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Sec. 8, T. 13 S., R. 13 E
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N of cen. sec. on N-S road
Measured By R.G. Moss (95), Sept. 1933
Unit No. Description Thickness
17 Nodular limy bed 0.3 ft.
16 Platy sandy gray shale, weathers yellow-brown 10 ft.
15 Sandstone, soft, lower 2' brown, upper 3' gray 5 ft.
14 Platy sandy yellow to brown gr shale, 1' sandy limestone "boxwork" at top 10 ft.
13 Fossiliferous brown gray limestone 1 ft.
12 Nodular, sandy gray shale, some concretions 9 ft.
11 Mostly covered, two beds of molluscan limestone 4 ft.
10 Upper 1' nodular light gray limestone, some shale; lower 0.6' brown fine-grain, slabby limestone 2 ft.
9 Shale, partly covered, yellow-gray, sandy 8.5 ft.
8 Brown-hued granular slabby limestone, laminated, yellow-brown crust 1 ft.
7 Green-gray to yellow-brown sandy shale (partly covered) 8.5 ft.
6 Brownville, imp brown nodular limestone, very fossiliferous, M. splendens etc., bryozoans, crinoids 2.5 ft.
5 Upper 4' green-gray sandy shale; lower 2' covered 6 ft.
4 Light brown-gray granular crystalline limestone, large, poorly preserved pelecypods 1 ft.
3 Nodular yellow-gray brown limestone and shale 0.5 ft.
2 Platy brown sandy limestone 0.5 ft.
1 Green gray shale, brown streaks at top 1 ft.

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