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Sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 6 E
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In quarry along road.
Measured By H.G. O'Connor, J.M. Jewett, 8/1/1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, light gray to life buff, weathers somewhat platy, high and low gastropods and brachiopod casts. 3 ft.
2 Shale, yellow, clayey, top covered 3.75 ft.
3 Limestone, yellow, mottled gray, brachiopods 0.4 ft.
4 Shale, buff, hard, nodular, brachiopod fragments 1.1 ft.
5 Limestone, brown, mottled gray, very finely sandy, fossil fragments 1.15 ft.
6 Shale, green and black 1.8 ft.
7 Limestone, gray, clayey, no fossils 1.95 ft.
8 Limestone, very light cream and gray, a massive bed of coquina, limestone has high gastropods, and some small brachiopods. Also a few Osagia 4.7 ft.
9 Limestone, dense gray, clams, coquina of microfossils 0.6 ft.
10 Limestone, dense, gray, clams 0.65 ft.
11 Shale, mottled black and olive, no fossils 3.15 ft.
12 Limestone, gray to pink, faintly banded with specks of calcite, ostracods in base. (Algal limestone) 0.35 ft.
13 Shale, green, blocky, lower 1 foot red 2.8 ft.
14 Shale, green, nodular, limy, harder in upper part 3.1 ft.
15 Shale, light buff nodular, limy 2.15 ft.
16 Limestone, light gray, platy 1.65 ft.
17 Limestone, tan and gray, banded, silty to fine sandy 1.85 ft.

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