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Sec. 4, T. 17 S., R. 2 E
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On East side of Highway between Durham and Elmo
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
31 Mudstone, splittery + 1 ft.
30 Shale, gray 8.5 ft.
29 Shale, calcareous, splittery 1 ft.
28 Shale, gray 2.5 ft.
27 Mudstone, splittery 0.3 ft.
26 Shale, gray; lower half gray to dark gray, splittery 9.2 ft.
25 Limestone, rusty, irregular 0.1 ft.
24 Shale, dark gray 0.4 ft.
23 Mudstone 0.5 ft.
22 Shale, gray 5 ft.
21 Mudstone, splittery 1 ft.
20 Shale, gray 1 ft.
19 Mudstone, two thin beds 0.4 ft.
18 Shale, gray 0.3 ft.
17 Mudstone, splittery 0.3 ft.
16 Shale, dark gray 2.9 ft.
15 Mudstone, tough 0.1 ft.
14 Shale, gray 2 ft.
13 Limestone, tough, flaggy, with "salt-hoppers" 0.3 ft.
12 Covered (mostly shale) 5.7 ft.
11 Shale with two thin mudstone beds 0.8 ft.
10 Limestone, finely splitting; microfauna 0.2 ft.
9 Shale, dark gray 1.9 ft.
8 Limestone, hard, with fish scales and poor plant fragments 0.1 ft.
7 Shale, light gray to yellowish 11 ft.
6 Gypsum veins (horizontal) 0.2 ft.
5 Shale, gray with some gypsum 0.8 ft.
4 Gypsum, dark gray with white viens 1 ft.
3 Shale, greenish; purplish at the base 0.5 ft.
2 Gypsum, dark gray, with white veins 1.5 ft.
1 Shale, clayey, gray, Greenish to purplish at top, where also are few gypsum veins 1 ft.

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