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Sec. 5, T. 33 S., R. 15 E
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North slope Walker Mound
Measured By Newell
Upper limestone erroneously mapped Independence folio as younger than Stanton.
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Silty light gray limestone remnant + 0.6 ft.
2 Buff very limy siltstone 3 ft.
3 Clay shale, poorly shown, abundant Eupheimtes in upper part, crinoid segments abundant near base 70 ft.
4 Black, fissile shale with phosphatic concretions +/- 2 ft.
5 Gray shale with Lophophyllum 0.5 ft.
6 Blocky, bluish limestone, filled with Coelocldia, Heliospongia, Girtyocoelia beedei, Cryptozoan, a typical Plattsburg sponge fauna 1 ft.
7 Very marly shale, slightly fossiliferous 4.5 ft.
8 Rounded, massive, bluish oolite, hard 1.5 ft.
9 Clay shale with limonite concretions +/- 90 ft.
10 Iola plain (computed from regional dip on topographic map)  

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