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Sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 6 E
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One mile East of Junction City
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Holmesville Shale Formation  
101 Limestone, crystalline (secondary?) 2 ft.
100 Shale, calcareous to chalky  
99 Mudstone, geodic 10 ft.
98 Limestone, splittery, with pelecypods 1.5 ft.
97 Shale, clayey 2 ft.
96 Mudstone, splittery, in 1 part pelecypods, Pleurophorus?, Orbiculoidea, and impressions of sea-weeds 4.5 ft.
95 Shale, calcareous, in 1 part with Derbya, pinna, and Straparollus 2 ft.
94 Mudstone, splittery; with Derbya and Linoproducts throughout; Composita, Allorisma, Pinna, and echinoid remains in 1 part 1 ft.
93 Shale, calcareous 0.5 ft.
  Fort Riley Limestone Member  
92 Limestone, massive, light-gray, with vertical flint veins at the top. Meekella at the top. Throughout the bed small and mostly fragmentary fossils among which can be recognized small crinoid joints, bryozoa, and spines of brachiopods 4.5 ft.
  Oketo Shale Member  
91 Shale, calcareous, with Ambocoelia and echinoid remains 0.5 ft.
90 Limestone, massive with Dictyoclostus and bryozoa, and with Allorisma at the base 2 ft.
89 Shale, calcareous, to mudstone, with Composita, Ambocoelia, Meekella, Bryozoa, Pelecypods, and Straparollus 5 ft.
88 Limestone, massive, with two flint bands in 1 part 1.7 ft.
87 Shale, calcareous 0.8 ft.
  Florence Limestone Member  
86 Limestone, massive, with two flint bands, Dictyoclostus, Derbya 0.8 ft.
85 Limestone, massive 0.9 ft.
84 Limestone, massive, with flint band near the top 1 ft.
83 Limestone, largely replaced by flint, with Dictyoclostus, Myalina, Meekella, and stony bryozoa 1.1 ft.
82 Shale, calcareous, with Composita, Derbya, Dictyoclostus 1.8 ft.
81 Limestone, massive, one band of flint near top; 1 half almost entirely replaced by flint 1.5 ft.
80 Limestone, with two bands of flint. Rhombopora in upper part 1.5 ft.
79 Shale, calcareous 0.5 ft.
78 Limestone, with thin band of flint near the top and thick band of flint at the base 1 ft.
77 Limestone 1.5 ft.
76 Limestone with four flint bands 2 ft.
75 Limestone with one flint band 1 ft.
74 Limestone with three thin flint bands in the middle and one heavier flint band at the top 3.2 ft.
73 Limestone, with thick flint band in the middle and thin flint bands a the the top and base 1.6 ft.
72 Limestone with two heavy flint bands. Rhombopora common 2.7 ft.
71 Limestone with two flint bands 0.8 ft.
70 Shale, calcareous 0.2 ft.
69 Limestone with six flint bands. The upper 3 heavier and distantly spaced, the 1 three thinner and close together. Triticites ventricosus and Rhombopora in the fifth flint band from the base and between the fifth and sixth bands 4.5 ft.
  Blue Springs Shale Formation  
68 Shale, calcareous 0.7 ft.
67 Mudstone, somewhat splittery 0.8 ft.
66 Shale, calcareous 0.5 ft.
65 Mudstone. In this and the two higher beds Dictyoclostus, Composita, and crinoid joints 0.8 ft.
64 Shale, calcareous 0.7 ft.
63 Mudstone, with Juresania, Derbya and pelecypods 0.4 ft.
62 Shale, dark-gray to black (bituminous) 0.3 ft.
61 Mudstone, gray, massive 1.9 ft.
60 Shale, green 6.5 ft.
59 Shale, red 1 ft.
58 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
57 Shale, red 1.1 ft.
56 Shale, green 0.6 ft.
55 Shale, maroon 1.5 ft.
54 Shale, green 0.3 ft.
53 Shale, maroon 1 ft.
52 Shale, green 1 ft.
51 Shale, dark-blue 0.5 ft.
50 Shale, red 0.3 ft.
49 Shale, green with two thin mudstone beds near the top and one near the base 4.7 ft.
48 Shale, maroon 1 ft.
47 Shale, green, with dark blue bands 2.5 ft.
46 Mudstone with Derbya, Composita, Juresania and Bryozoa 1 ft.
45 Shale, yellowish gray 3 ft.
44 Shale, dark bluish-gray, massive 6 ft.
43 Limestone, gray 0.7 ft.
42 Shale, gray, at the base calcareous with Juresania, Hustedia, and echinoid remains 8.5 ft.
41 Limestone, tough, buff, with Myalina and Aviculopecten at the top 1.6 ft.
  Wymore Shale Formation  
40 Shale 0.5 ft.
39 Mudstone 0.5 ft.
38 Shale, calcareous, splittery 1.5 ft.
37 Mudstone, yellowish gray, splittery 2 ft.
36 Shale, somewhat calcareous 1.8 ft.
35 Limestone 0.3 ft.
34 Shale, somewhat calcareous 3.4 ft.
33 Limestone, tough, gray, with small gastropods 0.3 ft.
32 Shale, green, calcareous in the middle 4.5 ft.
31 Shale, maroon 1 ft.
30 Shale, mottled, maroon and dark green 2.5 ft.
29 Shale, green 1 ft.
28 Limestone, gray, fossiliferous 2 ft.
  Schroyer Limestone Member  
27 Limestone with heavy flint band. Large Derbya at top 1 ft.
26 Covered 45.5 ft.
25 Limestone, tough, light-gray, cavernous, few fossils + 1 ft.
24 Shale, green 0.7 ft.
23 Shale, maroon 1.4 ft.
22 Shale, green, with maroon lens near the top 1.8 ft.
21 Shale, purple 1.1 ft.
20 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
19 Shale, purple 0.6 ft.
18 Mudstone, light-green 1.9 ft.
17 Shale, maroon 0.5 ft.
16 Mudsonte, light-green 2 ft.
15 Shale, green 6 ft.
14 Shale, calcareous, with Juresania and bryozoa 2 ft.
13 Shale, light-green, banded 6 ft.
12 Mudstone, greenish-gray 1 ft.
11 Shale, green 2.1 ft.
10 Shale, maroon 0.4 ft.
9 Shale, calcareous, bluish-green 0.7 ft.
8 Mudstone, light-green 1.8 ft.
7 Shale, calcareous, bluish-green 1 ft.
6 Shale, maroon 0.4 ft.
5 Shale, green 2.2 ft.
4 Sahle, gray, calcareous 1 ft.
3 Mudstone, gray, flaggy 3 ft.
2 Shale, calcareous, gray 1 ft.
1 Shale, black, splittery, with Orbiculoidea + 1 ft.

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