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Sec. 36, T. 34 S., R. 20 E
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Road cut along highway west of Chetopa.
Measured By Wally Howe, 6/23/1949
Note - August 10, 1949, believe that bed No. 3 is channel sand from some horizon above Fs. and is not represented here correctly.
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Sandy shale and thin bedded sandstone. Leached in upper 3 - 4 feet + 30 ft.
2 Limestone, dark gray. Mostly massive, but slabby, sandy at base. Weathers deep tan to buff. Crinoidal. Very hard. 24 - 30 in.
3 Sandstone, light gray, weathers deep brown. Medium grains. 6 - 15 in.
4 Shale, black, fissile, numerous rounded and lenticular phosphatic concretions. +/- 40 ft.
5 Limestone, base of Ft. Scott  

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