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Sec. 34, T. 33 S., R. 16 E
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Roadcut
Measured By Newell, 7/1935
Fine place to see unconformable contact of Chanute
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Massive reddish sandstone, with angular pebbles of dense blue limestone up to 2 inches at the base + 50 ft.
2 Greenish gray clay shale 4 ft.
3 Silty buff shale and interbedded bluish gray dense flaggy limestone, no fossils 37 ft.
4 Crinoidal, buff shaly limestone, poorly shown +/- 6 ft.
5 Covered sandstone and shale 18 ft.
6 Massive buff sandstone unconformable on shale below 7 ft.
7 Silty gray shale 4 to 6 feet 5 ft.
8 Coal 0.5 feet with thin underclay 0.7 ft.
9 Gray silty shale, not well shown + 30 ft.

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