BROADHEAD — COAL MEASURES IN MISSOURI. 



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Section on Missouri River (continued). 



Total 

 Thick, 

 ft. in. 



Description. 



Localities. 



bT 



91 



99 

 100 



6 

 4 6 



1 



1 6 

 2 

 3 



19 



2 6 



9 

 3 



4 6 



2 



536 6 Dark, coarse, shaly limestone ; abounds 

 in Myalina subquadrata. 



542 6 Greenish-olive argillaceous shales. 



547 Drab limestone, slightly tinged with 

 green near the surface ; contains Sy- 

 ringopora, Pinna, Bryozoa, &c. 



Drab argillaceous shales. 



Blue and bituminous shales. 



Bituminous shale, passing into shaly coal. 



Dusky bituminous shale. 



Upper 2" ashy calcareous shale, fossilif- 



erous ; below is an ashy-gray Fusulina 



limestone. 

 Argillaceous shale. 

 Buff limestone, mostly soft earthy; low 



er part shaly ; a portion is cellular. 

 Shales. 



Buff or brown limestone. 

 l'-f- blue argillaceous shales. A trace of 



coal is seen \ of an inch thick. 



Sandy and argillaceous shales. 



548 

 549 



550 

 551 



553 



565 



568 

 572 

 573 



592 



594 6 



603 

 606 

 614 



643 



645 



618 6 

 638 6 



Blue shelly limestone ; contains Bryozoa, 

 Chonetes, &c. 



Blue argillaceous shales. 



Sandy shales. 



Limestone in good even beds ; is some- 

 times Oolitic ; gray and bluish crystal- 

 line ; is very good for building ; in the 

 western part of Platte Co. observed a 

 thin bed of Tutenmergd in the upper 

 part. 



Shales, argillaceous and calcareous 

 thins out. 



Irregularly bedded bluish-drab, ash, and 

 grayish-drab limestone ; contains blue 

 chert, which is mostly confined to the 

 upper part and in lenticular beds: con- 

 tains Fusulina cylindrica, Pr. Rogersii, 

 Spirigera subtilita, Syringopora, &c. 



Highest rock 

 in the west- 

 ern part of 

 Platte Co. 

 Lincoln Crk. 

 in Andrew 

 Co. 



Landers' 

 quarry, near 

 Savannah. 



Blue and bituminous shales. 



Ash colored dull-looking limestone ; blu- 

 ish and dark mottled ; has shaly part- 

 ings, is even-bedded. Near Whites- 

 ville, Andrew Co., it contains beautiful 

 univalves. 



[July 27, 1866.] 



West part of 

 Platte Co. 

 Lowest fock 

 at Dallas. 

 Highest rock 

 at Amazonia, 

 and southw'd 

 in Platte and 

 Buchanan. 

 At Wathena, 

 in Kansas. 

 Highest rock 

 on Island Br. 

 in Gentry Co. 

 A t Whites- 

 ville. 



Half a mile 

 below Iatan, 

 in Platte Co. 



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