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Sec. 12, T. 29 S., R. 15 E
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Roadcut
Measured By Newell, 8/1938
Exposures only just fair
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Sandstone, red, fossiliferous + 4 ft.
2 Limestone, poorly exposed, irregular, crinoidal +/- 18 ft.
3 Shale, very fossiliferous, limy contains some limestone 6 ft.
4 Lmestone, massive, xln, not very fossiliferous, coarse, mottled at top, true thickness not certain because of small fault (probably more than 13 ft.) +/- 13 ft.
5 Limestone, irregular, dense, blue algal +/- 0.5 ft.
6 Shale, gray and blue 55 ft.
7 Limestone  

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