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Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 12 E
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Measured By R.G. Moss (R-81), July 1933
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Hughes Creek Shale Member  
25 Upper part limy platy fossiliferous shale, contains brachiopods and bryozoans; lower part green-gray and gray platy shale; Lower 5' contains fusulinids, etc. 9.5 ft.
24 Soft gray limestone, molluscan and brachiopod fauna 1 ft.
23 Gray limy fossiliferous shale, fusulinids 4.5 ft.
22 Hard gray fossiliferous limestone 0.5 ft.
21 Green-gray shale 0.5 ft.
20 Impervious shaly limestone, nodular, fossiliferous, gray 1 ft.
19 Green-gray shale, covered with fusulinids but none found in place 7 ft.
18 Limy gray fossiliferous shale, abundant bryozoans and brachiopods 5 ft.
  Americus Limestone Member (units 17-13)  
17 Massive gray limestone bed 1.2 ft.
16 Green-gray fossiliferous shale 1.5 ft.
15 Limestone and shale up 0.8' limestone bed, 0.3' gray fossiliferous shale, 0.9' broken gray limestone 2 ft.
14 Green-gray shale 3 ft.
13 1' gray limestone, 1' spongy brown limy material 2 ft.
12 Green-gray sandy limy shale 10 ft.
11 Sandy platy yellow brown gr shale 6 ft.
10 Covered 0.3 ft.
  Five Point Limestone Member (units 9-5)  
9 Massive, gray, coquinoid, porous limestone 4.5 ft.
8 Brown-yellow clay shale 0.4 ft.
7 Fossiliferous gr limestone, abundant crinoids, brachiopods 0.9 ft.
6 Gr fossiliferous shale, Chonetes etc. and bryozoans 1 ft.
5 Fossiliferous limestone; fusulinids, crinoids, brachiopods, bryozoans 0.5 ft.
4 0.8' yellow gr shale; 0.2' coal; 3' platy, yellow gr sandy shale 4 ft.
3 Nodular sandy impervious limestone 2 ft.
2 Sandy shale and sandstone, gray to yellow-brown, platy 9 ft.
1 Gr micaceous sandstone 1 ft.

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