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Sec. 18, T. 16 S., R. 9 E
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1 mile East of Council Grove, on South side of US Highway 50 N
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
14 Limestone, shaly at the base 1.5 ft.
13 Limestone, massive, harder on top 1.5 ft.
12 Limestone, massive, base flaggy 1.7 ft.
11 Limestone, with float band at top 2 ft.
10 Limestone, with two flint bands in upper part. Enteletes below the upper, thicker band 1.8 ft.
9 Flint 1 ft.
8 Shale, calcareous, with crinoids joints and Composita 1.5 ft.
7 Limestone with three flint bands, Wellerella in first and second (from the bottom) and in between 2.2 ft.
6 Limestone 0.3 ft.
5 Shale, calcareous, with quartz veins, Chonetes granulifer, Derbya crassa, Composita, Orbiculoidea, Wellerella, Juresania, Ambocoelia, bryozoa, Schizostania, crinoid joints. In basal 1 ft. shells are encrusted by algal growth 3.5 ft.
4 Limestone, clayey, with Pinna 0.5 ft.
3 Shale, gray, clayey 1 ft.
2 Vein of quarry 0.1 ft.
1 Covered, mostly shale + 5 ft.

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