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Sec. 9, T. 13 S., R. 13 E
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Measured By R.G. Moss, Oct. 1933
Unit No. Description Thickness
9 Fine brown limestone, conglomeratic, brecciated or algal appearance; equals bed 13 of R-118 1 ft.
8 Shale, covered 5 ft.
7 Granular brown speckled laminated limestone, equals bed 11 of R-118 1 ft.
6 Shale, upper part is yelh gr platy sdy, lower is green-gray clay shale 10 ft.
5 Brownville, fossil fragments and M. splendens 1.5 ft.
4 Shale, upper 1.5' is green-gray and contains Chonetes at top, rest is sandy shale weathering yelh 6.5 ft.
3 Granular to coquinoid limestone, fresh is dark blh gray, weathers yelh brown, contains large, flat pelecypods, Myalina, etc. 1.5 ft.
2 Sandy gray shale, weathers yelh, platy, green at top 7 ft.
1 Coal 0.15 ft.
- Sandy shale below this  

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