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Sec. 10, T. 14 S., R. 13 E
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Along the road bordering section on the south about the middle of the mile
Measured By R.E. O'Connor, Aug. 21, 1950
Remarks: Photo 70-A-5
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, gray-brown, weathers light gray to nearly white; porcelaneous, fairly hard, massive, somewhat impure, grades into shale below; Yoldia, Leda, brachiopod fragments, high spired gastropods in upper part, Myalina in lower part; sandy to silty throughout; upper more massive part separated from shelly lower part by a green shale locally 0.65 ft.
2 Shale, green, micaceous, slightly sandy, poorly bedded to somewhat blocky, fossiliferous (ostracods?) 1.2 ft.
3 Limestone, green to gray-green, weathers yellow-brown ... very impure, sandy and micaceous, shaly, fossiliferous (ostracods?) grades into below; not continuous 0.1 ft.
4 Shale, green with some red, mottled, sandy, micaceous, poorly bedded, calcareous, some impure limestone pebbles, grades into red shale below 0.9 +/- ft.
5 Shale, red, sandy and micaceous, poorly bedded, calcareous in part, limestone pebbles, grades laterally between pure red and red and green mottled; grades into below 2.8 +/- ft.
6 Shale, blue-gray and yellow-brown mottled, some green, somewhat clayey, poorly bedded to somewhat blocky 5.7 +/- ft.
7 Limestone, brown, weathers brown to yellow-brown, hard, massive; horn coral, brachiopod fragments, crinoid stems, Composita, Hustedia, bryozoans, Osagia, Chonetes, Ambocoelia, Meekella  
8 Shale, green to green-gray, poorly bedded, micaceous, calcareous especially near top, slightly sandy 4.7 +/- ft.
9 Siltstone, yellow, shaly in part 0.5 +/- ft.
10 Limestone, blue-gray, weathers brown to yellow-brown, hard, massive; Myalina, pelecypod fragments, Aviculopecten 0.8 +/- ft.
11 Shale, yellow-green, sandy and micaceous, some sandy limestone and some limestone pebbles of above limestone; grades into below 1.3 +/- ft.
12 Limestone, gray, slightly sandy, grades laterally and vertically between green shale and limestone, grades into below 0.7 +/- ft.
13 Limestone, green to gray-green, weathers nearly white, very sandy, micaceous, grades into shale below, massive, hard 0.35 +/- ft.
14 Shale, green to gray-green, sandy, micaceous, some sandstone, poorly bedded, calcareous, in part, grades into below 1.0 +/- ft.
15 Shale, yellow-brown, sandy and micaceous, calcareous, some limestone pebbles and nodules, poorly bedded, numerous discontinuities 3.5 +/- ft.

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