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There are 14 in of dark limestone
without fossils, followed by
14 in of grayish calc arenaceous sand.
Below this are 24 in of soft
bluish limestone with fossils,
MARION COUNTY
Trip - Lebanon to Liberty
1600
[160]
Going from the Ber. Raley locality
(960) eastward up Carey creek
1/2, 2/3 of a mile, on the Bradfords-
village road, a slight clift once
after crossing the stream, the
top of the Lower Corniferous
is exposed at 970. Therefore
the top of the Lower Silurian
at this point must be about
960.
[170]
Nearly two thirds of a mile
eastward on the Bradfords-
village road, the Corniferous
is seen to be 12 feet thick.
It rests directly upon the
Madison beds; the several
feet of richly fossiliferous
Lower Silurian rocks often
seen in this county, but
not existing here. They were
probably eroded previous
to the deposition of the Corn-
iferous.