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Just below Renix Creek is a well
marked syncline which was plotted.
graphed. A little farther down is
a very strongly marked anticline.
At Renix creek the Jessen or Madison
beds do not appear at all. The line
up riverver at the anticline farther
down the river,
at Renix creek there are 56 feet
of rock exposed above the fossiliferous
limestone beds. Does this mean
that in the Renix Creek syncline
a greater thickness of Madison beds
was preserved than for quite a dis-
tance up the river. At Rock House
the Rock House cherty bed is preserved,
at Farley's Landing, the Farley's
landing fossiliferous limestone,
and at Renix creek, the Renix's
creek upper Madison beds. This
indicate a thickening of the beds
in series in this direction.
Set 6
8) Below Alexander Bar, just be-
fore reaching the bend of the river,
9)
10) There is a strong dip of the arches
11)
12) and stream then they are nearly
level for a long distance. Apparently,
a very anticline structure in the
nearly level axis.
Monday July 31, '99.
About a mile above Burkeville on
the south side of the river, the follow-
ing section is exposed.
Black Shale (About 156 ft.
above river.
44 ft. about to base of
Black Shale.
24 ft. additional to top of fossil-
iferous layer. A,
88 ft to heavy limestone with chert
156
44
112
A. This is the typical fossiliferous
layer. The upper 1-1½ft. of limestone
is dense and massive. The shaly
cherty limestone below contains
foraminella bundles, Pterinea,
+ Arthrin. occidentalis.
1 ft. thick.
Beneath is limestone with banding
diptyrans.