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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 10, T. 12 S., R. 10 E
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On Highways 10 and 99, road cut north of Alma
Measured By H.G. O'Connor and J.M. Jewett, July 1952
Unit No. Description Thickness
13 Shale, weathered 1.5 +/- ft.
12 Limestone, gray, brecciated, algal 3.6 ft.
11 Shale, gray 0.2 ft.
10 Mudstone, ashy-gray, dense (grades into) 0.3 ft.
9 Shale, ashy-gray, brecciated and laminated, part weathers as "boxwork" base, hard or grades into 2.4 ft.
8 Limestone or mudstone, ashy-gray, dense (grades into) 0.25 ft.
7 Shale (Roca), gray, blocky, limy, hard (grades into) 1.3 ft.
6 Shale (Roca), brownish-gray, limonitic, stained, somewhat micaceous 2.2 ft.
5 Mudstone, calcareous, gray, non-laminated 1.0 ft.
- Shale, yellow-green, black 3.7 ft.
4 Limestone (Howe), purplish "oolitic," foraminiferal (?) high spired snails 0.85 ft.
3 Shale, gray clayey at top, limy and hard below 0.5 ft.
2 Limestone, brown, crystalline, red quartz, and colorless calcite. Upper part more massive and resistant. Locally color is dove-gray with specks of red chert 1.0 +/- ft.
1 Shale (Bennett), gray, covered in part, exposed 3.0 +/- ft.

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