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Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 12 E
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SW corner of section
Measured By Swain, August 24, 1940
Note: Bed nos. 1-2 measured at a separate location, just N of the SW corner of the section, on August 29, 1940.
Unit No. Description Thickness
19 Shale, gray clay, weathers brown, abundant fusulines in lower part, brachiopods and bryozoans in upper part. Fusulines continue to top 12.0 +/- ft.
18 Limestone, gray, argillaceous, molluscan, weathers brown, Myalina, and Pectins 0.3 ft.
17 Shale, fusulines (a) in lower part, upper part various brachiopods, Fislipora, Rhombopora, some fusulines 4.0 ft.
16 Limestone, gray mass, weathers brown, crinoid stems, Ambocoelia, Rhombopora 0.4 ft.
15 Shale, abundant fusulines, gray, clay shale, Hughes Creek 14.9 ft.
14 Limestone, medium gray, weathers gray mass, numerous crinoid segments, slender fusulines at top, crinoid stems type A & C, echinoid spines 1.0 ft.
13 Shale 1.0 ft.
12 Limestone, medium bedded, light gray weathers light brown, somewhat argillaceous; fusulines, rare, low spired snail, Pinna, crinoid segments type C, (smaller fine petaled) 2.0 ft.
11 Shale, clay, fusulines toward top 3.0 ft.
10 Limestone, green, argillaceous, weathers brown 0.4 ft.
9 Concealed, except for 6' (+/-) olive green-brown clay shale at top; upper 2' rubbly limestone, dark brown 28.75 ft.
8 Limestone, light gray mass, single layer weathers surf characteristically cavernous crinoid remains in lower part; upper part weathers surf, small snails and crinoid segments 4.2 ft.
7 Marl 0.5 ft.
6 Limestone, light gray weathers buff, mass crinoidal limestone, Composita, Wellerella, Lophophyllum, echinoid spines, large bryozoans, Chonetes 0.8 ft.
5 Shale, gray clay, very fossiliferous, Dictyoclostus, crinoid remains, Ambocoelia, Hebertella 0.5-1.0 ft.
4 Limestone, medium gray, weathers buff, mass argillaceous fusulines, some large and robust crinoid segments; thin laterally; Five Point 1.0 ft.
3 Shale, soft, fissile... 2.2 ft.
2 Limestone, green-gray mass with marine fossils somewhat conglomeratic; fossils, much macerated (the limestone is about 20' below beginning of section 13 of Aug. 24, 1940) 0.2 ft.
1 Shale, green 2 + ft.

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