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Sec. 23, T. 19 S., R. 8 E
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Jones Quarry East of Strong City and North of US 50 South
Measured By Moore, Mudge, Jewett, O'Connor and Zeller, 7/9/1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone - yellow-gray; crinoidal; slightly cross-bedded 0.75 ft.
2 Limestone - brownish-yellow; weathers brown and gray; slightly crystalline 0.6 ft.
3 Limestone - yellow; weathers darker yellow; fibrous texture; clay-filled cavities up to 6 inches long; appears to be a mass of algal threads 3.8 ft.
4 Shale - gray; abundant Chonetes, crinoid fragments 8.8 ft.
5 Limestone - light gray; fusulines 2.3 ft.
6 Limestone - light gray; echinoid spines, few brachiopods, sparse fusulines 0.4 ft.
7 Limestone - light gray; laminated; algal, algal remains most abundant in lower 0.4 feet 1.4 ft.
8 Limestone - light gray; more or less nodular in loer part (Note: range of fusulines and platy material varies from place to place) 2.4 ft.
9 Covered 22.4 ft.
10 Limestone - gray; weathers buff; somewhat massive; crystalline; porous; somewhat brecciated 3.5 ft.
11 Limestone - gray; crystalline; pitted; spines and teeth 0.4 ft.
12 Shale - dark gray, grading downward into very dark gray 5.35 ft.
13 Shale - limy and slabby limestone 2.95 ft.
14 Limestone - algal crust 0.4 ft.
15 Limestone - buff gray; weathers buff; massive; jointed; porous; coquina of fragments and small fossils, well preserved clams; bands of dense dove-gray and silty layers, especially banded in lower part 5.1 ft.
16 Shale - brownish-gray; weathers lighter gray; crinoid fragments, echinoid spines, bryozoans, and brachiopods fragments 2.2 ft.
17 Limestone - light gray; ashy; weathers brown; some nodules; fossil fragments 3.8 ft.
18 Covered 2 ft.
19 Limestone - brown; dense; massive; fusulines and brachiopods; thin Crurithyris crust on top 0.85 ft.
20 Shale - olive; clayey 0.4 ft.
21 Limestone - tan; granular; weathered and rounded joint blocks; fusulines and crinoid stems 0.3 ft.

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