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Sec. 26, T. 4 S., R. 6 E
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SW 1/4 sec 26
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-5
Unit No. Description Thickness
17 Base Florence flint  
16 Covered 66 ft.
  Schroyer limestone  
15 Limestone, massive, almost entirely replaced by flint, with quartz geodes 1.5 ft.
14 Limestone, shaly, splittery, with quartz geodes 1 ft.
13 Limestone, massive, with one think band of flint and fossils: Dictyoclostus, large Derbyia, Chonetes, large Myalina, crinoid joints, Bryozoa 1.5 ft.
12 Flint 1.5 ft.
11 Shale, with Composita, Dictyclastus, Pinna, Myalina 0.5 ft.
10 Mudstone, massive, with small quartz geodes, and scattered Composita and a few small Myalina 4 ft.
9 Shale, calcareous 0.2 ft.
8 Mudstone, with small pebbles and Aviculopecten 0.5 ft.
7 Shale 0.3 ft.
6 Mudstone 0.8 ft.
5 Shale 0.3 ft.
4 Mudstone, somewhat cavernous, flaggy, few small Aviculopecten near the base 1.5 ft.
3 Shale, gray, splittery 1.5 ft.
2 Shale, blue-gray 1.5 ft.
1 Shale, calcareous, flaggy 1 ft.

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