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Sec. 24, T. 19 S., R. 7 E
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North Elmdale section
7/11/1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone - slabby; weathered 1.55 ft.
2 Limestone - pitted, brecciated. 2.4 ft.
3 Limestone - yellow; powdery 1.75 ft.
4 Shale - fusulines 0.8 ft.
5 Limestone - fusulines 0.4 ft.
6 Limestone - slabby; fusulines 1.5 ft.
7 Limestone - upper part is light gray and +/- slabby, lower part is massive and Osagia 2.5 ft.
8 Shale - yellow gray; blocky 6.1 ft.
9 Limestone - yellow gray; (irregular) 0.6 - 0.9 ft.
10 Shale - light gray; +/- flaky 5.9 ft.
11 Limestone - light gray; laminated. 1 ft.
12 Shale +/- 0.1 ft.
13 Limestone - light gray; platy; light gray to tan 1.3 ft.
14 Shale - ash gray; pelecypods in lower part. 6.15 ft.
15 Limestone - silty in lowerpart; mollusks 0.5 ft.
16 Shale - ashy gray 5.95 ft.
17 Limestone - shaly in lower part 1 ft.
18 Shale - gray 0.5 ft.
19 Limestone - brown-gray; Osagia 0.35 ft.
20 Shale - calcareous zone in upper part (0.4 feet from top); flaky; greenish gray. 6.35 ft.
21 Limestone - zone of limestone nodules in shale. 1 ft.
22 Shale - green with red zones at top and base. 4.75 ft.
23 Limestone - porlant cement; gray; silty 1.6 ft.
24 Shale - green-gray; flaky 0.7 ft.
25 Shale - red; calcareous zone at base. 1 ft.
26 Covered interval 2.65 ft.
27 Limestone - (Howe); yellow; granular; algal (?) 0.5 ft.
28 Covered interval 6.65 ft.
29 Limestone - (Glenrock) ? ft.

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