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22. Shaly chalk, olive-gray weathering light olive gray, soft, laminated,
speckled, less chalky in uppermost part, with very thin lenses of skele-
tal limestone in upper half; bentonite? is 0.01 foot thick, nearly
white, hard; FOSSILS - Collignonicer as woollgari, Inoceramus latus,
I. cuvieri, Serpula tenuicarinata, Ostrea congesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9
21. Marly chalk, like 23; FOSSILS - Inoceramus sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55
20. Shaly chalk, olive-gray weathering medium gray, tough, laminated, speckled,
much calcareous silt in uppermost part, with ferruginous zone 0.05-foot
thick lying 0.2 foot below top; bentonite is 0.05 foot thick, nearly white,
weathering dark yellowish orange; FOSSILS - Collignonicer as woollgari,
Inoceramus cuvieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7
19. Marly chalk, olive-gray weathering light olive gray, silty, soft, tough,
speckled; silt is calcareous; FOSSILS - Inoceramus sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3
18. Shaly chalk, olive-gray weathering medium gray, tough, laminated, speckled;
bentonite is 0.1 foot thick, nearly white weathering dark yellowish orange;
FOSSILS - Inoceramus sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9
17. Marly chalk, similar to 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15
16. Shaly chalk, like 18; FOSSILS - Ostrea congesta, Inoceramus latus, Ino-
ceramus cuvieri? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6
15. Marly chalk, similar to 19; FOSSILS - Inoceramus cuvieri? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3
14. Shaly chalk, dark-gray weathering medium light gray, tough, laminated,
speckled; bentonite is 0.1 foot thick, nearly white, weathering dark
yellowish orange to grayish yellow; FOSSILS - Ostrea congesta, Inoceramus
latus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
13. Marly chalk, similar to 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15
12. Shaly chalk, olive-gray, tough, laminated, speckled, with very thin seam
of dark-yellowish-orange bentonite at top; FOSSILS - Serpula tenuicarinata,
Inoceramus cuvieri, Actinocamax manitobensis, Stramentum n. sp., Inoceramus
sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
11. Marly chalk, like 19, thin-bedded; FOSSILS - Inoceramus sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3
10. Shaly chalk, like 14, hard where fresh, much calcareous silt in uppermost
beds; three very thin seams of bentonite, mostly weathered dark yellowish
orange to grayish yellow; FOSSILS - Inoceramus cuvieri, Inoceramus latus,
Collignonicer as woollgari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0
9. Marly chalk, like 19; FOSSILS - Inoceramus cuvieri, Stramentum n. sp. . . . . . . . . 0.7
8. Shaly chalk, like 14, with much calcareous silt; FOSSILS - Inoceramus
cuvieri, Inoceramus sp., Stramentum n. sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
7. Marly chalk, like 11, with sparse marcasite nodules; FOSSILS - Inoceramus
cuvieri, Ostrea congesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.45
6. Shaly chalk, like 14, much jointed; FOSSILS - Ostrea congesta, Inoceramus
cuvieri, I. latus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9
5. Marly chalk, light-olive-gray, soft, tough, speckled; FOSSILS - Inoceramus
cuvieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2
4. Bentonite, yellowish-gray weathering dark yellowish orange. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15
3. Shaly chalk, like 14; FOSSILS - Ostrea congesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15
2. Bentonite, nearly white weathering dark yellowish orange. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05
1. Shaly chalk, like 14; FOSSILS - Ostrea congesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2
Thickness of exposed part of Fairport Chalk Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7
Total thickness of measured section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9
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