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Sec. 26, T. 11 S., R. 11 E
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W center S line Sec. 26. 1/2 mile south, 1/4 mile east of Paxico
Measured By Swain, Aug. 29, 1940
Unit No. Description Thickness
9 Shale 3+ ft.
8 Limestone, gray, very fossiliferous, crinoids, brachiopods, bryozoans 0.5 ft.
7 Shale, laminated, weathers fissile 9.0 ft.
6 Limestone, grading up into shale, laminated, argillaceous; no fossils seen 1.2 ft.
5 Shale, olive-brown, clay 1.0 ft.
4 Shale, grading imperceptibly up into limestone; very fossiliferous. Large Chonetes, large crinoid stems (elliptical and round). Dictyoclostus, Lophophyllum, Derbya (small) is esp. (a) in the limestone, a thin zone of very fossiliferous limestone overlies this unit, with small crinoid stems and other dwarfed shells 2.5 ft.
3 Limestone (Five Point), gray, argillaceous with fusulines, crinoids, Rhombopora, Chonetes, Ambocoelia 0.4 ft.
2 Shale, gray with Chonetes, Linoproductus, Neospirifer, Hustedia, crinoid remains, Composita 1.0 ft.
1 Coal with gray sandstone, shale below 0.6 ft.

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