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Sec. 21, T. 16 S., R. 2 E
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N of "Insect Hill"
Measured By J.M. Jewett and R. Kulstad, June 23, 1952
Unit No. Description Thickness
8 Limestone, ashy gray, hard, blocks may not be in place  
7 Shale, yellow, limy, harder at base 1.8 ft.
6 Limestone, purplish-brown to bluish-gray, hard abundant Estheria 0.6 ft.
5 Shale, clayey, deeply weathered, grades into... 5.6 ft.
4 Shale, bluish-gray and yellow, very black in lower 1' +/- 5.5 ft.
3 Limestone, hard crystalline-borite? in upper part; lower gray, massive, blocky 2.0 ft.
2 Shale, gray, lignite at top, largely covered 17.7 ft.
1 Red clay, some gray, exposed 10.0 +/- ft.

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