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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 13, T. 11 S., R. 9 E
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SW corner NW 1/4, 4 miles south of Wabaunsee town.
Measured By M.K. Elias, Oct. 1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
22 Limestone, flaggy, Aviculopecten, Murchisonia; little scattered chert 2 ft.
21 Shale, calc., with numerous T. venticosus 3 ft.
20 Shale, casal 0.5' calc. 5 ft.
19 Limestone, with fusulinids (few and small), Ambocoelia small crinoid joints 0.8 ft.
18 Shale 1.2 ft.
17 Limestone, flaggy; in upper 1' Aviculopecten, Myalina, Pleurophorus, in lower 2' scattered fusulinids 3 ft.
16 Shale 4 ft.
15 Shale, calc. 2 ft.
14 Shale, softer, with inflated fusulinids (sample) 0.5 ft.
13 Limestone, with shale parting; in lower part (0.4') fusulinids, Ambocoelia 0.9 ft.
12 Shale, gray 1.1 ft.
11 Limestone, massive 0.5 ft.
10 Shale, gray 3.5 ft.
9 Limestone, shaly, flaggy, Linoproductus 1 ft.
8 Shale, gray 5.8 ft.
  Americus (units 7-3)  
7 Limestone, with Spirifer, Myalina, Aviculopecten, bryozoans 0.25 ft.
6 Shale, gray 2 ft.
5 Limestone, mass, breaks in large slabs; large crinoid joints, Marginifera, Hustedia 1.1 ft.
4 Shale 0.4 ft.
3 Limestone, irregularly flaggy, with crinoid joints Myalina and other pelecypods. Basal part has mammillary structure with dense limestone bands 1 ft.
2 Shale, green 8 ft.
1 Boxwork (net of calcite veinlets) 1 ft.

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