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shaly than the independenses zone. Quarry is 0.2 mile W of junction of 
Hy 1 and 382. 
[[left margin]] Loc. 6611 [[/left margin]] = Qy on la [[insertion]] A Luin Co 
FF [[/insertion]] 0.8 mi N of Ely, la. 
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[[left margin]] [[image: pencil diagram showing cross section of layers of 
soil]] 
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15' D 
4 1/2' C 
4' B 
3' A 
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Section at S end of Qy 
A. - Covered 3' 
B. - blue gray breccia 4'. Upper surface irregular with small channels. 
C. At base 2" to a foot of yellow gray or buff dolomite with one or 2" of 
coarse sand & pebbles up to 1/2". Above the sand are 4' of brown 
unfossiliferous dolomite. Pocket of green shale collected, upper surface 
irregular. 
D. Solon - All independensis zone 15'. Well fractured limestone. The 
Solon overlaps the bed C to north in about 80' from the south wall along 
the East Wall. Greatest thickness of Solon on E wall near north end. Is 
much fractured light blue gray. Contained also Hypothyridinia but they 
were poor. 
G. Arthur Cooper - Field notes, 1 966 
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