• Specimen Number

  35

• Description

  Light maroon-colored slab of massive, uniform, sedimentary rock. Probably a siltstone or fine sandstone. The bedding planes are parallel to the slab surface.  The right-hand side shows a broad curve consistent with it being the resistant bed in a cliff weathering back.

• Classification

  Sedimentary. Mudstone or fine sandstone.

• Location & Occurrence

  Unknown

• Geological Age

  Unknown

• Geoheritage

  Unusually simple rock, probably the simplest in the collection.

• Links

  Link to State Geological Map from USGS.  Link to Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI).

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