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Sec. 16, T. 4 S., R. 6 E
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North side of Blue River, 2 miles NNW of Waterville, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec 16
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
III-6
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Kinney limestone formation  
17 Limestone, dense, fossiliferous 1.5 ft.
16 Shale, greenish, with fine sandy bands 3 ft.
15 Shale, calcareous 1 ft.
14 Shale, calcareous to splittery mudstone, with bands of fine soft conglomerate (made of small shale and calcareous pebbles) 3 ft.
  Wymore shale member  
13 Shale, green 4 ft.
12 Shale, purple 1 ft.
11 Shale, brick-red 1.5 ft.
10 Shale, purple 0.2 ft.
9 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
8 Shale, maroon 0.3 ft.
7 Shale, brick-red 2.5 ft.
6 Shale, green 2 ft.
5 Shale, maroon 1 ft.
4 Shale, brick-red 1 ft.
3 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
2 Limestone, green, massive, with quartz geodes near the top. Full of fragmentary and small fossils. Murchisonia and small Aviculopecten 2 ft.
1 Shale, green 1 ft.

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