum (selenite and satin spar) 0.9 ft.
4 Clay shale, blocky, reddish-brown (2.5YR4/4); contains numerous gypsum veins 13.5 ft.
3 Siltstone, argillaceous, sandy, light greenish-gray (5G7/1); contains a few thin streaks of clay shale and clear colorless gypsum veins. Very slightly calcareous 0.3 ft.
2 Sandstone, very fine, and sandy siltstone; white (5YR8/1) mottled reddish-brown; cemented with gypsum. Coarser-grained at the top 5.0 ft.
1 Clay shale, silty, blocky to splintery, reddish-brown (2.5YR4/4); contains numerous gypsum veins 15 ft.

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