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Malden Mt.
Malden Mt. - in Elk Neck - Cecil Co., Md.
S W nce of Malden Mt. at
Cliff w Chesapeake Bay aft
150 feet above the beach.
w/ D. Powell.
Potomac fm. in
[illegible]
grey unctuous clay line.
Fossil floras:
Andromeda parlatorii
Lepidopsis (sel ph. type)
Luskendropsis
Large wt lepidalian teeth
Many others
In a 5' line of mid. grey unct
unctuosus Clay in h
f.g.l. yellowish gry, tabular x-
fiddled ss. 20' is about
20' in lateral extent.
Top 7 line abt 10' below a
prominent 10' bed of semi cemented
Conglomerate
Clay: Unctuous, mid. gry, wt
fuss sturjers of silt & sand
frs. occured abt. 9" below top of
line between 2 prominent striges of
clown debris at 8" apart.
scattered leaves occured below this
main layer for at least 3 feet.