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Sec. 25, T. 19 S., R. 7 E
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1 mile East of Elmdale, South of bridge, East side of Cottonwood River.
Unit No. Description Thickness
10 Limestone, massive, with small crinoid joints 3 ft.
9 Limestone, massive, no fossils 1 ft.
8 Covered, shale 8 ft.
7 Nearly covered, shale with fusulinids, sample taken in slump about 7 feet above the base 15 ft.
6 Limestone, shaly, flaggy, with fusulinids 0.8 ft.
5 Limestone, shaly, flaggy with Ambocoelia 0.7 ft.
4 Mostly covered, shale 6 ft.
3 Shale, calcareous, with Dictyoclostus (sample) and other fossils 0.5 ft.
2 Limestone, shaly, with fusulinids (sample) 0.5 ft.
1 Limestone, tough, in large slabs; horse-shoe worm borings on top (sample) + 1 ft.

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