Field notes, Tennessee, 1901
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14) Clifton Landing, 6° clay shale to top of Clinton. 9½° Shaly beds, clay, 5 feet & in., harder. mine bed not very hard. capax, Steph. like Philtexta and com + coarse like that follows with Rhynch. 6° mine clay lined in. Some fairly hard 3' 6" to top of coarsest limestone. 9° 6" to lowest Simpsoniana filtexta? 5½ 3' 4" Warren bed, chn. Plate 12, George Pitts, Clifton Tenn. Colored. at the Cement Works Rhynchonella capax was found at very base of Richmond crance limestone, above about 4-6 inches of Warren bed. This led thing out northwest = W. There is no conformity between Warren bed + Trenton. The Warren rests on rock 2 feet lower in the scale at E end of landing than at W. end, 122 mi Johnsonville 10.49 Olmos. mi Newsom 12.49 2.04 Johnsonville 2.53 Union City 4.48 Union City 7.52 5.21 Cair 1.13 Tamms 3.00 Tamms 3.42½ Thebes Frid.