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Coffey County

Sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 17 E
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1.5 miles East to 1 mile North of Waverly, Kansas., U.S. Highway 50 South
Measured By Maurice Wallace
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
6 Limestone, blue gray, medium grained to oolitic, very fossiliferous, gastropods varied and abundant, crinoid fragments, Osagia 1 ft.
5 Limestone, blue gray, fine grained, joints filled with calcite; snails, crinoid stems 0.5 ft.
4 Covered 3 ft.
3 Limestone, blue gray, weathers yellow brown, slabby, silty, fine grained, unfossiliferous 12 ft.
2 Limestone, blue gray, nodular, medium grained, comparatively hard, Myalina, Conularia, Wellerella, composita, fenestrate bryozoans 1 ft.
1 Clay and shale, olive brown, plastic, upper part contains abundant Myalinas and crinoid remains. Contains very small Ammodiscus 3.6 ft.

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