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Marshall County

Sec. 21, T. 4 S., R. 9 E
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1/2 mile east of Frankfort, NE corner sect. 21
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks I-10
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Upper Hughes Creek shale member  
12 Shale, gray, calcareous near the base 1.5+ ft.
11 Limestone with Ambocoelia, Composita, Marginifera, Juresania, Allorisma, and Schizostoma 0.8 ft.
-- Shale, black 1.5 ft.
  Vliets limestone bed  
10 Limestone, with numerous small Bellerophon at the top 0.2 ft.
  Lower Hughes Creek shale member  
9 Shale, gray with Meekopora and fusulinids in the middle and Marginifera near the base 5 ft.
8 Mudstone 0.5 ft.
7 Shale, gray with Chonetes, Ambocoelia, Rhipidomella carbonaria, and Linoproductus 0.5 ft.
6 Limestone, with Linoproductus at the top 1 ft.
5 Shale, gray 1 ft.
4 Shale, dark-gray 2 ft.
3 Shale, dark-gray to black 1 ft.
2 Mudstone, gray, some fossils (Spirifer) 2.5 ft.
1 Shale, gray 1 ft.

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