Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Limestone Quarry 3 mi. West of Olive Hill. R > 4 ft shallow parting irregular. 1 ft 3 in shales thin vargely finely tree creted, fossils rare. H 5 ft Thin to medium bedded compact Marlshy sl. G 7ft 8 in Very massive and white crystalline. F 4 ft 6 in. Hematite and rone over bedded, very f.g and gray blue color mathat yellow D, 8 ft 3 in Three to four inch limestone, meaty owing nodules, especially in lower part with clay partings thicker in lower nodular to one. Clay-No 2 fire clay. Brecia in the clay looks irregularly This focal brecciated part. This Breccia extends up to 5 in above C 3 ft 5 in Clay, dark green below, purplish above, with Breccia minimal in lower 2 in. 3 in Brecciated top of same charac ter as underlying limestone, E 6 ft 3 in Very dense grayish brown limestone, mythin fayar pressure brecciated, fraved layers across the quarry, This limestone runs as a heavily 2 ft 6 in. Very white + dense l, like Daytona l. 1-2 in clay parting. B 6 ft 2 in White, or gray, small grained l. Basics claysly, irregular contact 5 like that at base of Linckerlin Park. A 8 ft Brech mass, very friage grined l. Base of quarry but not of lime and Analyzes by Mortimer Works, 1 measuring ledger, only. ledgers 1 + 2 H = No 1. Silica needed for clay G = No 2 .60 with no contain. D+F=No3. 11.75 for small Si? E=No4 4.70 B No 5 3.90 A=No 6 8.15 Top expression 4 ft 6 in Medium to massive bedded, R compact, short modules. Below A there is at least 5 ft of limestone, Mine probably the amount should be 9 ft instead of 5 ft. Bedrock from Lcaen's Products Nitrous' D cut away. Semimula subquadrata