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Sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 7 E
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Unit No. Description Thickness
20 Shale green 8 ft.
19 Covered 4 ft.
18 Limestone, massive, porous, yellowish greenish gray with Murchissonia 4 ft.
17 Limestone, flaggy 2 ft.
16 Shale, yellowish green 1.5 ft.
15 Limestone, crystalline, dark brownish gray, with geodes 1.5 ft.
14 Shale, base covered 5 ft.
13 Limestone, light gray, coquinoid, with pleecypods 1.5 ft.
12 Shale 1 ft.
11 Limestone, light gray 1 ft.
10 Shale 0.5 ft.
9 Limestone, porous, light gray, upper half mostly covered 3 ft.
8 Shale, light gray 2 ft.
7 Mudstone, porous, light gray, partly cov 8 ft.
6 Limestone, massive, light gray, numerous small fossils: bryozoa, crinoid joints, spines of brachiopods (Ft. Riley) 6 ft.
5 Shale, light gray, somewhat calcareous, with Dictyoclosta, Derbya crassa, Meekella, Composita, byrozoa 8 ft.
4 Limestone, light gray, flint in lower part 2 ft.
3 Shale 1 ft.
2 Limestone, light gray with bryozoa and brachiopods 2 ft.
1 Mostly flint + 18 ft.

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