GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



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SECTION FROM ABOITT IJ MILES NORTHEAST OF COALVILLE, IN A 

 NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, TO ECHO CANON. 



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No. 1. Thin beds and seams of sandstone and 



clays, reddish and gray below, witli some 



pebbly beds near the middle, and whitish 



and lisfht-gray soft sandstones and clays 



above.^ 120 ' 



'So. 2. Yellowish and reddish sandy clays 43 



No. 3. Alternations of light-gray and yellowish 

 sandy, more or less laminated, clays, and 

 beds and thin layers of sandstone, with 

 Inoceramus problematieus, Gardiuni subcur- 

 tuvi^ Lueina, Macrodon, Modiola multiUni- 

 gera.Arcopagia Utahensis, Corhula, Martesia, 

 and many other bivalves ; with Neritina 

 jnsam, Turritella Goalvillensis, Eulima funi- 

 cidus, Ftisus {Neptuneaf) Gahhi, Melampus^ 



&G.,&G 150 



No. 4. Light-grayish and ash-colored clays, with 

 occasional beds and seams of sandstones, 



altogether from 60 to 80 feet . 80 



No. 5. Heavy bed of good coal, said to vary from 



11 to 13 feet in thickness 13 



No. 6. Yellowish-gray sandstone forming roof 

 of coal, and containing Ostrea soleniscus ffj 



and Inoceramus 25 



No. 7. Dark-colored (nearly black) clay with In- 

 ocermmis "problematicus ; varying from 60 to 



100 feet in thickness .... 100 



No. 8. Space mainly covered where examined, 

 but apparently occupied by clays and soft 

 sandstones, altogether perhaps 80 to 100 



feet in thickness 100 



No. 9. a. Massive whitish and yellowish sand- 

 stones, with casts and impressions of 

 a peculiar Fucoid, Avicula^ Cardium., 

 Trfqjezhim, &c., 45 feet. 

 h. Yellowish sandstone with many bi- 



vlaves, 25 feet. 

 c. Massive whitish sandstone, with Avi- 



cula, Tellina, &c., &c., 30 feet . 100 



No. 10. Yellowish and light-gray clays, with 



some beds and layers sandstone 80 



No. 11. a. Eeddish, sandy, and pebbly clays, 

 not well exposed, 20 to 30 feet. 

 h. Conglomerate, 10 to 15 feet. 



c. Bright yellow sandstone; JLvici(/«^^as- 

 trodes, Cardium^ Tellina^ Arcopa- 

 gia, ffJ Gyrodes, Gyprimera iso7iema, 

 Gyrodes depressa, Fusus (Neptunea fj 

 Utahensis, &c., &c., 50 to 60 feet. 



d. Heavy, massive, whitish sandstone, 

 with Ostrea soleniscus, Gardium, «&c., 



70 to 80 feet - . 190 



