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Sec. 9, T. 16 S., R. 9 E
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4 miles East of Council Grove, on North side of Highway 50 North, West of school house
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
20 Limestone with flint bands (Threemile limestone of Wreford) with Wellerella, Rhipidomella (small) and Composita  
19 Shale, calcareous with Chonetes etc 3.1 ft.
18 Limestone, shaly; with Pinna in erect position, Aviculopecten, Derbya, Juresania 1 ft.
17 Shale, yellowish green, to green below 1.9 ft.
16 Limestone 0.2 ft.
15 Shale, green, with calcareous veins in upper part 2.3 ft.
14 Shale, maroon 1.5 ft.
13 Shale, green, interbedded with calcareous veins 1.2 ft.
12 Shale, maroon 2.3 ft.
11 Shale, purple, with few blueish-green spots 3 ft.
10 Covered 4 ft.
Continued in next exposeure West  
9 Limestone, flaggy 2.5 ft.
8 Limestone, shaly, splittery 2.5 ft.
7 Shale, calcareous 2 ft.
6 Shale, black and gray, mottled, splitter 6 ft.
5 Limestone, tough, with Juresania? 0.5 ft.
4 Limestone, shaly 0.5 ft.
3 Shale, calcareous 1 ft.
2 Limestone, conquinoid, with numerous bryozoa and fragmentary fossils 2 ft.
1 Shale, mostly covered 5 ft.

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