Field notes, undated
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"The l must have been thin" No 79 -- at 775 ft. cl shale -- 790 ft in center of basin 5 3/4 ft chiefly clay shale, 11 ft shaly as, 28 ft clay shale, very fine Aggr 732ft top of l = 3 ft. 8 mil quartz veins 5 ft soft clay shale, 1 2/3 ft L. 4 ft clay shale Meridional shaly as. at 9.45 AM No 80 -- And came at top 790 thick bedded sh. debris, concrete one-1/2 to 2ft, seen on N., 5 3/4 ft more clay shale mud. For 81. This does not look like Ordovician frame, Vident if the side is fine grained and prac etically impermeable as it is with a large one driven crystal lime + clastic L. near top, section, up to locality - 80. Vess. I study shale and clay shale 685 top of Ordov? Lo = 19 ft. ss. below 16-15 feet poorly exposed. NW up the hill on other side, circle the top of section is formed by volcanics as. Limestone with calcite, 680 at 10.45. This may correspond to the so-called Ordovician at Shirley church No 82 Further on the top of the same clay shale section any but with 1/3 concretions calcites is seen at 690 ft.