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near the bottom, and the
upper cherty Gneiss is
10 ½ feet thick. The total
Devonian limestone one thick-
ess is therefore 24 ½ feet. The
Black shale overlies it.
The Devonian limestone
rests directly on the clayey
greenish Madison.
188
(1060)
L.S.
About ½ mile before reach-
ing Rush Branch, on the
north side of the creek there is
a bluff exposure. The junc-
tion between the Devonian
and Lower Silurian is at 1060.
The total thickness of the De-
vanian limestone is 17 feet.
The lower 4 feet consist of a
very arenaceous brown rock,
The Devonian rests directly
on the blue clayey Madison
rocks. The thin bedded shale
Madison occurs below. The
total thickness of the Madis-on
is 50 feet. The fossilifer-
Riche and beds extend down
to the river, 20 feet below.
203
(1107)
L.S.
Just east of the Madison-
county line, on
the road to Jack Town and
Hurstsville, the top of the
hill above the Madison
bluff still shows Lower Si-
lurian. About 17 feet of
Madison rock are exposed
and they are quite typical;
thin bedded and blue
clay shales. Overlying the Madis-
on are 65 feet of fossilif-
erous limestone, the lower
5 feet containing many
Murchuinas. This is the
largest fossiliferous section
overlying the Madison yet
far examined. The highest
Lower Silurian fossils were
found at 1107. The top may
have been higher, since no
Devonian was found.
204.
Up Martin's Creek from
Jacktown = 2 miles north
of Jacktown, the top of the
Lower Siluria was some-
where between 1130 and 1160.
The contact with the Devonian was not seen.