UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PROFESSIONAL PAPER 560-D

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PLATE 3

Location:

28°33'12" 28°34'10" 28° 19 1 30" 28°2 1 1 00" 28°2 1'12"

(a) 36°08'13" to 36~ 14 1 33 " (b) 37°04'03" and
(c) 37 ° 07'00" 37°05' 24"
28° 44 1 54" 28°59'39" 28°59 1 28"
(d) 36°34 1 39; 1 (e) 37°02'36" (f) 37°06'42"

(ll Generalized lithology Diagnostic fossils

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<( SAN DST ONE : Brown fine-grained sandstone cf. Ostreo dichotomo

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Q) (7) SANDSTONE: Gray to brown, in part black-
:i: weathering, medium- to coa rse-grained
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dominantly crossbedded sandstone; occa-
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middle parts; platy and co ncretionary masses
C of ironstone in many beds , particularly in
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(177.0 m)
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(6) SANDSTONE: Gray to brown and pastel

fine-grained !Sandstone , in part micaceous; z
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some interbedded gray and purple siltstone Cruziono
and sh ale in lower part. (286.4 m) z
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Camarotoechia?, Colpomya?, Plectonotus, Levenea?,
Coe/ospiro?, Modiomorpha?, Paleoneilo?, Gonio-
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phoro?, cf. Mochoeroria

(5) SHALE AND SILTSTONE: Dominantly gray,

Ploesiomyo?
purple, and g r e en shale and si ltstone com-
plexly interbe dded with brown fine-grained
sands tone; all co mmonly micaceous. Weak
s andstone ben c he s at several l e vels.
(290.5 m)

Orthocerid cephalopod

Climocogroptus, BoUio

Climocogroptus, Glyptograptus

(4) SANDSTO N E: Brown fine-grain ed co mmo nly

mic aceous s ands tone-abundant thin inter-
bed s of olive-green shaie and si ltstone. Lower
part poorly e xposed exce pt for thin l edges
of resistant sandstone; inte rl edge intervals 0::
pres uma b l y s h al e. (104.9 m)
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Climocogroptus cf. C. brevis

(3) POORLY EXPOSED: Few exposures indicate

interval dominantly green , purpl e, a nd gray
s h al e co mplexl y interbe dded with fin e sand-
stone and siltstone. (70.7 m)
Clim ocogroptu s, Diplogroptus, Orthog rap tus aft. 0 .
col~arotus var. prise us

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(2) SAN DSTO N E: Gray t o bl ack a nd brown
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m ed ium- to coarse-grained commo nly c ross-
bedded sa ndst one, wi t h thin, silty interbeds
n ear midd le and in lo w e r part. (129.8 m)

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~c (1) SHALE: Purp l e a nd gr ay s h ale , in pa rt ca I- ""'"""",=,;,;;++-c-o_lp_o_m_ r_o_?_._s_co_t_it_h_us_,_c_f_._A_r_ th_ro_p_h_r_c_u_s- - -- - - - - f p:;
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SAN DSTONE : Gr ay, b lack , and brow n w eather- -l
in g med ium gra in ed m assive, in pa rt cr oss-
bedded san dstone Verti ca l sca l e:
1 :2000 Aft er R. A. Br amkamp, C. W. Brown, S . J . Roac h,
a nd A. E. C lements, 195 1

TABUK FORMATION TYPE SECTION, SAUDI ARABIA

228 - 776 0 • 66 (In pocke t)