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Sec. 23, T. 21 S., R. 14 E
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Burlingame West Section
Measured By Holly C. Wagner, 04/1953
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, flaky, algal 0.2 ft.
2 Limestone, hard, blue, Caudigalli, moderate fusulinids 1.5 ft.
3 Shale, blue to green gray 2 ft.
4 Limestone, punky, orange 0.4 ft.
5 Covered interval, 2 thin fossiliferous limestone in center +/- 7 ft.
6 Limestone, Osagia, contains Derbyia, Dictyoclostus, fenestrate bryozoan, and chonetes 0.1 ft.
7 Covered interval 2.4 ft.
8 Limesetone, light gray, weathers grayis orange, fusulinids moderately profuse, especially in center, few in base, many at top. Contains Syringopora, Ottonosia, crinoid stems, Derbiya and Caninia +/- 5 ft.
9 Shale, light olive gray below to tan in upper half 2.1 ft.
10 Oolite bed 0.2 in.
11 Limestone, hard, dense, blue gray, profuse small fusulinids 0.5 ft.
12 Covered interval 4.3 ft.
13 Shale, light olive gray to tan, contains thin tan slatestone beds inter-laminated + 2 ft.
14 Limestone, hard, impure, yellowish brown Dictyoclostus, cytherellid ostracode, brachipods, clams 0.1 ft.
15 Shale, light olive gray to tan, very slightly silty 0.5 ft.

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