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Sec. 16, T. 3 S., R. 7 E
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Section at bridge across Creek 3 miles south of Marysville on the West side of the Big Blue River
Measured By Beede and Sellards, 1905 (p. 89-90)
(Legal location estimated)
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
28 Limestone 5+ ft.
27 Covered 10 ft.
26 Limestone, shaly 3 ft.
25 Limestone with fossils and a little chert 2 ft.
24 Shales, yellow, with fossils 1.4 ft.
23 Limestone with 3 to 4 layers of concretionary chert 3.33 ft.
22 Shale, calcareous, or marl 0.75 ft.
21 Limestone with thick chert layer below and 4 inch layer in upper part 2 ft.
20 Limestone with 7 layers of concretionary chert 5.5 ft.
19 Limestone with 4 layers of concretionary chert 4 ft.
18 Shales, fossiliferous, equals layers below flint at Marysville 0.5 ft.
17 Limestone, argillaceous 3 ft.
16 Shales, red and green with sandstone layer 14 ft.
15 Sandstone, soft red 1.25 ft.
14 Shales, clayey, blue, olive, and green 19 ft.
13 Limestone, blue 1 ft.
12 Shales, blue clayey 3 ft.
11 Talus, by barometer 25 ft.
10 Shales, green, showing in creek bank 1.5 ft.
9 Covered, creek bed 3 ft.
8 Limestone, gray, clayey 2 ft.
7 Limestone, very compact with smooth fracture, solid geodes 1 ft.
6 Limestone, very dark blue, argillaceous 5 ft.
5 Limestone, 6 inches to 1 foot, with fragments of fossils beneath bridge 1 ft.
4 Chert 0.41-0.5 ft.
3 Limestone, blue with fragments of fossils 0.5 ft.
2 Chert 0.33 ft.
1 Limestone, thin layers below high water at the mouth of the creek. Farther out in the river a layer of chert may be seen at low water  


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