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Sec 34, T. 2 S, R. 7 E.
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One-half mile east of Marysville, on Highway 36, NE corner sec. 34
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: IV-12
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Fort Riley limestone member  
11 Limestone, massive, porus and cavernous, with Aviculopecten, small Derbya, Leda, and Bellerophon 3
10 Limestone, massive, soft with some chert at the top and scattered fossils: Meekella striaticostata, small Derbya, small crinoid joints 2
  Oketo shale member  
9 Shale, bluish-gray, very fossiliferous, Derbya and other fossils 5
8 Mudstone, bluish-gray, beddedm with numerous echinoid spines 1
7 Shale, bluish-gray, with two calcareous fossiliferous beds near the top: chiefly crinoid joints 4
6 Limestone, massive, numerous echinoid spines, also crinoid joints, Rhipidomella, Dictyoclostus americanus, stony bryozoa, Fenestella and others 1.6
  Florence limestone member  
5 Limestone, with bands of flint 4.8
4 Shale, calcareous, with weath pyrite concretions 2.2
3 Limestone with bands of flint 3
2 Shale, limy, with Fenestella, stony bryozoa, Chonetes, Derbya, Dictyoclostus americanus and others 1.7
1 Limestone with bands of flint 5


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