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Sec. 31, T. 15 S., R. 5 W
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Center W line NW NE NW
Measured By N. Plummer and J. Romary, Jan. 5, 1939
Remarks: Composite of 3 pits
Unit No. Description Thickness
8 Covered 0.8 ft.
7 Clay, gray and brownish, with balls or pellets of limonite 1.0 ft.
6 Clay, gray, plastic, with yellow stain, soil and roots from surface, probably similar to beds 4 and 5 2.25 ft.
5 Clay, gray, smooth, plastic, slight yellow stain in joints, a yellow streak at top and 6.25' from top; kaolin streak 4.6' from top; leaf fossils 6.5 ft.
4 Clay, gray, plastic to slightly sandy, with very slight yellow stain, pink streak at top (lignitic) 4.0 ft.
3 Sandstone, partly clayey, some yellow stain, vertical limonite concretions 5.6 ft.
2 Sandstone, massive 2.0 ft.
1 Clay, sandy and sandstone, clayey, obliquely, roughly interbedded, probably interfingering or lenticular, gray, with limonitic yellow, one limonite concretion with hematite inside 6.0 ft.

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