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May 16
[[in left margin]] 6610 = [[underlined]] 325 [[/underlined]] [[/margin]]
Quarry on N side Ia 382, at west edge of Solon - Quarry about 10' high but about 50 to 60 yards west of wall on long slope appears breccia and under the breccia brown [[?--ggy]] dolomite marking the base of the Solon. About 6 or 7' of Solon with independensis to base of quarry and 5 1/2 - 6' of same in quarry wall. Gypidula throughbout. S. occidentalis throughout. Independensis zone yellowish or buff gray, nodular ls. Shaly beds contain hard knots of limestone often with fossils. Corals rare and scattered. Wapsipinicon present in road ditch. Our fossils are all from the Independensis zone.
Rocks dip to north at low L showing higher beds at that side of the quarry. At top independensis zone comes a layer with small Cystiphyllum. If the upper beds are profundum zone. There can be only about 4 or 5' of it in the middle of the quarry but the quarry for 20 yds at north end is probably profundum, which is therefore probably 8-10' thick, more massive and less