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Marion County. Lebanon, 45
(15)
On the Cumberland and Ohio R.R.
just beyond the point when it
crosses over the head waters of
Hardins Creek there is a good section
exposed along the R.R. tracks.
The Black slate is 1-2 feet
thick, the main body of slate not
being seen here.
The Devonian is 7 feet thick,
at the top are 4 inches of dark
dense rock forming a sort of
transition between the slate above
and the limestone below. 40 inches
of solid crinoidal rock follow.
Then 20 inches of shaly limestone
with byzgraubs and 20 inches
more of crinoidal limestone.
The crinoidal limestone con-
tain a very varied fauna, best
seen where the fossils are freed
by weathering.
37 feet of clay rock, rather soft,
clay shale, shaly limestone,
clayey limestone underly-
ing the Devonian, down as far as
the creek bed. A Lower Silu-
rion character was found here.
The fossiliferous layers are
Richmond do overlie still lying
giving down the creek.