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Sec. 25, T. 2 S., R. 8 E
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Three miles east of Home City on Highway 36, SE 1/4 sec 25
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: II-8
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Three Mile limestone member  
29 Limestone, upper part made almost entirely of flint, in lower part two flint bands 3.5 ft.
28 Shale, calcareous 0.5 ft.
27 Limestone, with flint band in upper part 1 ft.
26 Shale, calcareous 0.4 ft.
25 Limestone, with flint band in upper part 1 ft.
  peiser shale formation  
24 Shale, gray, calcareous. Near the top Composita, Derbyia, Chonetes, Orbiculoidea. Near the base Derbyia, Myalina, Aviculopecten 3 ft.
23 Limestone, light-green, full of small fragments of fossils 1 ft.
22 Shale, greenish-gray to yellowish 2 ft.
21 Shale, dark-green 0.5 ft.
20 Shale, mottled dark-green and purple 0.5 ft.
19 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
18 Shale, purple 2.5 ft.
17 Shale, green, mottled with purple at the base 1 ft.
16 Shale, purple 0.5 ft.
15 Shale, green 1 ft.
14 Shale, purple 0.5 ft.
13 Shale, green 0.2 ft.
12 Shale, purple 2 ft.
11 Shale, light-green, harder in lower part 1.5 ft.
10 Shale, dark-green 0.5 ft.
9 Shale, light-green 0.5 ft.
8 Shale, red 1.5 ft.
7 Shale, green 0.5 ft.
  Funston limestone member  
6 Mudstone, light-green, with unidentifiable fossils 1.5 ft.
5 Shale, green 0.8 ft.
4 Shale, maroon 2 ft.
3 Shale, green 1 ft.
1 Limestone, shaly, cavernous, yellowish, full of small undeterminable fossils near the top 1.5 ft.
1 Shale, green  


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