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Sec. 18, T. 19 S., R. 8 E
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Quarry Northwest of Strong City "Crusher quarry"
Measured By O'Connor, Parks, & Jewett, 8/9/1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Loose chert  
2 Limestone - brown-gray, crystalline, rought, fossil fragments 0.6 ft.
3 Limestone - yellowish-gray, weathers somewhat rusty, fossils silicified 2.5 ft.
4 Shale - gray, echinoid plates and spines, brachiopods; limy in lower part 1.8 ft.
5 Limestone - mottled brown and gray, weathers dark gray, crinoid fragments, Derbya 0.4 ft.
6 Shale - gray, limy with thin limestone layers and stringers, Composita, Derbya, echinoid spines and plates abundant in lower part 2.9 ft.
7 Limestone - light gray to near white; chert scattered sparsely 6 ft.
8 Limestone - white, pitted, sparse chert 3.1 ft.
9 Limestone - light gray, somewhat persistant chert zone at top, pitted, weathers rough 1.9 ft.
10 Limestone - light gray, scattered chert 3.3 ft.

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