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Coffey County

Sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 16 E
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New highway NW of Waverly
Measured By Newell, 05/1936
compare with 14-19-16 exceptional exposures
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Wavy Buff Limestone, remnant + 3 ft.
2 Poorly shown shale, about 0.5 ft.
3 Blocky limestone with fusulinids 0.4 ft.
4 Gray and buff clay with abundant Myalina at top 12 ft.
5 Coal 0.3 ft.
6 Underclay +/- 1 ft.
7 Silty shale, maroon at top 2 ft.
8 Brown limestone, granular, filled with Sedgewikia, and Myalina f. Meekella 0.1 ft.
9 Silty and ferruginious buff shale 4 ft.
10 Sandy red and buff limestone filled with Mollusks, mainly Myalina, locally oolitic 1.5 ft.
11 Local lens of calcareous limestone (hiatus at base of ?) 2 ft.
12 Bluish clay shale 11 ft.
13 Oolitic and Argilloceous Limestone, irregular, contains clams, Myalina, chonetes, and Batostomella 2 ft.
14 Shaly, nodular, Molluscan 2.5 ft.
15 Bockly osagia limestone (looks similar to limestone 35 ft. aboved Kereford at 14-19-16, but not certain) 1.5 ft.
16 Earthy calcareous shale + 0.5 ft.

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