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  Geologicai. 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  6. 
  Blue 
  joint 
  clay, 
  fossiliferous 
  2.5 
  ft. 
  

  

  5. 
  lyimestons 
  boulders, 
  fossiliferous, 
  in 
  dark 
  gra}' 
  sand, 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  4. 
  Dark 
  gray 
  sand 
  2 
  ft. 
  

  

  3. 
  Stratified 
  lignitic 
  clay 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  2. 
  Yellow 
  and 
  gray 
  sand 
  5 
  ft. 
  

  

  1. 
  Wavy, 
  alternate 
  layers 
  of 
  blue 
  sand 
  and 
  clay 
  6 
  ft. 
  

  

  Water-level. 
  

  

  The 
  dip 
  is 
  here 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  about 
  i 
  to 
  50. 
  

   The 
  main 
  Pendleton 
  bluff, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  ferry, 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  5. 
  Red 
  sand 
  15 
  — 
  20 
  ft. 
  

  

  4. 
  Light 
  gray 
  and 
  brown 
  laminate 
  clay 
  5 
  — 
  15 
  ft. 
  

  

  3 
  Ledge 
  of 
  limestone 
  and 
  sandstone 
  boulders 
  2 
  — 
  3 
  ft. 
  

  

  2. 
  Light 
  blue 
  sandy 
  clay, 
  with 
  fossils 
  and 
  iron 
  con- 
  

  

  cretions 
  5 
  ft. 
  

  

  1. 
  Wavy 
  alternate 
  layers 
  of 
  dark 
  sand 
  and 
  clay. 
  ... 
  8 
  ft. 
  

   Fossils 
  are 
  numerous 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  exposures, 
  but 
  are 
  some- 
  

   what 
  better 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  mentioned 
  section. 
  They 
  

   include 
  (as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  paleontology 
  of 
  the 
  

   Lignitic 
  Stage) 
  such 
  typical 
  lower 
  Eocene 
  species 
  as 
  Levifusus 
  

   S2ipraplanus, 
  Buccinanops 
  ellipticum, 
  Turritella 
  pmchicta, 
  Natica 
  

   aperta, 
  JV. 
  alabamiensis 
  , 
  Solarhini 
  bellense 
  zxiA 
  Pleurotoma 
  silicata, 
  

   leaving 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  horizon 
  they 
  represent 
  in 
  the 
  Alabama 
  

   section. 
  

  

  Stone 
  coal 
  bluff. 
  — 
  -Down 
  the 
  river 
  about 
  half 
  way 
  from 
  

   Pendleton 
  to 
  Sabinetown, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  Louisiana 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   3 
  ft. 
  ledge 
  of 
  lignite 
  cropping 
  out 
  near 
  water 
  level. 
  It 
  is 
  over- 
  

   laid 
  by 
  gray 
  sands 
  of 
  recent 
  river 
  origin. 
  (See 
  under 
  Lignite, 
  

   Economic 
  Geology.) 
  

  

  Salt 
  licks. 
  — 
  About 
  % 
  mile 
  northeast 
  of 
  this 
  lignite 
  outcrop, 
  

   are 
  extensive 
  salt 
  licks 
  where 
  formerly 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  salt 
  

   were 
  made. 
  (See 
  further 
  under 
  Economic 
  Geol. 
  — 
  Salt.) 
  

  

  Slaughter' 
  s 
  creek 
  lignite 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  S. 
  W. 
  ^, 
  S. 
  35, 
  

   6 
  N., 
  13 
  W. 
  The 
  beds 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  lignite 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   4. 
  Reddish 
  sandy 
  surface 
  loam 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  3. 
  Alternate 
  laminate 
  of 
  chocolate 
  clay 
  and 
  gray 
  sand. 
  . 
  . 
  .9 
  ft. 
  

  

  2 
  . 
  Lignite 
  4 
  ft. 
  

  

  I 
  . 
  Gray 
  clay 
  to 
  water 
  level 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  