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Sec. 31, T. 4 S., R. 10 E
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SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec 31
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks I-12,13
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Upper Hughes Creek shale member  
19 Fossil wood, a heavy log -- ft.
18 Covered 5 ft.
17 Limestone, tough, gray, with fusulinids, Composita on the top 0.9 ft.
16 Covered 3 ft.
15 Limestone, with Bellerophon projecting into the shale above on the top 0.1 ft.
  Lower Hughes Creek shale member  
14 Covered 2.5 ft.
13 Shale, calcareous, with Rhipidomella carbonaria 0.3 ft.
12 Shale, calcareous, with fusulinids 0.3 ft.
11 Shale, calcareous 0.6 ft.
10 Limestone, with Linoproductus on top 0.2 ft.
9 Limestone, with Pinna, Myalina, Allorisma, nautiloids; also Derbyia at the base 0.8 ft.
8 Shale, gray, fossiliferous, Rhipidomella at base 5 ft.
7 Shale 9.5 ft.
  Americus limestone member  
6 Limestone, tough 1 ft.
5 Shale 1.5 ft.
4 Limestone, algal 0.2 ft.
3 Shale, gray, splittery 1.3 ft.
2 Limestone, light-gray, tough, no fossils 0.4 ft.
1 Shale, clayey, yellowish 2.5+ ft.

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