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Sec. 29, T. 15 S., R. 4 W
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North of Soldier's Cap Mound
Measured By N.V. Plummer, Oct. 15, 1938
Remarks: Composite section of pits
Unit No. Description Thickness
16 Cover, residual, yellow, sandy 3.5 ft.
15 Clay, yellow and gray, sandy; some yellow and gray clayey sand 3.2 ft.
14 Sandstone, yellow, massive, medium-grain 4-7 ft.
13 Clay, gray, sandy, in thin bands; not massive 4-7 ft.
12 Clay, gray, sandy, with clayey yellow sand in thin bands 5.7 ft.
11 Clay, sandy, gray, with limonitic streaks and thin yellow sandstones 1/2" - 2" thick 7.0 ft.
10 Sandstone, yellow, brown, resistant 0.8 ft.
9 Clay, gray, much thin sandstone 2.5-5 ft.
8 Clay, gray, semi-plastic, with thin limonite streaks. Two apparently lenticular sandstones, 4" to 6" maximum thickness 3.6 ft.
7 Clay, gray, sandy, with thin bands of limonitic yellow sandstone. One concretionary band 4.2 ft.
6 Sandstone, yellow, fine-grained 1.3 ft.
5 Clay, gray, plastic, slightly shaly, impure towards top (limonite and sand in small amounts); contains concretionary limonite and hematite in short thin lenses 3.25 ft.
4 Sandstone, coarse, concretionary, yellow 1.1 ft.
3 Clay, plastic, gray 1.2 ft.
2 Sandstone, light yellow, medium grained, clayey 1.3 ft.
1 Sandstone  

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