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Coffey County

Sec. 10, T. 21 S., R. 15 E
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Roadctus on highway and section line road to the east, 2 miles North of Burlington
Measured By Baptist, Noff, and Wallace
Covered interval to top of Plattsmouth at least 6 ft.
Unit No. Description Thickness
4 Shale, brown and blue, silty, fossiliferous with Myalina, euphemites, Euomphalus, Phorkidonotus, good collecting, exposed 18 ft.
3 Limestone, blue gray weathers buff, single ledge, fine grained, dense, smoth fracture 0.5 ft.
2 Limestone, earthy, weathers brown, slabby with buff shale partings 2.1 ft.
1 Limestone, blue gray, weathers brown, hard resistant irregular pitted weathering, gastropods, crinoid stems, fucoids 4.5 ft.

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