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Sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 12 E
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Near SE cor. sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 12 E. Road cut.
Measured By Swain, August 29, 1940
Unit No. Description Thickness
- Fragments of very fossiliferous crinoidal limestone above; huge crinoid stems  
6 Limestone, light gray, weathers brown, platy, laminated, mud-cracked, cracks filled with sand 1.5 ft.
5 Shale, olive-brown 4.0 ft.
4 Limestone algal? or conglomeratic (sample) 0.1 ft.
3 Shale, brown 2.0 ft.
2 Limestone, brown, very rubbly, Marginifera, crinoids, Ambocoelia, Rhombopora 3.0 ft.
1 Sandstone, shale, buff, micaceous 4.5 ft.

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