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Sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 10 E
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Just E of center of section
Measured By Swain, Aug. 29, 1940
Remarks: Excellent section
Unit No. Description Thickness
47 Base of Wreford? badly slumped  
46 Concealed 10.0 +/- ft.
45 Limestone, thick and thin-bedded and platy, light buff-gray, unfossiliferous 4 +/- ft.
44 Shale, much slumped 4.0 ft.
43 Limestone, with fine large algae, grading laterally into limestone with crinoids, echinoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, etc. 1.0 ft.
42 Shale, green 4.0 ft.
41 Limestone, argillaceous, rubbly 0.5 ft.
40 Shale, purple and red at base, green at top 7.0 ft.
39 Boxwork, green 2.0 ft.
38 Shale, buff, limy, an argillaceous limestone 5.0' above base 10.0 ft.
37 Limestone and shale, much covered and slumped, the limestone is buff; gray, massive, weathers platy, large Pinna in upper limestone, uppermost layer greenish 11.0 ft.
36 Shale, brown-green, partly covered at top 13.0 ft.
35 Limestone, platy, argillaceous with pectins 1.0 ft.
34 Shale, green with red zone 3.0' thick in middle 12.0 ft.
33 Limestone, massive, weathers platy, Derbya 2.0 ft.
32 Shale 2.0 ft.
31 Limestone, light green, weathers brown, thick bedded, small crinoid stems 3.0 ft.
30 Shale, green 1.5 ft.
29 Limestone, pinkish to greenish, argillaceous 0.4 ft.
28 Shale, green 3.5 ft.
27 Limestone, medium bedded, lower part molluscan; middle part weathers cavernous; upper part a few inches thick, packed with small clams and snails 3.0 ft.
26 Shale, lower part covered; upper part very fossiliferous with bryozoans most (a) also Composita, Dictyoclostus. A more indurated zone 4.0' from top 10.0 ft.
25 Limestone, green-gray, argillaceous, somewhat rubbly, some boxwork in center 1.0 ft.
24 Shale, poorly exposed 2.0 ft.
23 Limestone, green-gray, platy, laminated, with pockets filled with gypsum 2.0 ft.
22 Boxwork 2.0 ft.
21 Shale, mostly concealed, but lower few inches exposed, yielding large, slender fusulines, and brachiopods. At base just above cen. 6.0 ft.
20 Limestone, light gray, weathers buff, massive, small slender fusulines 2.0 ft.
19 Limestone, thick-bedded in 2 layers, light gray, weathers buff, 3 chert layers in parallel bands, Composita, "Lophophyllum," crinoid fragments, bryozoan, echinoid spine base, Ambocoelia 2.1 ft.
18 Shale, limy, thin-bedded, mascerated fossil remains 0.5 ft.
17 Limestone, algal, light brown, argillaceous, algae are small, spheroidal, arranged in pockets; between pockets are brachiopods, echinoids, etc.; much mascerated 0.5 ft.
16 Limestone, rubbly, argillaceous 0.6 ft.
15 Shale, green, some gypsum and plant remains just below top 8.0 ft.
14 Limestone, somewhat rubbly, argillaceous 0.9 ft.
13 Shale, green 1.0 ft.
12 Limestone, gray, argillaceous, platy, laminated, prominent jointing, very angular breakage 0.8 ft.
11 Shale, green, rubbly limestone 6' above base 14.0 ft.
10 Limestone, lower part massive; upper part platy, laminated 3.0 ft.
9 Shale, echinoid spines, brachiopods 2.0 ft.
8 Limestone, thick-bedded, cavernous, mascerated fossils 5.0 ft.
7 Shale, fusulines, brachiopods, crinoid remains 2.0 ft.
6 Limestone and shale, thin-bedded, argillaceous, fusulines in shale, echinoids, brachiopods, etc. in limestone 2.0 ft.
5 Shale, buff, clay 1.5 ft.
4 Limestone, thick-bedded, mascerated fossils, small echinoid spines 1.0 ft.
3 Shale, green, partly covered 11.0 ft.
2 Limestone, argillaceous, thin-bedded 1.5 ft.
1 Shale 8.0 ft.

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