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Sec. 27, T. 20 S., R. 8 E
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Measured By J.M. Jewett, 7/19/1947
Unit No. Description Thickness
10&9 Limestone - brownish gray, pitted in lower middle part contains fusulines in lower 1.9 feet, laminated, Osagia 5 ft.
8 Shale and limestone - gray 0.6 ft.
7 Shale - black, platy, Crurithyris crust 0.1 foot thick at base 0.3 ft.
6 Limestone - brownish gray, weathers brown, massive fusulines 0.8 ft.
5 Limestone - gray, shaly 0.35 ft.
4 Limestone - gray, massive, scattered fusulines 0.4 ft.
3 Shale - gray in upper half, lower half black or dark gray, abundant Crurithyris and fish fragments at base, Orbiculoidea in middle 0.65 ft.
2 Limestone - gray, "oatmeal" rock, Osagia 0.5 ft.
1 Shale - gray 2 ft.

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