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Coffey County

Sec. 10, T. 22 S., R. 14 E
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Southwest of sec. 10 and Northwest of sec. 15
Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Blocky dense blue limestone 1.5 ft.
2 Mostly maroon shale 32 ft.
3 Sandstone +/- 3 ft.
4 Covered shale, some maroon 14 ft.
5 Borwn to yellow angular limestone with Osagia and shell fragments 2 ft.
6 Shale covered 30 ft.
7 Bluish and buff limestone with large Triticites cf ventricosus, Syringopora, and Campophyllums 2 ft.
8 Earthy gray limestone with a few T cullomensis 2.5 ft.
9 Gray clay shale 0.8 ft.
10 Even gray limestone with T cullomensis 1 ft.
11 Green clay 3 ft.
12 Ocher unfossiliferous shaly limestone (top of Beil) 1 ft.

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