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Sec. 17, T. 32 S., R. 19 E
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Measured By J.M. Jewett
Unit No. Description Thickness
3 Shale, gray - fragment of coal - fossil wood 1 - 2 ft.
2 Limestone - sandstone at top - with "worm casts" hard sandy limestone below +/- 2 ft.
1 Shale; bluish gray - fossiliferous  
  Note: This bed crops out as sandstone ledge 1/2 mile West of Wilsonton, and 1 1/2 miles West of Wilsonton. It is sandy limestone of quarry in Mound Valley and is facies of basal Missouri sandstone mapped across state  

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