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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 4, T. 14 S., R. 13 E
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In the NE of the SE down north-facing hill to creek
Measured By R.E. O'Connor, Aug. 18, 1950
Remarks: Photo 70-A-5
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, green-gray, weathers yellow-brown to nearly white; impure silty, massive, grades into below 0.7 ft.
2 Shale, green, calcareous, medium-bedded, some yellow-brown in lower part, mostly covered 1.0 +/- ft.
3 Limestone, tan to tan-gray, weathers nearly white, fairly hard, massive, sandy 0.9 +/- ft.
4 Shale, yellow-brown with some blue-gray, calcareous, thin-bedded 0.5 +/- ft.
5 Limestone, blue-gray, weathers light yellow-brown, fairly hard; fusulines, brachiopod fragments, Hustedia, Chonetes, Dictyoclostus, crinoid stems; top part rather shelly with shale partings with the lower part rather massive 1.7 +/- ft.
6 Shale, yellow-brown 0.3 ft.
7 Coal 0.2 ft.
8 Underclay 0.1 ft.
9 Shale, yellow-brown and blue-gray, becomes more yellow-brown and sandy in lower part 4.0 ft.
10 Limestone, gray to blue-gray, weathers yellow-brown, shaly, fairly soft, massive, grades into below; Aviculopecten, Marginifera, brachiopod fragments, bryozoans, crinoid stems, Myalina, Dictyoclostus 1.5 ft.
11 Sandstone, yellow-brown, micaceous, poorly cemented 11.0 ft.

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