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Sec. 23, T. 17 S., R. 9 E
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Measured By M.M. Elias, 1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
30 Limestone, mottled brown and gray, coquinoid, massive 5 ft.
29 Limestone, light gray, coquinoid, massive 3 ft.
28 Shale, slaty, gray 5.5 ft.
27 Shale, black 0.5 ft.
26 Shale, slaty, gray 2 ft.
25 Shale, calcareous 0.4 ft.
24 Shale, gray 3.6 ft.
23 Limestone, flaggy, light gray to bluish, fossiliferous 3 ft.
22 Limestone, shaly 1.5 ft.
21 Shale 10 ft.
20 Limestone, gray, fossils on top and rusty molds in basal 0.5 ft., plants? 1.5 ft.
19 Covered 2.5 ft.
18 Limestone, mottled, brownish-gray and green 1 ft.
17 Shale, greenish gray 5.5 ft.
16 Shale, limy, mottled green and gray 1 ft.
15 Shale, green 1.5 ft.
14 Shale, purple 1 ft.
13 Boxwork (net of veins), very cavernous, light gray 1 ft.
12 Shale, maroon 2.5 ft.
11 Limestone, light gray 2 ft.
10 Shale, maroon 2.5 ft.
9 Shale, green 3 ft.
8 Limestone, brown, oolitic 1 ft.
7 Shale 5 ft.
6 Limestone, shaly 0.5 ft.
5 Shale 1.5 ft.
4 Limestone, with fusulinids 1 ft.
3 Shale, covered 10 ft.
2 Shale, yellowish green, clayey 8 ft.
1 Limestone, flaggy, light bluish-gray 3 ft.

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