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Sec. 35, T. 33 S., R. 18 E
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W.P.A. Quarry Northeast of Angola, Kansas
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
5 Shale - gray - weathered  
4 Limestone - upper 4 feet weathers into thin beds; little darker near top - dove gray - Lithographic fairly to very even bedded some beds up to 4.8 feet thick lower part is a little more granular, Irregular lower contact 6 ft.
3 Slight shale break similar to above, Brachiopods +/- 1 ft.
2 Shale blue gray limy, Brachiopods 0.5 ft.
1 Shale black platy  
  Note: This is bed which is so close to Lenapah at Mound Valley and West of Angola  

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