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Marshall County

Sec 20, T. 2 S, R. 9 E.
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Quarries one-half mile west and one-fourth mile south of Beattie
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: II-10
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Sterns shale formation  
11 Mudstone, white, slabby, with pelecypods, Orbiculoidea and Lingula 2.5
  Beattie limestone formation  
10 liemstone, gray, with Allorisa and Derbya 1.3
9 Limestone, gray, with Composita, Derbya, and crinoid joints 2
  Florence shale member  
8 Shale, calcareous, wspecially near the base, with Composita, Chonetes, Dictyoclostus, Pinna, and bryozoa 2.8
  Cottonwood limestone member  
7 Limestone, massive, full of fusulinids, with flint nodules in lower part 2.5
6 Limestone, massive 1
5 Limestone, slabby 1.5
4 Mudstone, splittery 1
  Eskridge shale formation  
3 Covered 22
2 Shale, cheifly maroon 12
  Neva limestone formation  
1 Limestone, slabby 3.5


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