A COAL-MEASURE FOREST 



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SECTION EAST OF SOCORRO. 



Gray lime - - - 25- 50 ft. 



Red quartzite - - 10 



Gray lime - - - 65 



Whitish to yellow sandstone 150 



Red marly beds with lime, 

 etc. - - - 100-150 



Earthy lime - - - 10 



Anhydrite - - - 50- 75 ft. 



Sandy shales, shales, and 



lime - - - - 100 



Gypsum - - - - 5 



Sandy shales, marls, and 

 lime - - - - Indef. 



Red beds, as above - - Indef. 



Lime (hard greenish, earthy) 10 



Yellow sandstone - - 20 



Red sandstone - - - 30 



Silicious shales 



Alternating shales (quartz- 

 ites, green limestone, red 

 flags) - - - 300-500 



Red granitic conglomerate 

 quartzite. 



Massive hmestone (fossil- 



iferous) - - - - 25 



Manzano (massive) quartz- 

 ite - - - - 40- 50 



Lime breccia. 



Top of Upper Carboniferous formation 



{c 130). 



Massive limestones, shales 60- 75 ft. 



Calcareous conglomerate - 5 



Limestone - - - 50 



Sandy conglomerate (^, 147) 5 



Limestone - . - ^ 



Silicious shale - - 2 



Earthy limestone - - 35 



Massive and shaly lime - 100 



Yellow sandstone (a, 66 ft.) 15- 20 



Shaly lime - - - 6 



Massive lime - - - 3 



Shaly lime - - - 8 



SECTION NEAR COYOTE SPRINGS, SOUTH- 

 EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. 



(Permian not exposed; see below.) 



Massive limestone - - 10 ft. 



Nodular limestone - - 3 



Massive limestone - - 4 



Shaly limestone - - 28 



Granular limestone - - 3 

 Micaceous shales. 



Coyote yellow sandstone {b) 2-30 



Massive limestone - 85 



Fusulina limestone - - 23 



Shale (bryozoa) - - 2 



