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Sec 32, T. 3 S, R. 7 E.
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1 1/4 miles south and 1/4 mile east of Schroyer, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec 32
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-10
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Top of Florence flint (approximately)  
20 Covered, flint at the top 46
  Blue Springs shale formation  
19 Shale, purple 1
18 Shale, dark-green 0.5
17 Shale, purple 1.5
16 Shale, light-green 1
15 Shale, dark-green 0.8
14 Shale, light-green 1.2
13 Covered 12
  Kinney limestone formation  
12 Shale, calcareous, with soft pink pebbles, Derbya, allorisma and Bryozoa 3
11 Limestone, tough, light-gray, woith pebbles of pink shale and fragments of shells 1
  Wymore shale formation  
10 Covered, probably mostly green shale 9
9 Shale, green 3
8 Shale, red 0.2
7 Shale, green 1.3
6 Shale, red 2.5
5 Shale, green 2
4 Mudstone, light-gray 0.25
3 Covered 15.25
2 Limestone, with numerous fragmentrs of shells 1
1 Mudstone, massive 1
1 1/4 miles south and 1/4 mile east of Schroyer, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec 32
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-10a
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Wymore shale member  
28 Shale, gray, clayey 3
27 Limestone, gray, tough 0.8
26 Shale, massive, limy, gray, woith quartz geodes 6
25 Shale, dark-gray 1.4
24 Limestone 0.1
23 Shale, limy 1.5
  Schroyer limestone member  
22 Limestone with quartz geodes and two thin flint bands; crinoid joints 1
21 Limestone, soft, with Dictyolcostus, Composita, Derbya, and Rhombopora 1.5
20 Limestone, light-gray, amssive, full of fragments of shells 3
  Havensville shale member  
19 Mudstone, massive, with quartz geodes and possibly with poorly preserved pelecypods 4.5
18 Mudstone, flaggy, with quartz geodes 2.5
17 Mudstone, splittery 2
16 Mudstone, with pebbles of shale 1
15 Mudstone, splittery, softer toward the base 7
14 Shale, clayey, green-gray 8.2
13 Limestone, flaggy, with one thin flint band 1
12 Limestoe, massive, with one thick flint band 1
11 Limestone, massive, with thin flint band near the top and thick flint band near the base 2
10 Limestone, massive 0.6
9 Shale 0.2
8 Limestone, massive, with one flint band 1
7 Shale [, calcareous] 0.3
6 Flint 1
  Speiser shale formation  
5 Shale, splittery, dark-gray, black in the middle 1
4 Mudstone, dark-gray 0.3
3 Shale, black 1
2 Shale, gray 1
1 Limestone, light-gray 1


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