Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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14. Along a road which runs the Rutl-front, 3 miles NE of McKinney, the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1210. The Coniferous is dark drum brecciated, quite thick, and rest on the Madison. The strike is N 25 E. The dip, 20° S. - at the road corners at the foot of the Knobs, in a direct line 2 mile east of Progressville, the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1128. The Coniferous is dark brown brecciated, 2½ - 3 ft thick. It rests directly on the Mad- is m. Strike N 40 E. Dip S. - at the face of the Black Shale the dip is South- ward. 1 N. of a road corner, 2 miles NE of loc. 15, and 2 miles south west of Stanford. Second Trip. Until 1000. RR track stood 1030... On the road leading south from Stanford, 3 miles from town, is Neal's Creek Church. A short distance eastward upon the creek the Black Shale rests on the Clinton at 1025. The Clinton is 8 ft 6 in. thick. In the stream bed it has a whitish or gray, rather massive although occurring in layers, and is sparingly crystalline in some layers. At the base of the Clinton, at the bottom of the lowest layer includes numerous rounded piece plastic hack pebbles, usually by from ½ to ¾ inch in size, a few only equaling 1 inch in diameter. The Clinton rests on the clay, blue Madison. The fossils found are found in the Clinton: Arthris flabella, Cramm. Arthris elegans la Strichimma patenta. Rachydietya triplicata. Cyathiphyllum calycula. Flavostella Niagaraensis Ward Halysites catenulatus The fossils are found here,