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Sec. 16, T. 15 S., R. 13 E
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Down road ditch on west side of sec. 16 in east road ditch to creek and in creek bank
Measured By H.G. O'Connor, Oct. 1949
Remarks: Altimeter and direct top measurements
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, gray, weathers brown, hard, massive, contains crinoids, Chonetes, Dictyoclostus, fusulines, bryozoans 1.9 ft.
2 Shale, calcareous, gray 0.5 ft.
3 Shale, greenish-gray and tan, sandy micaceous in part 14 +/- ft.
4 Limestone, silty, gray, molluscan 1.0 +/- ft.
5 Shale, gray and buff 10.0 +/- ft.
6 Limestone, gray 0.8 +/- ft.
7 Shale 4 +/- ft.
8 Coal 0.1 +/- ft.
9 Shale, gray and buff, slightly sandy in places, limonite concretions in lower part 23 +/- ft.
10 Limestone, gray, weathers tan, very fossiliferous in upper part, brachiopods, crinoids, bryozoans, tiny fusulines 0.7 +/- ft.
11 Shale, partly covered, tan and gray 13.0 +/- ft.
12 Limestone, gray with reddish tan, weathers shelly, contains bryozoans, Myalina, Pinna, fusulines, crinoids, brachiopods 0.8 ft.
13 Shale, partly covered 5 +/- ft.
14 Limestone, gray green, fairly massive in upper part, shaly in lower part; contains fusulines, bryozoans, brachiopods, clams, and snails; exposed 3.0 +/- ft.

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