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Sec. 17, T. 19 S., R. 8 E
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1 mile West of Strong City on Highway 50 South
Measured By M.K. Elias, 7/23/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
14 Limestone - light gray, cavern 2.5 ft.
13 Shale - calcareous in part, unfossiliferous 13 ft.
12 Shale - calcareous, with Brachiopods and pelecypods 2 ft.
11 Shale - blue-gray, with numerous bryozoa and brachiopods (Chonetes, Derbya, Juresanis, etc.) 2 ft.
10 Limestone - shaly, with brachiopods and pelecypods 2.5 ft.
9 Shale - greenish, crumbly 8 ft.
8 Mudstone - soft, light gray 2 ft.
7 Shale - gray 0.5 ft.
6 Limestone - algal 2 ft.
5 Shale - calcareous, to shaly limestone, black high-spired gastropods, small pelecypods 0.5 ft.
4 Limestone - brownish-gray, banded in basal part 1.8 ft.
3 Shale - clayey 6 ft.
2 Shale - calcareous, with numerous fossils 7 ft.
1 Cottonwood limestone  

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