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Sec. 15, T. 28 S., R. 18 E
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Measured By Newell, 8/1935
Because of poor outcrops, it may be that #11 and #13 or #11 and #9 are duplications. May be local faulting.
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Gray marly, crinoidal limestone 3 ft.
2 Marly shale with phosphatic concretions below 0.5 ft.
3 Marly, sandy buff limestone 1 ft.
4 Coal 0.2 ft.
5 Underclay 0.5 ft.
6 Gray clay shale 3.5 ft.
7 Brown, silty, nodular limestone, no fossils 1.5 ft.
8 Gray shale 5 ft.
9 Hard, gray, pseudocrecciated limestone with corals and Derbya 1.5 ft.
10 Shale, covered 22 ft.
11 Gray, crystalline limestone +/- 2 ft.
12 Covered shale  
13 Gray to drab crinoidal slabby limestone (Drum) +/- 20 ft.

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