Farm yard - pit silo - North of highway and East of Strong City
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 7/15/1947
Note: Cottonwood is exposed on hill to North and higher limestone in Eskridge part way up hill.
Unit 3 is "main ledge" of Neva at the type locality.
Unit 1 is the coquina above Neva.
The fusuline rock and pitted algal limestone at the Neva base are covered.
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Thickness |
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Impure algal? limestone nodules in shale
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1
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Limestone - gray to brown; massive and laminated; coquina of shell fragments and algae, largely a mass of micro-shells; weathers with deep corrugations; sparse brachiopods in lower part; lower 0.2 feet is flaggy
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2.4 ft.
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2
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Shale, dark gray; clayey; small limy flakes; echinoid spines and plates
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1.9 ft.
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3
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Limestone, light gray to ashy; weathers medium dark gray; massive; sparse fossil fragments.
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3.4 ft.
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