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Sec 18, T. 3 S, R. 7 E.
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Two miles NNW of Schroyer, NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 18
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-11
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Florence limestone member  
20 Limestone with flint bands 5.5
  Blue Springs shale formation  
19 Limestone, massive, white 2
18 Limestone with flint bands 7
17 Limestone with six flint bands, the lower three close together 4
16 Shale, calcareous, finely laminated, gray, with Dictyoclostus americanus and other fossils 1.5
15 Covered 4
14 Shale, green 8
13 Shale, red 2
12 Shale, green 0.5
11 Shale, red 5.5
10 Shale, green 0.5
9 Shale, purple 1
8 Shale, green 0.5
7 Shale, purple 1
6 Shale, dark-green 0.8
5 Mudstone, soft, light-green 3.2
4 Shale, dark-green 1
3 Shale, light-green, massive 3
2 Shale, dark-gray to black, massive, with Anthracomya 4.5
  Kinney limestone formation  
1 Limestone, soft, splittery, dark-gray 2


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