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Marshall County

Sec 31, T. 3 S, R. 7 E.
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Wreford formation, east side Big Blue Valley, 1 1/4 miles south of Schroyer, Kansas; badly slumped
Legal location estimated
Measured by Condra and Upp, 1931, page 35
Remarks: Section no. 11
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Schroyer limestone  
9 Limestone, poorly exposed, cherty 5
8 Limestone, badly weathered, irregular 3.5
7 Limestone, dark gray, massive, uneven at top and bottom, grading into shaly lime 5-6
6 Limestone, shaly, slabby 3.5
5 Limestone, weathers slabby to shaly with Aviculopecten, etc. 3
4 Limestone, massive, irregular 1.66
  Havensville shale  
3 Shale, slabby 3
2 Shale, largely olive and gray and with some fossils 5
1 Four Mile limestone, cherty, massive, with thin shale partings 7.5-8


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