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Sec. 29, T. 29 S., R. 17 E
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Creek banks
Measured By Newell, 8/1938
Compare other nearby sections - Perhaps conglomerate #8 marks an unconformity correlative with that at base of Tonganoxie sandstone
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Limestone wavy, white, poorly shown, about + 3 ft.
2 Shale, upper 2.3 ft. gray, lower part black, fissile, with phosphatic concretions 6 ft.
3 Dense, blue, fossiliferous limestone 1 ft.
4 Sandstone, slabby, more shaly below 8 ft.
5 Coal with silic wood, mined in nearby strip pit 1.4 ft.
6 Underclay 0.8 ft.
7 Shale, light gray, soft clay shale, unlike that below 11 ft.
8 Conglomerate, limestone pebbles, no fossils 0.4 ft.
9 Shale, flaky, argillaceous  

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