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Sec. 10, T. 32 S., R. 15 E
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Old quarry of Atlas Portland Cement Co NW of Independence, Kansas on Table Mound
Measured By Newell/LeHunt
Including section by Schroeder.
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
4 Heavy-bedded coarsely crystalline whitish limestone with limonite inclusions; Enteletes pugnoides and Marginifera wabashensis common 44 ft.
3 Gray sandy and silty shale with algal heads at top 80 ft.
2 Yellow shaly limestone with Heterocoelia beedei and other sponges common 3 ft.
1 Clay shale base covered + 40 ft.

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