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Sec. 36, T. 19 S., R. 9 E
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Along winding road to site of former school house
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Covered 1.9 ft.
2 Limestone - light gray; massive; fusulines, Marginifera 0.7 ft.
3 Covered 7.45 ft.
4 Limestone - or mamillary algal material and soft limestone 2 ft.
5 Limestone - brownigh gray; rough; weathers brown; algal like top 0.4 ft.
6 Covered - mostly; some yellow-gray shale with limestone nodules seen 15.55 ft.
7 Shale - red zone at top; gray 6.15 ft.
8 Limestone - gray 0.5 ft.
9 Shale - covered in upper part; lower is gray 1.15 ft.

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