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West J
Riff Brievre, 1mi. W of
Parksville, Ry,
Dev. chert thickness unknown.
1ft 6in. crinoidal, Devon.
4ft. inclusions massive clay rocks
darkish, soft, stony, Platynyx &
tegulorum collected.
In and from Jackson Edwards,
5ft Dev. limestone, massive, one
clay layer 1ft below top coral fauna
not crinoidal limnicl (top 4ft = Devon)
6 in. C myl marks, fiddleschlyfts to
12 inches. Largest shells 1-4 inches.
With clunch+elp + some extreme DEv. Chert.
Up stream from J.J Edwards,
2 offm layers with strongly emphamated
fossils appreciated - 1ft other.
Beneath this is successive Devon limestone
fossils seen. This section of Devon
limestone only estimated at 2ft
to 3 feet probably.
\frac{1}{2}miles SSW Jim J. Edwards,
Black shale,
2ft 6in. Dev. limest. crals few, dev.
shells of herridschs,
5 in. clayey layers,
1ft Clinton.
Large crinoid heads.
White shell dela + Stricklandbank
14ft 6 in Clinton, with Tegellia? stony
2ft above base J ex prime
base of Chert.
{Faith in down stream Platynyx on left
of creek = best, at 55 ft below
limestone like Clinton & D so a
miles west examined.
Better seen on opposite side of stream
Black shale,
1ft massive, clayey, from both Devon to
2ft massive, little chert Platynyx.
7ft thin bedded cherty Dev.
3ft 3in. massive as westy Parks, Glandon
44ft interval. Clay weathering very clayey.
Platynyx loose