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Sec. 10, T. 15 S., R. 13 E
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On road between sections 10 and 15 in the SE 1/4 of sec. 10, down ditch in pasture
Measured By R.E. O'Connor, July 23, 1950
Remarks: Photo 70-A-14 (Hand Leveled)
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Shale, bluish-gray, calcareous, caliche-like nodules weathering out of it 2.5 ft.
2 Limestone, gray, weathers brownish-gray with yellow-brown, very uneven top, solution channeled; contains Cryptozoan algae, horn coral, fusulines, (large-weather out all over the ground), crinoid stems, brachiopod fragments 2.0 +/- ft.
3 Sandstone, gray and yellow-brown, hard, well cemented, calcareous, grades into loose sand below 0.85 ft.
4 Sandstone, yellow-brown and gray, loose, sandstone, platelets throughout, micaceous 13.4 ft.
5 Sandstone and shale, gray shale and yellow-brown sandstone, poorly bedded; grades into below 5.7 ft.
6 Shale, gray, very sandy and micaceous 20.0 +/- ft.

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