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Sec. 7, T. 35 S., R. 17 E
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Southwest 1/4
Measured By R.G. Moore
Unit No. Description Thickness
5 Shale, brownish, sandy, poorly exposed 5 ft.
4 Limestone, bluish, weathers gray and brown, somewhat sandy, very massive, hard, contains pebbles of light bluish gray very fine, dense, algal(?) limestone, crinoid stems, Mesolobus, Prismopora and other fossils 9 ft.
3 Shale, gray, clayey, contains numerous Marginifera 1.5 ft.
2 Limestone, bluish gray, fine-grained, dense, nodular, interbedded with calcareous shale 6.5 ft.
1 Sandstone and shale, bluish gray, weathers brownish; above river level 33 ft.
  Description entries taken from Kansas Geological Society Annual Field Conference Guide, 1937 page 54  

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