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Sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 1 W
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Measured By R.O. Kulstad
Unit No. Description Thickness
15 Limestone (or siltstone) grading into overlying soil 2.0 ft.
14 Shale, varicolored 3.5 ft.
13 Gypsum, red and blue 2.0 ft.
12 Shale, blue 2.0 ft.
11 Gypsum, red and blue 1.0 ft.
10 Shale, gray 1.5 ft.
9 Gypsum, massive, white 1.0 ft.
8 Shale, blue and gray 3.5 ft.
7 Covered interval 4.0 ft.
6 Gypsum, white, massive, with large (1/2") selenite crystals 4.5 ft.
5 Shale, gray-green, beds of satinspar paralleling and cutting the shale bedding 7.0 ft.
4 Gypsum, white and yellowish-white, with black selenite crystals (average) 2.0 ft.
3 Shale, gray-green 1.1 ft.
2 Alternating bands of black gypsum and shale. At the top of the sequence is a 0.2' bed of white gypsum 2.0 ft.
1 Gypsum, black to gray, banded 2.0 ft.

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