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Sec. 23, T. 16 S., R. 8 E
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West side of Highway 13 & 57 South of Elm Creek, South of Council Grove
Measured By Maxim M. Elias, 06/15/1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
49 Limestone flint lenticular. Composite Dictyoclostus  
48 Yelloish shale, contact with above not seen, small nodules of flint in upper part 8 ft.
47 Limestone gray 1 ft.
46 Shale light gray 3 ft.
45 Limestone Coquina gray, small brach, Composita Meekella?, Myalina, Bryozoa, Crinoid Joints, Derbya? 1.5 ft.
44 Shale light gray, quartz veins, bryozoa under lime above 4.5 ft.
43 Limestone flint, Chouetes 2 ft. below top, Fenestrate Bryozoa, Composita Juresania, Enteletes 14.5 ft.
42 Shale light gray, Composita 1 ft.
41 Limestone flint band 0.5 ft.
40 Limestone 2 flint bands, Wellerella 1.5 ft.
39 Limestone gray 0.5 ft.
38 Shale light gray, Lingula, Derbya crassa, numerous Chouetes, Dictyoclostus, Fenestrate, Bryozoa 3.5 ft.
37 Limestone gray massive, weathers nodular, finely banded 3.5 ft.
36 Shale greenish gray hard 1 ft.
35 Limestone very thin 2-3 in.
34 Shale greenish gray hard 2 ft.
33 Shale soft greenish 1 ft.
32 Shale yellow soft 0.5 ft.
31 Shale soft greenish 0.5 ft.
30 Shale maroon upper part purple 3 ft.
29 Shale light gray limy 2 ft.
28 Limestone light gray Stilolites 9 ft.
27 Shale light gray quartz nodules 0.5 ft.
26 Limestone gray 0.5 ft.
25 Shale light gray 0.5 ft.
24 Limestone lower part dense upper broken & shaly 1 ft.
23 Shale brown limy streaks 1.5 ft.
22 Limestone banded yellow & gray 0.5 ft.
21 Shale brown limy streaks 1.5 ft.
20 Limestone dense light gray mottled with dark, Gastro molds 1 ft.
19 Shale yellowish brown 1 ft.
18 Shaley gray & black mottled 3.5 ft.
17 Shale yellowish brown 1.5 ft.
16 Limestone hard dark bluish gray flint nodules 0.5 ft.
15 Shale yellowish brown limy 1 ft.
14 Limestone Coquina light gray Juresania 3 ft.
13 Shale yellowish gray 3 ft.
12 Shale gray with black mottled 6 ft.
11 Limestone finely banded 0.5 ft.
10 Shale bluish gray 2 ft.
9 Shale greenish brown 1 ft.
8 Shale soft yellowsh brown 2.5 ft.
7 Shale light bluish gray 0.5 ft.
6 Shale dark green 2 ft.
5 Shale light gray 3 ft.
4 Shale mottle green limy 1 ft.
3 Limestone light gray dense banded Alga in upper 1 ft. 3 ft.
2 Shale dark bluish gray slaty banded weathers to light brown 5 ft.
1 Limestone brown dense rusted small fossils in lwer part + 1 ft.

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