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Sec. 22, T. 19 S., R. 8 E
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Measured By Raymond C. Moore, 1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, brownish gray, weathers gray, hard massive, porous, fusulines abundant, crinoids, brachiopod fragments - forms bench 1.95 ft.
2 Limestone, brownish gray, weathers gray, hard, massive, platy algae?, bryozoans, echinoid spines, crinoids, and other fragments 0.65 ft.
3 Limestone, light gray, weathers buff, massive, jointed - osagia 2.4 ft.
4 Shale, gray, weathering light gray blocky - laminated in upper part, but lower approximately 6 feet covered 8.65 ft.
5 Shale, gray weathers light gray, platy and very calcareous no fossils 0.3 ft.
6 Shale, bluish or greenish gray, weathers gray grading downward into reddish gray, blocky no fossils, exposed 3.3 ft.
7 Covered 8.15 ft.
8 Limestone, white, weathers dark gray massive, hard, crystalline, somewhat cross bedded, jointed, algal? 1.3 ft.
9 Limestone - light gray weathers dark gray, massive, hard, crystalline & porous, makes bench 1.4 ft.
10 Limestone, dark gray, weathers light gray, platy, very crystalline 0.3 ft.
11 Shale, gray, weathers light gray, fine texture 0.2 ft.
12 Limestone, light gray, weathers dark gray, massive, hard, shark teeth 0.5 ft.
13 Covered 6.6 ft.
14 Limestone, gray, weathers buff, very proous, algal 1.3 ft.
15 Limestone, gray, weathers white, hard, argillaceous, platy, irregular bedding, no fossils 0.55 ft.
16 Shale, brownish to greenish gray near base, brownish gray near top, blocky, weathers light gray, calcareous with irregular calcareous zones, no notable bedding, no fissils 4.1 ft.
17 Limestone, almost coquina, hard massive, jointed, osaigia, ostracodes - exposed 0.8 ft.
  (17 is 1st above Neva?)  

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