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Coffey County

Sec. 2, T. 21 S., R. 14 E
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Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Shale  
2 Buff, wavy limestone, crowded with T. cullomensis 3 ft.
3 Gray, silty, clayey shale with zone of batostonellids at the top 17 ft.
4 Dense blue limestone, pyritiferous, with cryptozoon Syringopora, at Triticites, cf. ventriconus 2.5 ft.
5 Dark gray clay shale, flaky 3 ft.
6 Blocky blue limestone with worm trails and fusulinids (small) and Belerophons 1 ft.
7 Gray shale, limy 2.5 ft.
8 Marlite, yellow, nodular, unifossiliferous 1 ft.
9 Gray, limy shale 10 ft.
10 Blocky, bluish limestone with very tiny fusulinids covered interval down to top of sandstone 11 ft.

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