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Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 20 E
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Measured By J.M. Jewett, 8/4/1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Limestone, light gray, crystalline, brachiopods, characteristic upper Alt of Linn Co. (not full thickness) 1.5 ft.
  Shale, gray to yellow, +/- flacky +/- 3 ft.
  Shale, black fissile, phosphatic nodules, short teeth and bones +/- 1 ft.
  Shale, gray, light +/- 1 ft.
  Limestone, upper surface nodular, algal like, brachiopods mostly as fragments, medium gray weathers slightly brown, Hoag? 1.3 ft.
  Shale, black 2 ft.
  Limestone, thin beds, irregular beds, medium gray, less crystalline than above, nodular irregular upper surface. Few crystal faces, mostly dense & slightly darker than 1.3 limestone above; definite but slightly irregular base 2 ft.
  Shale, gray, clay, limonitic, slightly blocky 3 ft.
  Slope covered by limestone debris from above  
  Note: Altamont in this area is thicker than indicated by this section as all upper is not present. Bandera below makes sandy soil.  

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