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Sec. 34, T. 2 S., R. 7 E
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One-half mile east of Marysville, on Highway 36, NE corner sec. 34
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: IV-12
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Fort Riley limestone member  
11 Limestone, massive, porous and cavernous, with Aviculopecten, small Derbyia, Leda, and Bellerophon 3 ft.
10 Limestone, massive, soft with some chert at the top and scattered fossils: Meekella striaticostata, small Derbyia, small crinoid joints 2 ft.
  Oketo shale member  
9 Shale, bluish-gray, very fossiliferous, Derbyia and other fossils 5 ft.
8 Mudstone, bluish-gray, bedded with numerous echinoid spines 1 ft.
7 hale, bluish-gray, with two calcareous fossiliferous beds near the top: chiefly crinoid joints 4 ft.
6 Limestone, massive, numerous echinoid spines, also crinoid joints, Rhipidomella, Dictyoclostus americanus, stony bryozoa, Fenestella and others 1.6 ft.
  Florence limestone member  
5 Limestone, with bands of flint 4.8 ft.
4 Shale, calcareous, with weathered pyrite concretions 2.2 ft.
3 Limestone with bands of flint 3 ft.
2 Shale, limy, with Fenestella, stony bryozoa, Chonetes, Derbyia, Dictyoclostus americanus and others 1.7 ft.
1 Limestone with bands of flint 5 ft.


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