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Coffey County

Sec. 10, T. 20 S., R. 17 E
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Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Composite made from sections 10, 11, and 15
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Massive buff sandstone, remnant + 5 ft.
2 Clay shale, gray 50 ft.
3 Wavy, light gray limestone with cryptozoon 9 ft.
4 Shale, lower half black, fissile, with phoyh. concretions 3 ft.
5 Dense blue limestone with fusulinids, blochy 0.9 ft.
6 Covered shale 28 ft.
7 Buff heavy limestone with fusulinids 7 ft.
8 Gray and buff, sandy shale 15 ft.
9 Coal (Williamsburg) 1 ft.
10 Underclay 1 ft.
11 Covered sandy beds +/- 7 ft.
12 Interbedded silty limestone and shale with crinoid stems locally weathers like sandstone + 4 ft.
  Beds 1 and 2 are probably in the Heumader member  

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