Field notes, Kentucky, undated, 2 volumes
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Fred Brawn. Brooklyn NY, Allen. Fordyce Knob. 1/4 mi S of Borden, 5 ft mill. 20 ft Chert, red ark, with spinfur 2 spec 47 ft shaley. 1 ft SS solid. 1 ft SS solid. 10 ft shaley 8 ft SS intermediate, not er massive 22 ft SS. Massive. SS massive, with Derbya large + fairly abundant in one thr layers. 35 ft Massive SS with large Derbya at various intervals. 24 ft weathering shaley, probably like underlying bed origin ally 16 ft indurated argillaceous arkite weathering shaley. 18 ft indurated clay creek with spiffur and abundant Derbya, Forks of mad. West Y. Borden, N of RR, Arch end 2kft? 31 ft massive SS 132+ RR crossing up to mass reflectin Interval is shaly stuff. Dr. Stalkers farms McKinley Rdst. 1/4 mi SW of Borden, Top of hill. Chert, red ark. It an rds bury. Contact uncertain. 33 ft + shaley. 6 in SS solid. 11 ft shaley. 10 ft massive SS, with Derbya at intervals. Derbya common layer in me layers. 30 ft large Derbya common at various intervals. 35 ft Derbya common at various, intervals. Indurated argillaceous freestone, weathering shaley at various levels. 20 ft Derbya rather rare. 24 ft interval. Indurated argillaceous 12 ft intercald shale 70 ft softer argillaceous material. 22 ft down to crossing of road over creek. 5 ft interval. Hard rock layer in creek. The stuff in this bank looks like the stuff underlying the typical Derbya clay, which forms the upper part of the New Providence formation.