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Sec. 14, T. 1 S., R. 3 E
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9.6 miles N. of Washington
Measured By N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, 2/13/1940
Remarks: Composite of 9 pits
 
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
18 CLAY--light gray and brightly red mottled, red very hematitic, silty, some yellow 3.6 ft.
17 SANDSTONE--fine to silty, extremly hard, reddish brown to red and yellow 1.5 ft.
16 CLAY--same as below, but stained from above through old cracks, some yellow stain 3.5 ft.
15 CLAY--plastic, tends to be platy due to bedding, some yellow stain 2.2 ft.
14 CLAY--fairly plastic to slightly silty, gray, pinkish tan mottled, some lignite 7.4 ft.
13 CLAY--fairly plastic to slightly shaly, gray and very light brown-tan mottled, some yellow stain, more brown and black than above 4.1 ft.
12 CLAY--slightly shaley, gray and yellow, plastic 1.4 ft.
11 CLAY--plastic, gray with some yellow stain near bottom 1.6 ft.
10 CLAY--fairly plastic, gray and yellow 1.5 ft.
9 CLAY--rather silty, yellow, gray and red, some limonite specks and hematite 2.3 ft.
8 CLAY--very silty, gray and some yellow 2.1 ft.
7 CLAY--fairly plastic, light gray, red and yellow, and lavender mottling, silty top 1.5 foot 7.6 ft.
6 CLAY--silty, red, considerable gray and yellow mottled 2.5 ft.
5 SANDSTONE--fine to clayey silt, some clay streaks, yellow and some gray, slight red 3.2 ft.
4 CLAY--fairly plastic, light gray, slight lavender and yellow stain, some gypsum 2.0 ft.
3 CLAY--plastic to silty, light gray and red mottled with some lavender, uneven at bottom 5.9 ft.
2 CLAY--plastic to silty, gray, red and yellow mottled, some laevnder 4.0 ft.
1 CLAY--silty, light gray and red mottled, granular hematite, gradses into sandstone below 5.5 ft.


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