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Sec 26, T. 4 S, R. 6 E.
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SW 1/4 sec 26
Measured by M.K. Elias, 1932
Remarks: III-5
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
17 Base Florence flint --
16 Covered 66
  Schroyer limestone  
15 Limestone,. massive, almost entirely replaced by flint, with quartz geodes 1.5
14 Limestone, shaly, splittery, with quartz geodes 1
13 Limestone, massive, with one think band of flint and fossils: Dictyoclostus, large Derbya, Chonetes, large Myalina, crinoid joints, Bryozoa 1.5
12 Flint 1.5
11 Shale, with Composita, Dictyclastus, Pinna, Myalina 0.5
10 Mudstone, massive, with small quartz geodes, and scattered Composita and a few small Myalina 4
9 Shale, calcareous 0.2
8 Mudstone, with small pebbles and Aviculopecten 0.5
7 Shale 0.3
6 Mudstone 0.8
5 Shale 0.3
4 Mudstone, somewhat cavernous, flaggy, few small Aviculopecten near the base 1.5
3 Shale, gray, splittery 1.5
2 Shale, blue-gray 1.5
1 Shale, calcareous, flaggy 1


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