﻿II] 
  General 
  Geology 
  : 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  Eocene 
  83 
  

  

  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Vining 
  mills. 
  Fossils 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  a 
  greensand 
  reached 
  in 
  a 
  well 
  sunk 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hud- 
  

   speth 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  near 
  this 
  place.* 
  

  

  Vien7ia. 
  — 
  " 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Vienna 
  good 
  limonite 
  is 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  it 
  occurs 
  widely 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  red 
  

   lands 
  which 
  extend 
  from 
  Vienna 
  to 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Reed's, 
  Sec. 
  9, 
  

   19 
  N., 
  4 
  W., 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  eight 
  miles." 
  — 
  Johnson. 
  

  

  Redwine's 
  spring. 
  — 
  Johnson 
  gives 
  a 
  section 
  at 
  this 
  place, 
  and 
  

   states 
  that 
  the 
  greensand 
  is 
  12 
  feet 
  thick. 
  In 
  a 
  foot-note 
  he 
  

   states 
  that 
  ' 
  ' 
  tests 
  of 
  this 
  greensand 
  show 
  it 
  to 
  contain 
  potash 
  

   and 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  highly 
  phosphatic." 
  

  

  Lerch 
  mentions 
  the 
  occurrence 
  near 
  here 
  on 
  Judge 
  Graham's 
  

   plantation 
  of 
  fossil 
  casts 
  in 
  clay 
  ironstone 
  concretions. 
  Vienna 
  

   seems 
  according 
  to 
  him, 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  a 
  red-land 
  area.f 
  

  

  The 
  fine 
  sections 
  exposed 
  along 
  the 
  V. 
  S. 
  and 
  P. 
  R. 
  R., 
  are 
  

   illustrated 
  by 
  Lerch 
  on 
  a 
  folding 
  sheet 
  placed 
  opposite 
  p. 
  26, 
  of 
  

   his 
  first 
  report. 
  

  

  Attention 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  disturbances 
  of 
  these 
  strata. 
  

  

  Nine 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Ruston. 
  — 
  Nine 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Ruston 
  on 
  the 
  

   Arcadia-Ruston 
  road 
  a 
  coarse 
  iron 
  sandstone 
  containing 
  many 
  

   fossils 
  crop 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  road-side. 
  Hardly 
  enough 
  material 
  was 
  

   collected 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  to 
  render 
  its 
  identification 
  beyond 
  

   question, 
  as 
  the 
  locality 
  shows 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  combine 
  Lower 
  

   Claiborne 
  and 
  Lignitic 
  forms. 
  More 
  material 
  will 
  probably 
  

   prove 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  Lower 
  Claiborne. 
  

  

  (Bienville 
  Parish.) 
  

  

  Sec. 
  ji, 
  14. 
  iV-, 
  7 
  W. 
  — 
  About 
  200 
  yards 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Campti 
  

   Sparta 
  road 
  on 
  the 
  Lake 
  village 
  and 
  Venon 
  road 
  is 
  a 
  typical 
  

   Ostrea-sXx^v^n. 
  prairie. 
  Above 
  the 
  Ostrea 
  layer 
  are 
  numerous 
  

   concretions, 
  containing 
  very 
  indistinct 
  casts. 
  The 
  common 
  

   Ostrea 
  falciformis 
  and 
  O. 
  johnsoni 
  were 
  seen 
  here. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  locality 
  which 
  Lerch 
  refers 
  to 
  in 
  his 
  first 
  report 
  as 
  

   Cretaceous. 
  \ 
  

  

  * 
  Iron 
  Ores 
  of 
  La. 
  and 
  Tex., 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  f 
  ist 
  Report, 
  p. 
  26. 
  

  

  X 
  Bull. 
  La. 
  Expt. 
  Station, 
  part 
  i, 
  1892, 
  p. 
  14. 
  

  

  