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Sec. 36, T. 27 S., R. 16 E
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Railroad cut
Measured By Newell
C.N. side 3-27-17 there is 3 ft. or so of block fissile shale below a limestone in Stanton. Structural relations bring Stanton so low topographically that the thickness or characters of the limestone under block shale cannot be determined Exposure of Capt Cr and Vilas immediately Northwest of here are normal but upper part of Capt Cr is commonly eroded. I believe this block shale to be a local facies of Eudora.
Unit No. Description Thickness
5 Bluish-gray, veined, thin-bedded and wavy, rather unfossiliferous + 6 ft.
4 Gray, limy shale, very fossiliferous, brachipod etc. 1.7 ft.
3 Gray and buff granular limestone 0.3 ft.
2 Gray limy shale, unfossiliferous 0.5 ft.
1 Heavy bedded, dense, gray limestone, brachiopods  

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