Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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brecciated Coniferous is about 8 feet thick and the finer grained rock below [illegible] 3 feet thick. East of K.L. Tanners house, 2 miles west of the cut, the Con- iferous rests upon the Mad- isim. The only light thin conicle is better exposed 1 miles northward along the rail- road when it has some resemblance to the lower Coniferous at Duffins cut. 229 On the road following Green River valley south of the river about 24 miles west of the railroad is Arch Austin's house. A good exposure occurs in a gully west of the house. The Black Shale overlies the Coniferous at 989. The Coniferous is dark brown and is brecciated. Its to- tal thickness can not ex- ceed 16 inches. It rests di- rectly on typical Madison Strike N 60-70 E, dip 10-20 S. Contains calcite veins. 141 128 A short distance after making a bend in the road west of Austins, the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 989. The Conifer is dark brown, brecciated and about 16 inches thick. It rests direct- ly on Madison beds. The dip is S then nearly level. The Madison is about 20-25 feet thick at least. The total section not seen. 215 From the road to Middleburg about 1/2 miles NE of Mid- dlebury and 1 mile SW of the house of Ellis Pickles, a road turns southward. Northwest of the road corner is a steep hill side, and up the nearer angle ap- parently runs a fault plane between the Black Shale and the Inner Silu- nian rocks. These are Madison below followed by Murchison beds a few feet above. At this line of the fault the Black Shale strikes N 45 E, and dips east. 2 1/2 mi. E of Lincoln Co.