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Labette County

Sec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 18 E
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South of Mound Valley
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 7-23-1941
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Checkerboard limestone - cross bedded - Molluscan 2 ft.
  Shale 1 ft.
  Limestone - Checkerboard - Molluscan +/- 0.3 ft.
  Shale, gray-yellow limonitic grades into unit below 5.4 ft.
  Shale, near black, fissile, Mesolobus, gastropods, and crinoid stems 5.4 ft.
  Shale, dark, fissile 2 ft.
  Shale, dark "Trachypoan" 0.5 ft.
  Note: M.C. Oakes agrees that there is little or no doubt that this is checkerboard at top  
  No coal line below Hepler - but Dawson is present below Hepler short distance to North and Southwest  
  Disconformity may be little lower than the base of the Hepler  

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