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Sec. 25, T. 1 S., R. 4 E
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The Marion formation in the bluffs northeast of Spence Siding on the U.P.R.R. between Hollenberg and Hanover, Kansas.
Measured by Condra and Upp (P. 65) Date 1931
Remarks: Section No. 25.
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Pearl sh  
15 Hollenberg ls, bedded, weaths yellowish, forms large flat blocks, fossiliferous 3.5
14 Sh, bluish-gray, red and gray. The top of this carries many calc concretions, and there is a poorly defined mudstone layer about 10' above base 39
  Herington ls  
13 Ls, cut by a few thin sh streaks, highly pitted, geodal, badly weath 5.66
12 Ls, buff, massive, geodal, pitting very characteristic 1.16
11 Ls, a seam, weaths slabby .08
10 Ls, buff, massive, forms re-entrant, chalky with brn specks scattered throughout 1
9 Sh, olive gm to mustard yel, indurated, limy, fossiliferous .08
8 Mudstone, gray, fossiliferous 1
7 Paddock sh, olive gm to gray, indurated, massive, blocky 12
  Krider ls  
6 Ls, lt gray to buff, weaths bedded, beds 4"-6" thick, dense 1.16
5 Sh, gray to buff, calc, nearly a mudstone, grades upward into [unit 6] 2.5
4 Ls, gray to buff, contains some specimens of Orbiculoidea .75
3 Ls, dense .33-.5
2 Sh, gray to bluish-gray, indurated, blocky, grades upward into mudstone-is 2.33
1 Sh, chocolate-maroon, massive, blocky 1

In the bluffs one-half mile northeast of Spence Siding an the U.P.R.R.
Measured by M. K. Elias, Date 1932
Remarks: V - 24. The thickness of these members are given as measured by Condra and Upp, 1931, p. 65.
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
  Hollenberg ls member  
10 Ls, yel, bedded, fossiliferous 3.5
  Pearl sb formation  
9 Sh, bluish gray and red 39
  Nolans ls formation  
  Herrington ls member  
8 La, lt-buff, massive 8
7 Ls, It-buff, with num fossils: Myalina, aviculoides, Myalina permiana, Aviculopecten, Pseudomonotis, Pleurophorus .5
  Paddock sh member  
6 Sh, grnish to gray 13
  Krider ls member  
5 Mudstone, lt.-gray, with Myalina and Pinna 1
4 Sh, gray, some pelecypods near top 3.5
3 Ls, gray, breaking in large slabs (with Orbiculoidea, after Condra and Upp, 1931, p. 66) 1
  Odell sh formation  
2 Sh, gray 2.6
1 Sh, red 5


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