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Labette County

Sec. 23, T. 34 S., R. 17 E
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Road cut at cross roads
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
8 Fiarly well bedded. Beds slightly irregular. Thinner beds near top abundance of fossils in all slightly nodular in all but more nodular near top gray crystalline 2 - 3 ft.
7 Shale parting Fossils (collection) 0.4 ft.
6 Limestone, medium gray, crystalline 1 ft.
5 Shale with limy nodular, gastropods, Marginifera, Ambocallia (collection) 3 - 4 ft.
4 Concretionary limestone, hark, dense, dark +/- 0.3 ft.
3 Shale limy more so at base +/- 2 ft.
2 Limestone, impure, slabby, dark gray, crinoid stems grades into limy shale above +/- 1 ft.
1 Covered +/- 18 ft.
  Creek bed  

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