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Section 39 contd.
Thickness
(feet)
12. Dolostone, brown weathering, locally
the beds are unaltered limestone, 6 to
12 inch beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
11. Calcirudite, variety of limestone peb-
bles, 2 to 3 inches in diameter . . . . . . . 4
10. Shale, dark gray, lenticular, poorly
exposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
9. Limestone, medium to light gray, massive,
composed of shell fragments of sand
and silt sizes, 1 to 6 foot beds,
in part dolomitized forming brown
patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8. Limestone, medium gray, large percentage
of quartz and dolomite sand grains
and silt, more easily weathered than
units above and below . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. Limestone, medium to light gray; lower
part is shaley, in beds 6 to 10 inches
thick with uneven, wavy bedding sur-
faces; upper part is massive; organic
fragmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. Shale, brown, much silt and very fine
sand, this unit thickens and thins along
out crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7