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Sec. 30, T. 30 S., R. 17 E
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Roadcuts & creek exposures
Measured By Newell, 8/1938
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Sandstone, thin-bedded, fine, shalier near base, fossil plants in lower part, top eroded + 43 ft.
2 Shale, sandy, fossil ferns 0.7 ft.
3 Coal, in two beds with 1/2 inch gray clay at middle 0.1 ft.
4 Underclay, light gray 2.5 ft.
5 Marl, nodular, unfossiliferous, in two beds separated by shale (fresh water?) 2 ft.
6 Gray silty shale 17 ft.
7 Limestone, bluish-gray, blocky, fine, with abundant crinoid stems, Juresania symmetrica (characteristic of the Drum in this area), bryozoa 2 ft.
8 Shale, gray with buff siltstone beds (which probably become flaggy in the Charryvale area) and limonite concretions 6.5 ft.
9 Light gray underclay with carbonaceous streak at top, and underlain by one inch of brown, calcareous and ferrug concretionary rcok 0.4 ft.
10 Shale, gray, silty, base covered + 43 ft.

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