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Coffey County

Sec. 11, T. 22 S., R. 15 E
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Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Sandstone remnant  
2 Covered clay shale 65 ft.
3 Irregular buff, cryptozoan limestone with brachiopods and sponges +/- 3 ft.
4 Shale, poorly shown, lower half brack 3 ft.
5 Blocky, dense blue limestone with Cryptozoan and fusulinids 0.8 ft.
6 Shale, covered, mostly green to drab 35 ft.
7 Buff massive limestone, lower 3 ft. most massive with brachiopods and T. secalius 11 ft.
8 Gray silty shale with plant debris + 8 ft.
  Probably all of #1 and #2 are in the Heumader Shale  

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