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Sec. 25, T. 27 S., R. 17 E
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Shale quarry of brick plant
Measured By Newell
Unit No. Description Thickness
9 Irregular, veined limestone and shale with Heterocoelia beedei + 3 ft.
8 Limy shale and limestone 0.8 ft.
7 Limestone with thin shale at middle, full of heterocoelia 0.6 ft.
6 Limy shale with crinoids and bryozoans 2 ft.
5 Dense blue limestone with Enteletes plattsburgensis, Heterocoelia and Cryptozoan 0.9 ft.
4 Buff limy fossils shale and limestone 1.8 ft.
3 Buff shale 4 ft.
2 Dense gray argillaceous, ellipsoidal limestone concretions with a few poorly preserved gastropods 1 ft.
1 Silty, bluish, unfossiliferous shale 41 ft.

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