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Sec. 14, T. 28 S., R. 16 E
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Measured By Newell, 8/1938
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone, white, with Enteletes and fusulinids, lower 1 ft. dove-gray + 9 ft.
2 Same as 1 + 2 ft.
3 Shale, buff, limy 3 ft.
4 Limestone, dense, blue, algal, with Punctospirifer and Ambocoelia on top 0.3 ft.
5 Silty shale with a few Hypselentoma perbumerosa 4 ft.
6 Small limestone concretions 0.2 ft.
7 Silty gray shale, unfossiliferous 82 ft.
8 Limestone with sponges, poorly shown  

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