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Sec. 5, T. 15 S., R. 5 W
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WNW of Brookville
Measured By N. Plummer, Jan. 1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
9 Residual, contains chunks of sandstone 2.6 ft.
8 Shale, gray with horizontal thin yellow sandstone bands, contains gypsum 2.7 ft.
7 Clay, very sandy, sand is yellow, clay is gray, more sand toward bottom, gypsum in bottom, band of concretionary hematite 3.6 ft.
6 Clay, silty, gray 0.8 ft.
5 Sandstone to silt, gray and yellow, fine 0.8 ft.
- Unconformity  
4 Clay and shale, gray, silty, thin bedded; sulfur yellow in horizontal joints 2.6 ft.
3 Clay, shaley, dark gray, sulfur yellow in joints, gypsum present 3.3 ft.
2 Clay and shale, silty, dark gray, yellow banded 0.5' at top and a narrow one 0.6' from bottom 3.0 ft.
1 Silt, clayey, gray, horizontally bedded, some shale streaks toward bottom and top; slight yellow in center 5.8 ft.

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