SECTIONS IX THE MEHERRIX RIVER VALLEY, 



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lA'. Section on Melierrin River about one and onc-lialf miles helom 



Branch's Bridge. 



Feet 



Plpistocene Concealed 10 



Gray 1o yellow ferruginous sand, argillaceous 

 at top, becoming coarse and gravelly below 

 with pebbles ranging in size up to 1 inch 

 in diameter. One layer is made iip of peb- 

 bles about the size of peas. This is 

 streaked witb ])ink and yellow. The wliole 

 is poorly exposed 15 



Miocene. St. ^Mary's Light drab to almost black clay, somewliat 



laminated, the laminae due to fine sand 

 partings, the whole more or less weathered, 

 and showing occasional pink and yellow 

 colors 11 



Dark green slightly arenaceous clay, very 

 compact and plastic: barren of fossils. ... 13 



Similar material containing characteristic 

 ]Miocene fossils 22 



Total .71 



This bluff is not very well exposed, because of landslides. The principal 

 fossil found is the small pelecypod, Mulinia congesta, so characteristic 

 of the Miocene of this region. Other forms present are Turritella, Pec- 

 ten. Ostrca, Dosinia, etc. 



On the left bank of the Meheirin Eiver about 3 or 4 miles above the lower 

 S. A. L. Eailroad Bridge, four feet of greenish-blue sandy clay full of 

 shells is exposed. The species present are the same as at Branch's Bridge. 



Y. Section on the Meherrin River about three-quarters mile above the 



lower S. A. L. Railroad Bridge. 



Feet 

 Pleistocene ( ?) Concealed 25 



Miocene. St. Mary's Keddish loamy clay 10 



Yellow fossiliferous sand, the principal shell 

 being the small characteristic Pliocene pelecy- 

 pod Mulinia congesta, with a few Pecten, 



Ostrea, Balunus, etc 7 



Drab sandy clay 2 



Concealed 2 



Very rotten sandy shell marl, with Pecten, 

 Osiiea. Venericardiu, Crepidula, Balamis, 

 etc 5 



Total 51 



