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Sec. 31, T. 3 S., R. 7 E
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Wreford formation, east side Big Blue Valley, 1 1/4 miles south of Schroyer, Kansas; badly slumped
Measured By Condra and Upp, 1931, page 35
Remarks: Section no. 11
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Schroyer limestone  
9 Limestone, poorly exposed, cherty 5 ft.
8 Limestone, badly weathered, irregular 3.5 ft.
7 Limestone, dark gray, massive, uneven at top and bottom, grading into shaly lime 5-6 ft.
6 Limestone, shaly, slabby 3.5 ft.
5 Limestone, weathers slabby to shaly with Aviculopecten, etc. 3 ft.
4 Limestone, massive, irregular 1.66 ft.
  Havensville shale  
3 Shale, slabby 3 ft.
2 Shale, largely olive and gray and with some fossils 5 ft.
1 Four Mile limestone, cherty, massive, with thin shale partings 7.5-8 ft.

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