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Sec. 30, T. 32 S., R. 16 E
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Lakeside Park, north Independence, Kansas, river drive.
Measured By Newell, 8/1935
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Iola, blocky limestone remnant seen at cemetary  
2 Massive cross-bedded slabby sandstone, streaks of reworked coal in lower part; contains white specks look like chert grains; clay balls at base 35 ft.
3 Coal 1 ft.
4 Underclay, yellowish-gray 0.7 ft.
5 Brown nodular shale 2 ft.
6 Silty buff shale 4 ft.
7 Platy riffled sandstone shaly below and above, layer of ronstone concretions at top 36 ft.
8 Massive oolite  

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