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Sec. 17, T. 20 S., R. 15 E
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Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Big Springs and Beil, poorly shown  
2 Greenish clay shale below, calcareous in upper part, filled above with very fine Myalina subquadrata, Astartella, and Nuculana arata 13 ft.
3 Calcareous brown sandstone, filled with mollusks, very limy at top 2 ft.
4 Gray clay shale 7 ft.
5 Riffled sandstone 4 ft.
6 Covered shale 12 ft.
7 Osagia Limestone 1.5 ft.
8 Shaly nodular limestone with Derbya, Chonetes transversalis, and Myalina 5 ft.
9 Limestone in creek bed  

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