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Sec. 8, T. 13 S., R. 13 E
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1/2 mi. south of center of section 8, T. 13 S., R. 13 E.
Measured By Swain, Aug. 24, 1940
Remarks: Location cited by Moore and Moss as place where Indian Cave Sandstone cuts below Brownville
Unit No. Description Thickness
13 Limestone slabs strewn in road; 6" massive, brown sugary texture (Falls City Limestone)  
12 Shale, mostly concealed, 10' +/- above limestone below 1-2' of boxwork; upper 6' sandy shale and fine-grained, thin-bedded sandstone, rust brown (Hawxby Shale Member) 24.0 ft.
11 Limestone, gray, weathers brown, thin-bedded, argillaceous... [Continued; see archive file for complete description] 1.0 ft.
10 Shale, brown, clayey, covered at base, chalk nodules 3.4 ft.
9 Limestone, thin-bedded, slabby, packed with mollusks, small clams, and snails, some Pectens 1 +/- ft.
8 Covered 4.0 ft.
7 Limestone, medium-gray, dense, massive, weathers light gray, echinoid spines (Aspinwall Limestone Member) 1.0 +/- ft.
6 Covered slope, shale?; slabs like below in lower part (Towle Shale Member) 15.5 ft.
5 Shale, slope strewn with slabs of sandstone conglomerate and molluscan limestone 8.5 ft.
4 Coarse sandstone or conglomerate < 1 ft.
3 Brownville Limestone Member, rust-brown, argillaceous, rubbly limestone, Punctospirifer, crinoid stems, type C, Chonetina, Lophophyllum, fusulines, Marginifera, Dictyoclostus, Pectinoids 3.0 ft.
2 Covered, some clay shale exposed below Brownville (Pony Creek Shale Member) 8.0 ft.
1 Limestone, light gray conglomeratic on top (limestone conglomerate), fragments of brown limestone and clay shale, bryozoans, brachiopods and other mascerated bed remains (Caneyville) 1.0 ft.

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