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Sec. 34, T. 2 S., R. 1 E
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Measured By Plummer and Romary
 
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
18 Residual--yellow and sandy 1.7 ft.
17 Clay--light gray, silty, some yellow stain 3.1 ft.
16 Clay--slightly silty, yellow, hematite and limonite specks 0.4 ft.
15 Clay--slightly silty, dark red and some gray, red almost hematite; bttom 0.3 foot almost pure hematite 2.6 ft.
14 Sandstone--silty, resistant, yellow 1.0 ft.
13 Clay--fairly silty, light gray and red mottled; sand streaks, specks of limonite 2.0 ft.
12 Clay--silty, white to light gray; irregular lens and boulders of yellow fine sandstone, hematite specks in upper part of sandstone 9.7 ft.
11 light gray, slighty silty, some yellow 0.5 ft.
10 Clay--light gray with considerable amount of limonite, yellow 0.9 ft.
9 Clay--red and some gray 2.0 ft.
8 Clay--silty, gray with slight red and yellow stain 2.0 ft.
7 Clay--silty, red, gray and yellow 2.5 ft.
6 Clay--slightly silty, red and yellow and some gray; granular hematite and specks 2.1 ft.
5 Clay--light gray and red mottled, slightly silty to plastic 6.0 ft.
4 Clay--slightly silty, gray, slight brownish yellow mottling; silty at bottom, conchoidal fracture 2.6 ft.
3 Clay--slightly silty, light gray and red mottled 1.0 ft.
2 Clay--light gray and red mottled 6.6 ft.
1 Sandstone--very hard to silty, light gray and light brown mottled 2.5 ft.


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