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Sec. 36, T. 4 S., R. 9 E
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1 mile southwest of Sullivan Siding, SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sect. 36
Measured By M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: I-8
Unit No. Description Thickness
  Upper Hughes Creek shale member  
32 Shale -- ft.
31 Limestone, with fusulinids, Marginifera, and other fossils 8 ft.
30 Shale, gray 1 ft.
29 Shale, black 1.5 ft.
  Vliets limestone bed  
28 Limestone, with Bellerophon projecting on the top 1 ft.
  Lower Hughes Creek shale member  
27 Shale, with two thin limestone beds 5 ft.
26 Limestone 1 ft.
25 Shale, gray 4.3 ft.
24 Shale, black, splittery 0.2 ft.
23 Mudstone, gray, fossiliferous, with Chonetes, Spirifer, Meekopora, and crinoid and echinoid remains 3 ft.
22 Shale, dark-gray, splittery 6.7 ft.
21 Shale, black, fissile 0.5 ft.
20 Mudstone 0.4 ft.
19 Shale, gray 0.3 ft.
  Americus limestone member  
18 Limestone, massive fossiliferous 1 ft.
17 Shale, black, fissile 0.8 ft.
16 Mudstone, dark-gray 0.8 ft.
15 Shale, black, splittery 1 ft.
14 Limestone 0.8 ft.
  Oaks shale member  
13 Shale 0.2 ft.
12 Shale, calcareous, dark-gray, massive 1.4 ft.
11 Mudstone, mottled, light-green 0.3 ft.
10 Shale, calcareous, massive, green 2 ft.
9 Shale, dark-green, banded 7 ft.
8 Mudstone, light-green, fine sandy bands 2 ft.
7 Shale, dark-green 0.8 ft.
6 Shale, purple 0.8 ft.
5 Shale, black 0.5 ft.
4 Shale, green 0.6 ft.
  Houchen Creek limestone bed  
3 Limestone, mamillary, hard, with few pelecypods 0.35 ft.
  Stine shale member  
2 Shale, dark-green 1 ft.
1 Shale, dark-green, thin, fine, sandy, micaeous bands 5 ft.

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