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Coffey County

Sec. 14, T. 21 S., R. 15 E
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Near bridge on highway north of Burlington, quarry
Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Good limestone exposures
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Heavy bedded earthy gray limestone with composita and worm borings? or fucoids? 3 ft.
2 Yellow interbedded platy silty limestone and shale with Myalina subquadrata at base 3 ft.
3 Gray calcareous shale, lower half covered 45 ft.
4 Wavy fine buff limestone with several shale, breaks 4 ft.
5 Gray limy shale 1 ft.
6 Massive fine, gray crystalline limestone with Enteletes 5.5 ft.
7 Dark shale  

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