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Sec. 31, T. 15 S., R. 5 W
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Center NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
Measured By N. Plummer and J. Romary, Jan. 5, 1939
Remarks: Composite of 4 pits
Unit No. Description Thickness
7 Covered, residual clay and sand, contains fragments of red-brown sandstone 5.5 ft.
6 Clay, light gray, plastic with yellow and some red mottling, some granular hematite and limonite, contains sandy patches 4.3 ft.
5 Clay, yellow and gray, very sandy, some dark red stain 3.3 ft.
4 Clay, light gray, mostly plastic, with slight yellow stain, more in bottom 3' than top, contains plant fossils and dendritic kaolin at base, very thin 7.1 ft.
3 Clay, gray and yellow-orange, plastic, yellow-orange in small lenticular streaks, slight amount granular, limonite 4.7 ft.
2 Clay, gray, mostly plastic with very slight yellow stain, more silty toward bottom, dendritic black and lignite 5.5 ft.
1 Sandstone, gray, clayey, with some yellow stain 4.1 ft.

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