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Sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 14 E
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Measured By Newell, 04/1936
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Drab to buff, nodular Osagia limestone with mollusks 2 ft.
2 Nodular gray shale and limonite concretions basal 1 ft. filled with Chonetes transversalis 8 ft.
3 Earthy drab limestone with a few small fusulinids and Ambocoelia 1 ft.
4 Limy gray shale with upper 8 ft. containing Myalina subquadrata, Echinoconchus, crinoid stems, etc. 16 ft.
5 Platy limestone and interbedded shale filled with Chonetes transversalis, Myalina subquadrata, Edmondia, Derbya, Pleurophorus 6 ft.
6 Gray and olive clay shale with limonite concretions 34 ft.
7 Dark bluish gray sandy oolite with Myalina and sendomonotis, upper part with Osagia 1.5 ft.
8 Yellow calcareous shale 2 ft.
9 Dark gray sandy limestone, oolitic at top with mollusks  
10 Platy shaly sandstone + 10 ft.
  (Add to 12 ft. ss at top of section at Southwest 1/4 4-23-14  

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