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Sec. 13, T. 22 S., R. 14 E
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Southeast corner of sec. 13 and Northeast corner of sec. 24
Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Gray shale  
2 Buff limestone filled with very small fusulinids 0.5 ft.
3 Shaly limestone filled with T cull. 1 ft.
4 Irregular buff limestone filled with T cull. 1 ft.
5 Shale, covered 1.5 ft.
6 Even gray limestone filled with T cull. 0.8 ft.
7 Gray clay shale 14 ft.
8 Limy, sandy shale & limestone with mollusks 1 ft.
9 Sandy shale with sandstone at top 5 ft.
10 Heavy irregular buff sandstone 4 ft.
11 Shale, upper 6 ft. olive, lower 4 ft. maroon 10 ft.
12 Brown very calcareous fossiliferous sandstone filled with well preserved clams 2 ft.
13 Covered shale 5 ft.
14 Gray osagia limestone with algal pebbled 2 ft.
15 Nodular shaly covered zone 1 ft.
16 Rusty nodular sandy osagia limestone with mollusks (clams) 2 ft.
17 Gray clay shale filled at base with ch. transv. 10 ft.
18 Drab even limestone 0.7 ft.
19 Fossiliferous limy shale with Myalina subquadrata  

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