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modules and irregular masses
of chert varies from 2½ to 4
feet in thickness. I
About 4 feet of the breccia.
ted bed are exposed.
Lincoln County,
Moreland.
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[21]
A quarter of a mile south of
the point where the road
from Moreland to Huston-
villle cruises the railroad, a
mason-road n open lane
goes eastward downa hill.
Southeast of the first culvert
crossed by the road a little
stream descends the steep hill
side.
15½ feet of Cincinnati lime -
at one with abundant fossils
are found above creek level.
Some Cincinnati fossil
occur in clay about 21 feet
above the creek.
About 6 feet of clayey rock
occur above the Cincinnati
fossils. For 19 feet there is
no exposure. Then there
are 8 feet of rock varying
from green shale to a brown
rock going upward.
[22]
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The rest of the section is ex-
pesed on the road or lane
above mentioned, between the
culvert and the Moreland-
Hustonville road.