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Labette County

Sec. 17, T. 32 S., R. 19 E
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Roadcut Southwest of Parsons, Kansas
Measured By Newell, 6-26-1934
Trip by Moore, Greene, and Newell
Unit No. Description Thickness
6 Brown, ferruginous below; gray above; poorly shown contains abundant Marginifera splendeus 2 - 3 ft.
5 Gray limy shale +/- 8 ft.
4 Black, carbonaceous, fissile or platy, with layers of brown concretionary limestone bearing Marginifera splendeus 25 ft.
3 Bluish gray, argillaceous limestone concretions 0.6 ft.
2 Black, fissile shale 4 ft.
1 Bluish, fine-grained, weathers brown; contains Hurbocoelia, Cancrinella, etc. (checkerboard is RCM) 1.2 ft.

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