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Sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 9 E
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Section begun in ditch on South side of road about 1000 feet East of Southwest corner
Measured By Swain, 1939
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
18 Limestone, light buff, weathers light brown, thick medium bedded, argillaceous 2.2 ft.
17 Shale, light gray, brown thick lamination, very calcareous and fossiliferous 1.4 ft.
16 Limestone, light buff, gray, massive, argillaceous, fossiliferous, brachipods, echinoids, bryozoa, fusulines 0.4 ft.
15 Shale, like below, but containing in addition, robust fusulines 0.2 ft.
14 Limestone, light gray, thick bedded, somewhat nodular, argillaceous, mascerated fauna, crinoid stems, echinoid spines and small brachiopods 0.3 ft.
13 Shale, light brown fissile, calcareous, marine 0.4 ft.
12 Limestone, light gray, brown, dense, massive with numerous small flattened bodies. Upper 0.7 is algal 1.7 ft.
11 Shale, light buff, thick lamination, calcareous, shale, a dark gray zone 1 thick p. 5 feet from top. 0.7 ft.
10 Shale, medium gray, brown, thick lamination, somewhat platy, calcareous 3 ft.
9 Limestone, light olive gray, very argillaceous 0.2 ft.
8 Shale, light olive brown, thick lamination calcareous shale 2.5 ft.
7 Limestone, light gray, buff, argillaceous, somewhat curdled at top 0.7 ft.
6 Shale, light buff, thick lamination calcareous 0.2 ft.
5 Limestone, light buff, in part medium gray, lamination, argillaceous, with well developed jointing in at least 2 directions 1.1 ft.
4 Shale, light gray, brown, calcareous, sparse fauna; 0.5 foot thick bed argillaceous pelecypod limestone, 3 feet from top; another pelecypod limestone 0.7 feet thick at top of member 15 ft.
3 Limestone, medium to light gray, weathers buff, thick bedded, argillaceous; and calacreous shale all with pelecypods 3 ft.
2 Limestone, light gray, dense, argillaceous, medium bedded limestone, upper surface has curdled appearance 0.8 ft.
1 Shale, light gray-green, calcareous, laminated shale, lower part rubbly 6 ft.

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