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Sec. 10, T. 32 S., R. 15 E
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Northeast corner of Table Mound NW of Independence, Kansas
Measured By Newell, 8/1935
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Massive crystalline white limestone with Enteletes 40 ft.
2 Covered shale (Vilas) 90 ft.
3 Nodular yellow shale with sponges, well show at shale pit SW corner Table Mound 3 ft.
4 Brown, blocky limestone with sponges, probably Merriam member, well shown at shale pit SW corner Table Mound 1.5 ft.
5 Silty gray shale, well shown at shale pit, SW corner Table Mound +/- 85 ft.
6 Fine-grained, brown, blocky limestone with Marginifera, poorly shown +/- 2 ft.
7 Flaggy buff sandstone seen along River +/- 20 ft.
  7/32/15 Olathe limestone is 40 ft. thick.  

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