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Perryville, Md.
Walk along P.R.R. track from Perryville
to Charleston then across county to B.&O.R.R.
and north to Perryville. Distance 14 miles.
See paper "The Stratigraphy of the Potomac
Group in Md." Clark - Kittredge.
Section 1 1/8 miles E. of Principio Creek (P.R.R.)
Recent Loam with gravel 5'
Raritan Fine white sand. 11'
Loam Brown loamy sand, bearing
gravel at certain horizons base 12'
Cretaceous Potomac. White clay, somewhat dim
stained and variegated; at times
graduating over into micaceous
sands; changing to gravel, calcareous
conglomerate horizon base — 10-20'
Dense variegated clay. 10.
Jurassic Patuxent under ground.
Fogs Hill on B.&O.R.R.
Potomac. Buff sands, water having off base 25'
Dense variegated clay 10-30.
In places with considerable pebble.
The upper zone always with pebbles.