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Labette County

Sec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 18 E
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Southwest of Mound Valley
Measured By Newell, 7-1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Bluish, coquinoid, cross bedded limestone 8 or 10 feet under black shale + 2 ft.
2 Silty, gray shale, upper 2/3 covered; contains limonite concretions +/- 24 ft.
3 Coal (Dawson?) 0.3 ft.
4 Shale, argillaceous, upper 1 foot underclay 2.5 ft.
5 Hard, calcareous buff, rippled sandstone, fossiliferous, with original shell material of productids 0.8 ft.
6 Fossiliferous silty gray shale, crinoid stems, Mesolobus mesolobus, Squamularia, Linoproductus, chonetes of granulifer 14 ft.
7 Black, fissile shale 1.4 ft.
8 Coal 0.8 ft.
9 Underclay 2 ft.
10 Hummocky limestone (Lenapah)  

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