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Sec. 29, T. 16 S., R. 7 E
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Recently opened quarry
Measured By W. Ives, 08/12/1953
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Rock remains approximately the same color throughout the entire section - that being a yellowish white or a very light yellowish gray; bedding is very variable ranging from thick through medium to thin; weathers to a mottled yellowish-brown; a few brachipods and crinoid fragments present but rather sparse; rock looks and feels powdery, (Con't-->) 16.5 ft.
but is really hard and tends to break into blocks; sometimes the bedding planes cease and rock becomes a massive, very thick unit which does not seem to otherwwwise change character; occasional thin layers contain fossil fragments and what may be algae  

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