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Oldham Co- La Grange. 23
(1) About half way between LaGrange
and Pendleton the Clinton is
exposed on both sides of the rail-
road track. Two hundred yards
further south is the bridge cross-
ing the railroad track leading
to Mrs. Whalen's house. The
Clinton is here 22 inches or 2
feet thick, and contains
some more recognized species
of all ages, not well exposed, but
Streptelasma conicula?
The Clinton is finegrained red-
dish, weathering to light brown,
siliceous, and contains lenses
of finer grained limestone,
and lullers filled with calcite.
Beneath it are 13 inches of a
solid rock corresponding to the
transition rock of Wadvern
sections. Its precise horizon-
equivalence is unknown.
For 9 feet above the Clinton there
are no exposures. Then, further
southward, 2 feet 8 inches of
blue clayey shale are seen, form-
ing the top of the Lower Oxford
shale, the total thickness being
therefore about 11 feet 8 inches.
In a 2 member harder, some
calcareous layer 1 foot from