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BW-01-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-48%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Amphistegina sp.
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BW-01-MB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Coarse; Range: Medium to Very Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-01-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Grain Size: Coarse; Range: Fine to Very Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-02
Sand; Very Light Orange to Dark Yellowish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-03
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Dark Yellowish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-04-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Other Features: Weathered; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-04-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa
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BW-05-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Yellowish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-05-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-06-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Miliolids
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BW-06-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-32%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa
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BW-07-SS
Sand; Very Light Orange to Moderate Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-07-MB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-07-BB
Calcarenite; White to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%, Shell-15%, Calcilutite-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Echinoids, Coral; Forams: Archais, Hauerinidae
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BW-08-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Asterigerina sp.
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BW-08-MB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Amphistegina sp.
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BW-08-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Light Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Medium to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Calcarenite-30%, Shell-30%, Calcilutite-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Coral, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-09-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-09-MB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Medium to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-48%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-09-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Medium to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-30%, Calcarenite-20%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-10-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-10-MB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-10-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%, Calcarenite-05%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-11-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Medium to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-11-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Elphidium sp.
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BW-12-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Dark Yellowish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-12-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Medium to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-45%, Calcarenite-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Elphidium sp.
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BW-13-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Very Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-48%, Heavy Minerals-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Amphistegina sp. & Asterigerina sp.; Heavies Imbedded in Quartz Sand Grains
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BW-13-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Orange; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Rounded; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-45%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Amphistegina sp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-14-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Light Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Quinqueloculina spp.
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BW-14-MB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-40%, Calcarenite-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-14-BB
Sand; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Very Fine to Very Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-40%, Calcarenite-05%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp., Amphistegina sp., & Hauerinidae
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BW-15-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-15-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Grayish Brown; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-50%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments
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BW-16-SS
Shell Bed; Light Yellowish Orange to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-20%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-16-MB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-16-BB
Shell Bed; Grayish Brown to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%, Calcilutite-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp.
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BW-17-SS
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Amphistegina sp.
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BW-17-MB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Brown; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-38%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp., Amphistegina sp. & Elphidium sp.
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BW-17-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Grayish Orange; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%, Calcarenite-15%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-18-SS
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Grain Size: Medium; Range: Fine to Coarse; Roundness: Angular to Sub-Angular; Low Sphericity; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Shell-48%, Heavy Minerals-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Coral, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Amphistegina sp.
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BW-18-MB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%, Calcilutite-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Coral, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-18-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%, Calcarenite-05%; Calcilutite-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp. & Amphistegina sp.
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BW-19
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-20
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-21-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-45%, Calcarenite-15%, Heavy Minerals-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-21-MB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-40%, Calcarenite-15%, Heavy Minerals-01%, Organics-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-21-BB
Sand; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%, Calcarenite-20%, Calcilutite-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Bryozoa, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera, Oolites, Hydrozoa; Forams include Archais spp. & Hauerinidae
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BW-22-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%, Calcarenite-20%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-22-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-30%, Calcarenite-15%, Calcilutite-02%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-23-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%, Calcarenite-15%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp., Amphistegina sp., & Hauerinidae
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BW-23-BB
Shell Bed; Very Light Orange to Moderate Light Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%, Calcarenite-20%, Calcilutite-03%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-24-SS
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-25%, Calcarenite-15%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera; Forams include Archais spp., Amphistegina sp., & Hauerinidae
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BW-24-BB
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Calcarenite-25%, Quartz Sand-15%, Calcilutite-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-25
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Dark Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%, Calcarenite-20%, Calcilutite-<1%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Mollusks, Echinoids, Benthic Foraminifera
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BW-26
Shell Bed; Yellowish Gray to Moderate Gray; Unconsolidated; Accessory Minerals: Quartz Sand-35%, Calcarenite-20%, Calcilutite-01%, Heavy Minerals-01%; Fossils: Fossil Fragments, Echinoids, Bryozoa, Benthic Foraminifera
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