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Sec. 28, T. 2 S., R. 7 E
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Ninth and Carolina Streets, Marysville (Section estimated)
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: IV-11
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Florence limestone formation  
20 Limestone, shaly, with two flint bands 2 ft.
19 Limestone, massive, with four flint bands 4 ft.
18 Limestone, massive, with three flint bands widely spaced and three flint bands close together. Fusulinids in the second and third of the upper three bands. Composita small and round below fusulinid zone. 4.5 ft.
17 Shale, limy, very fossiliferous: Chonetes, Derbyia, Dictyoclostus americanus, bryozoa 0.8 ft.
16 Limestone, very fossiliferous 1 ft.
15 Limestone, solid, with flint band in the middle, very fossiliferous: crinoid joints, bryozoa and others, Dictyoclostus americanus at the base 1 ft.
14 Limestone, shaly, fossiliferous 0.2 ft.
13 Mudstone, massive, blue-gray, with Allorisma. At the base Dictyoclostus, Juresania, slightly above the base, Allorisma, Schizodus 1 ft.
12 Shale, blue-green 2.5 ft.
11 Shale, dark-green 1 ft.
10 Shale, light-green 0.5 ft.
9 Shale, brick-red 0.5 ft.
8 Shale, green 3 ft.
7 Shale, maroon (thickness merged with unit 8)  
6 Shale, green (thickness merged with unit 8)  
5 Shale, brick-red 1.5 ft.
4 Shale, calcareous, light-green 0.6 ft.
3 Shale, brick-red 1.8 ft.
2 Shale, dark-green 0.6 ft.
1 Shale, brick-red, calcareous 2 ft.


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