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Sec 16, T. 4 S, R. 6 E.
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North side of Blue River, 2 miles NNW of Waterville, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec 16
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-6
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Kinney limestone formation  
17 Limestone, dense, fossiliferous 1.5
16 Shale, greenish, with fine sandy bands 3
15 Shale, calcareous 1
14 Shale, calcareous to splittery mudstone, with bands of fine soft conglomerate (made of small shale and calcareous pebbles) 3
  Wymore shale member  
13 Shale, green 4
12 Shale, purple 1
11 Shale, brick-red 1.5
10 Shale, purple 0.2
9 Shale, green 0.5
8 Shale, maroon 0.3
7 Shale, brick-red 2.5
6 Shale, green 2
5 Shale, maroon 1
4 Shale, brick-red 1
3 Shale, green 0.5
2 Limestone, green, massive, with quartz geodes near the top. Full of fragmentary and small fossils. Murchisonia and small Aviculopecten 2
1 Shale, green 1


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