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Sec 7, T. 3 S, R. 7 E.
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Center sec 7, three miles south of Old Dutch Mill Cabin Camp on west side of Big Blue River
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-12
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Florence limestone member  
20 Limestone, solid, with flint bands 3
  Blue Springs shale formation  
19 Shale, calcareous 1
  Limestone 2
18 Shale, green 5
17 Shale, red and purple with few green bands 5
16 Shale, red, somewhat hardened 2.2
15 Shale, green 0.7
14 Shale, red, somewhat hardened 2
13 Shale, green 0.5
12 Shale, purple 0.5
11 Shale, red 1
10 Shale, purple, with dark-green band on top 1.5
9 Shale, purple, with green bands 2.5
8 Shale, green 1
7 Shale, light-gray, finely bedded, somewhat hardened 4
6 Shale, black, massive 1
5 Shale, light-gray, finely bedded, somewhat hardened, with Lingula 3
4 Shale, dark-gray to black, massive, in lower part gypsum nodules 2.5
  Kinney limestone formation  
3 Limestone, platy, shaly, blue-gray, in upper part with gypsum nodules and Pinna, Allorisma, and Derbya 3
2 Shale 1.5
1 Limestone 0.5


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