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Sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 5 E
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Matfield formation in spur of upland southeast of Junction City, Kansas
Measured By Condra and Upp, 1931
Blue Springs Shale, slumped
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
17 Shale, olive, massive 7.5 ft.
16 Shale, red, with bands of greenish-gray 9 ft.
15 Mudstone, gray, probably correlative with the Bruno Limestone 1 ft.
14 Shale, largely red, some gray in bands 7 ft.
  Kinney Limestone  
13 Limestone, shaly or limy shale, greenish-gray, composed of Compositas, Productids, Myalinas, bryozoa, etc. 2.5 ft.
12 Shale, gray, limy, fossiliferous + 7 ft.
11 Limestone, gray 1.5 ft.
10 Mudstone and shale, olive to gray 4 ft.
9 Limestone, gray, massive, with pelecypods at top 2 ft.
  Wymore Shale  
8 Shale, olive to greenish-gray, loosely indurated 2.5 ft.
7 Mudstone, shaly, weathers platy 2.5 ft.
6 Shale, olive, limy 1 ft.
5 Mudstone, shaly, weathers bedded 2 ft.
4 Shale, olive 0.5 ft.
3 Limestone, gray, arenaceous 0.5 ft.
2 Shale, greenish-gray, with some calcareous aggregate 6 ft.
1 Covered slope 5.66 ft.

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