. [Reports]. one in 1 to 3 layers with greenishcolored shale between. Very finely crystalline tex-ture. Medium grained, crystalline, dark slate gray, limestone,edgewise conglomerate in 7 and 3 beds with shalebetween. Matrix weathers brown. Shale and dense, fine grained, slaty, dark gray limestone. Edgewise conglomerate. Lenses or plates of finely crys-talline, dark gray limestone in a coarser limestonematrix which weathers to a yellow while lenses re-main fresh. Hard, finely crystalline, dark gray, thin, irregularly beddedlimestone in soft shale. Conglomeratic limestone. Hard, dense, finely cr
. [Reports]. one in 1 to 3 layers with greenishcolored shale between. Very finely crystalline tex-ture. Medium grained, crystalline, dark slate gray, limestone,edgewise conglomerate in 7 and 3 beds with shalebetween. Matrix weathers brown. Shale and dense, fine grained, slaty, dark gray limestone. Edgewise conglomerate. Lenses or plates of finely crys-talline, dark gray limestone in a coarser limestonematrix which weathers to a yellow while lenses re-main fresh. Hard, finely crystalline, dark gray, thin, irregularly beddedlimestone in soft shale. Conglomeratic limestone. Hard, dense, finely crystalline,gray limestone in a coarser matrix, which weathersto a yellow while fragments remain fresh. Coarsely crystalline, brownish gray, conglomeratic lime-stone. Shelly limestone or dolomite and shale. Not well olive green shale. Fine platy , pinkish brown, medium grained, crystalline dolomitein three beds. Light greenish colored, arenaceous shale. Platy structurewell DAVIS FORMATION. 43 Figure No. 8. Yellowish brown, porous, medium grained, crystalline, calcareous dolomite in beds 3-9 , irregularly bedded, shelly, fine grained, calcareous dolomite with shale leaves , mottled dark and light brown, fine and medium grained, crystalline, dolomite, in two 6 , porous, medium grained, crystalline, light brown dolomite, similar to , platy, yellowish brown, finely crystalline, dolomite with shale leaves grained, light brownish gray, conglomeritic dolo-mite. Edgewise in places. Contains calcite phase not represented in gray, finely crystalline dolomite in thin irregularbeds with shale between. Calcite along some gray, medium grained, crystalline, conglomeritic lime-stone. Edgewise in places. Contains many calcitedruses. Calcite smeared along seams. Matrixweathers , irregularly bedded, calcareous dolomite, with shalebetween. H
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