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Sec. 29, T. 14 S., R. 13 E
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Composite measurement along tributaries on S side of Dragoon Creek W of Harveyville
Measured By R.G. Moss (R-91-94 incl.), Sept. 1933
[Measurement taken from sections 29, 30, and 34]
Unit No. Description Thickness
19 Yellow-gray granular to crystalline limestone, pelecypods abundant 1.5 ft.
18 Shale, green-gray at top and lower 2/3, red streak between (not well exposed) 10 ft.
17 Limestone, upper part gray, granular to crystalline, fusulinids; lower part brown, fossiliferous, M. splen, abundant crinoids, etc. 2.3 ft.
16 Shale, upper part covered; middle, sandy brown-gray; lower, green-gray shale 5 ft.
15 Limestone, granulo-crystalline, zoogene limestone, porous brown and yellow spots, fairly massive 2.5 ft.
14 Green-gray clay/shale 2 ft.
13 Brown, sandy, nodular, "honeycomb" bed 2 ft.
12 Platy yellow brown gray sandy shale 12 ft.
11 Soft coal 0.2 ft.
10 Impervious fossiliferous limy shale, Derbya abundant 1 ft.
9b Shale 0.5 ft.
9a Brown sandy shale 0.5 ft.
9 Soft coal 0.3 ft.
8 Sandy platy yellow-brown shale with brown streaks 11 ft.
7 Covered 21 ft.
6 Gray, very fossiliferous limestone, Pustula, bryozoans (slumped) 0.5 ft.
5 Covered shale 1.5 ft.
4 Limestone, yellow-brown, irregular bedding, very fossiliferous, crinoids abundant, Chonetes, Derbya, some fusulinids 2.5 ft.
3 Gray clayey shale, soft 7 ft.
2 Impervious gray soft limestone, fusulinids 2.5 ft.
1a Light-gray sandy shale and sandstone, jointed 43 ft.
1 Dark gray fossiliferous limestone, T. ocut, brachiopods (Maple Hill)  

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