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west, with the l.s. at top and picture of eroded crossbedding from top of ridge looking east. Then proceeded on N to where Ten Mile Creek Tenmile Creek, Colorado breaks out of the granite. Here at top (S) of granite occurs a gneiss series with dip vertical, strike E-W parallel with granite Fountain contact, and interstratified with well crystallized. Barely above the granite is an obscure outcrop of pure white or light gray limestone. In creek bed section begins as follows above granite: (estimated only) dip S about 10˚.

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Covered about --------------------------------------------------------------------------------100

Fine grained, thin bedded light pinkish s.s.--------------------------------------------------3

Mottled dark red and white coarse ss--------------------------------------------------------3 ½

Dark, thin bedded shaly ss---------------------------------------------------------------------5

Alternating thins and thick bedded s.s., thick beds lighter (?) red than thin bedded -80

(fine to coarse grained- midway is a zone like Lyons- calcareous a little below middle) Covered over a creek bottom and slope----------------------------------------------------50

Below above series to E-calcareous s.s.----------------------------------------------------30

Below that, congl. With calcareous s.s. about---------------------------------------------50

Below that red pink and gray s.s. not calcareous------------------------------------------10

Underlaid by come(?) small exposure then covered to granite------------------------- 30