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Sec. 28, T. 11 S., R. 10 E
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Interstate 70 roadcut on north and south sides of road, 0.9 miles west of Kansas Highway 99 overpass
Measured By Barry Perlmutter, July 1970
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Permian System -- Council Grove Group  
  Bader Limestone  
  Middleburg Limestone Member  
6 Limestone, massive, tan, no megafossils 2.1 ft.
  Hooser Shale Member  
5 Covered interval 3.0 ft.
4 Shale, red and green, thin-bedded, no megafossils 5.4 ft.
  Eiss Limestone Member  
3 Limestone, tan, massive, no megafossils 2.2 ft.
2 Siltstone, gray to tan, calcareous, no megafossils 1.1 ft.
1 Limestone, tan, massive, no megafossils 2.3 ft.
  Total thickness of section 16.1 ft.

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