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Marshall County

Sec. 16, T. 4 S., R. 7 E
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Blue Rapids shale, 1 1/4 miles north of Blue Rapids, Kansas
Measured By Condra and Upp, 1931 (p. 22)
(Legal location estimated)
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
11 Shale, gray, argillaceous; dark and bedded at middle; calcareous and very fossiliferous in basal 1 foot which carries many specimens of Thamniscus octonarius, and some specimens of Septopora, Derbyia, etc. 6 ft.
10 Limestone, gray, fossiliferous, with high-spired gastropods, Thamniscus, Polypora, Fenestella, Septopora, etc.< 1 ft.
9 Shale, gray 1 ft.
8 Limestone, gray, blocky, grannular, with gastropods and some ostracods 0.42 ft.
7 Shale, olive colored, with nodular lime at top 1.5 ft.
6 Shale, not so plastic as division 5, weathers buff 1.83 ft.
5 Shale, red, with some gray 3 ft.
4 hale, gray, with platy seams 1.5 ft.
3 Limestone, gray, with crinoid joints in upper portion 1.5 ft.
2 Shale, gray, with some calcareous material 1.5 ft.
1 Mudstone, dark gray, bedded, loosely indurated 2.5 ft.


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