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Sec. 31, T. 15 S., R. 5 W
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Center E line SE NW NE NW
Measured By N. Plummer and J. Romary, Jan. 5, 1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
8 Covered 1.7 ft.
7 Clay, gray, fairly plastic, with some yellow streaks: a 2" yellow streak 1.25' from bottom; a 1" kaolin streak 4 1/2' from top; some fine gypsum above kaolin 6.7 ft.
6 Sandstone, yellow, clayey 0.1 ft.
5 Clay, yellow and pink 0.4 ft.
4 Covered 1.8 ft.
3 Clay, light gray and red, mottled, red mostly hematite, contains chunks of limonitic sandstone, maybe slump or conglomerate 3.0 ft.
2 Sandstone, yellow and gray, medium grain 1.25 ft.
1 Clay, gray, plastic, with some yellow stain, leaf fossils 3.0 ft.
0 Clay, gray, plastic, with 2" yellow streak at top and in middle 1.8 ft.

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