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May 30 
6680 Bellama Springs 
Lowest beds exposed are Ordovician coming up hill top beds exposed 
are about 1 - 1 1/2' of irregularly bedded ss. 
This overlies green shale & thin bedded limestone. The ss may be the 
beginning of the Dev. but I saw no fossils, 
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8'-9' K 
3' I 
3 1/2-4' I 
6680c 
6 1/2' H 
6680 b str. 
7 1/2' G 
66808 algae = 
6" F 
3' E 
1 1/2 D 
6 ' C 
1 1/2' B 
A 
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A - Ord. green shale in thin bands & this - bedded Is. 
B - Irregularly bedded brown ss. 1 1/2' 
C - Covered 6' 
D - Lowest bed of Devonian in ditch is dove gray to light gray smooth 
grained Is. with 4-6' sand on top. Total 18' 
D - 3' of earthy, hard massive brownish gray Is weathering yellow 
Very fine grained - small calcite masses. A few scattered corals at top. 
F - 6" contorted shaly weathering rock with cystiphullum = 6680a and 
Stromatopora. 6680a = 384u 
G - 7 1/2 feet of hard massive Is The bottom 5 feet gray granular but 
rather fine grained. The upper 2 1/2' earthy weathering and containing 
some sand. 
Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center, 
G. Arthur Cooper - Field notes, 1966 
Transcribed and Reviewed by Digital Volunteers 
Extracted Nov-02-2015 11:09:05 
Smithsonian Institution Archives 
