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i s <br />in Denver will do the analyses for major, minor, and trace elements. <br />Results of the analyses will be included in a future report. <br />COAL GEOLOGY <br />The major coal-bearing rocks are in the Coalmont Formation of Paleocene <br />and Eocene age, which includes the Sudduth and Capron coal beds. Most <br />of the drill holes were near the outcrop of the steeply dipping~Sudduth <br />coal bed, which occurs within 200 feet of the base of the Coalmont <br />Formation and generally contains the thickest and highest quality coal in <br />the area. The outcrop of the Sudduth bed curves around the southern two-thirds <br />of the north-northwest-trending, doubly plunging north and south McCallum <br />anticlines and occurs along the eastern side of the Johnny Moor syncline. <br />Six of the drill holes were along the outcrop of the Capron coal zone <br />(G-4, G-21, G-22, C-30, C-31, and C-32), which is approximately 1,700 feet <br />above the base of the Coalmont Formation and consists of one to several thin, <br />shaly coal beds within the persistent coal zone. The Capron outcrop is on <br />the western flank of the north and south McCallum anticlines. <br />COAL THICKNESS <br />Drill-hole data indicate that the Sudduth coal bed is thickest (over <br />20 feet) along the outcrop in the following locations: T. 8 N., R. 78 W., <br />secs. 2 and 11, and T. 9 N., R. 78 W., secs. 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, <br />22, 23, 25, 26, 35, and 36. <br />3 <br />