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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 12 E
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Measured By R.C. Moore (checked 3-29-40)
Remarks: K.G. Soc. Guidebook 10, 1936, pg. 51
Unit No. Description Thickness
10 Limestone, light gray, weathers yellow-green, soft, impure, medium bedded, upper part sandy and unfossiliferous, lower part has (a) Triticites; has celestite or gypsum zone at top 12.0 ft.
9 Shale, bluish to dark, hard and soft 8.5 ft.
8 Limestone and shale interbedded grades into adjacent beds within sharp boundaries 4.0 ft.
7 Shale, bluish, calcareous cont. (a) Triticites 5.5 ft.
6 Limestone and shale like 8 3.5 ft.
5 Shale, blue-green (a) brachiopods, bryozoans, etc. 12.0 ft.
4 Limestone, light green, fine grained, a single massive bed, hard, contains crinoid stems, a few brachiopods and scattered Triticites 1.2 ft.
3 Shale, dark blue, drab weathers with yellow blotches, clayey, soft 1.2 ft.
2 Limestone, like 4, but in thin beds and less fossiliferous 1.8 ft.
1 Shale, dark blue, clayey 2 + ft.

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