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Sec. 5, T. 1 S., R. 3 E
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6 1/4 miles west, 3/4 mile north of Hollenberg
Measured By N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, Date 2/1/1940
Remarks: composite of 6 pits.
 
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
16 RESIDUAL 0.5 ft.
15 SANDSTONE--thin bedded wth thin gray clay streaks, buff and yellow. 3.2 ft.
14 SANDSTONE--limonitic, concretionary, yellow. 1.3 ft.
13 CLAY--plastic, gray with slight yellow joint stain. 3.7 ft.
12 CLAY--plastic, gray and yellow, a siIty streak near center. 10.3 ft.
11 CLAY--silty, gray with considerable yellow stain. 1.2 ft.
10 CLAY--plastic, light gray with considerable yellow stain. 4.2 ft.
9 CLAY--plastic, gray and some yellow. 1.0 ft.
8 CLAY--plastic, dark gray with some lignite particles. 1.2 ft.
7 CLAY--plastic, some red and yellow stain, yellow and gray silt or sand at bottom. 3.0 ft.
6 MISSING. 4.6 ft.
5 CLAY--very silty, gray wity some yellow stain. 2.5 ft.
4 CLAY--silty, gray wity yellow stain, considerable limonite, gray and yellow silt at bottom. 7.2 ft.
3 MISSING. 1.4 ft.
2 CLAY--silty, light gray with very slight red mottling. 2.0 ft.
1 SILT--gray and yellow with concretions of limonite. 2.0 ft.


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