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Sec. 26, T. 32 S., R. 14 E
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Portions taken from Sec. 26 & 15. Area near bridge over Elk River
Measured By Newell, 8/1935
See old section of Capt. Cr. Limestone
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Oolitic fossiliferous sandstone float, estimeted at + 2 ft.
2 Very massive cliff forming limestone; in artificial cuts appears thin bedded and wavy; bluish, crystalline, few fossils other than scattered crinoid stems measured in cliff NW of bridge 40 ft.
3 Clay shale, somewhat limy with abundant crinoid stems, chonetina, Lissochonetes, Rhipidomella, etc; nodular at top; measured just South of bridge 18 ft.
4 Limestone, contains a few sponges, Triticites, Enteletes (Girtycoelia beiyamini, Heliospongia ramosa.  

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