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Sec 31, T. 2 S, R. 1 E.
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Measured by Plummer and Romary, April 1940
location within section
strat column from original form
Unit No. Description Thickness
ft.
11 Sandstone--yellow to green, fine grained; (channel ?) 1.8
10 Clay--silty, gray and yellow, banded horizontally 2.7
9 Clay--silty, light gray with yellow joint stain, some limonite specks 2.3
8 Clay--slightly silty, dark gray, lignite particles, slight stain 2.8
7 Clay--light gray, some yellow joint stain 1.8
6 Clay--gray, residual 3.5
5 Clay--silty, black lignitic to clayey lignite 1.0
4 Clay--gray slight sulpher, yellow gypsum 1.5
3 Clay--silty, black lignitic to clayey lignite with considerable pyrite 0.5
2 Clay--very silty, gray with a yellow tinge, ignite particles, some pyrite 2.7
1 Sandstone--clayey ±4.0


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