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Dickinson County

Sec. 36, T. 14 S., R. 4 E
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1 3/4 mi. E of Woodbine
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: IV-1
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Cresswell Limestone Member  
33 Limestone, with band of flint nodules near the base 2 ft.
32 Limestone with few scattered flint nodules. Numerous echinoid remains, also Derbya 4 ft.
  Grant Shale Member  
31 Covered 12.5 ft.
  Stovall Limestone Member  
30 Limestone largely replaced by flint, with Dictyoclostus, Pinna, bryozoa, Myalina, few Derbya, Composita, echinoid and crinoid remains 2.4 ft.
- (Note: 1 1/2 mi. SW of Woodbine, below the Stovall limestone is exposed mudstone, 1' thick, with Myalina, Allorisma, and crinoid joints, and below this bed 1' thick calcareous shale with numerous Derbya and crinoid joints  
  Gage Shale Formation  
29 Covered 4.5 ft.
28 Shale, gray 3 ft.
27 Limestone, greenish-gray, splittery 1 ft.
26 Shale, green, with net of calcareous veinlets 5.5 ft.
25 Shale, purple 0.5 ft.
24 Shale, green 0.2 ft.
23 Shale, maroon 0.3 ft.
22 Shale, mottled, purple and green 0.2 ft.
21 Shale, maroon 2.2 ft.
20 Shale, green 0.1 ft.
19 Shale, maroon 1 ft.
18 Mudstone, green 0.2 ft.
17 Shale, maroon to red, occasionally green spots and breccias 13.5 ft.
16 Limestone, knotty, brecciated, crystalline, gray, yellow and pink, cavernous 1.5 ft.
15 Shale, mottled, green and pink 4.5 ft.
14 Shale, chalky, light-gray 1 ft.
13 Shale, gray, calcareous to "box work" 1 ft.
12 Limestone, yellow-gray, with small Murchisonia and microfauna (?) 1 ft.
11 Shale, chalky, yellow-gray 2 ft.
  Towanda Limestone Formation  
10 Limestone, rusty gray, splittery porous, with Murchisonia and microfauna (?) 1.2 ft.
9 Shale, gray 0.9 ft.
8 Mudstone, rusty-gray, porous, with Murchisonia and microfauna (?) 1 ft.
7 Shale, calcareous, rusty-gray, porous 1 ft.
6 Limestone, light gray, flaggy, cavernous near the top 1.5 ft.
5 Shale, calcareous 0.5 ft.
4 Limestone, light gray, splittery 2.5 ft.
3 Shale, gray, rusty 1.4 ft.
2 Limestone, gray, banded 0.1 ft.
  Holmesville Shale Members  
1 Shale, rusty gray 1 ft.

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