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533.9 Race Point
of the tip points forming the south part of Race Point, the western out shows outcrops of gray & grayish-blue shale on the southwest & south sides, sup- ported by a couple of miles of and plunging N40°E., which form the extreme S.E. tip of the point. Work of clay by the shales strike N. 28° W. and dry 33° E. N.E.
They contain
Dalmarella
Stenoscisma
Wilsonia
rare
occasional
""
One very fossiliferous seam contains:
Dalmarella (remnants)
Spirifer crispa (Euell) abundant
Atrypa retic. podder coarse & Almondont large/ Crinoid joints (large) common
On the south side of the point, the shales strike N 55° W. for a short space.