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Wabaunsee County

Sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 11 E
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Along creek bank on county line
Measured By H.G. O'Connor, Oct. 1949
Remarks: Good Bennett and Glenrock exposed
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, light gray to white, porous, fine-grained to chalky, with some chert nodules in lower and middle parts. Contains Composita, crinoids and echinoid remains, spars bryozoans and algae. Fossils not abundant 8.0 +/- ft.
2 Shale, olive to gray, mottled with black in lower part. Argillaceous, calcareous, no fossils seen 2.4 ft.
3 Limestone, light gray to light tan, massive, one bed, weathers nearly white. Contains fusulines, echinoids and crinoid remains, Composita in upper 0.35', lower part is a conglomerate of small pebbles of limestone 1.8 ft.

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