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Sec. 29, T. 34 S., R. 15 E
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Measured By Newell, 8/1935
 
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Massive, cross bedded sandstone + 15 ft.
2 Whitish papery sandy shale and thin sandy oolite beds with Myalina and Worthenia 5.5 ft.
3 Massive sandy limestone with molluscs, interbedded with coarse sandstone 5 ft.
4 Dark gray clay filled with large phosphatic concretions 10 ft.
5 Dark-gray, cross bedded coarse limestone oolite, contains Squamularia and Enteletes 3 - 10 ft.
6 Gray clay shale with limonite 40 ft.
7 Yellowish flaggy silty limestone poorly shown 0.5 ft.
8 Gray clay shale covered 75 ft.
9 Yellowish crinoidal limestone (contains Rhynchopora, Girtycoelia beiyamini) 2.5 ft.
10 Marly shale with phosphatic concretions below 0.8 ft.
11 Irregular, bluish, earthy limestone with obscure "worm-borings" and cryptozoans, crinoid stems 0.7 ft.
12 Granular, crinoidal limestone 0.3 ft.
13 Platy sandstone (Chanute) + 10 ft.

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