Description of Geological Sections and Collecting Localities 



Scioto County. At the mine of the Wm. E. Dee Clay Product 

 Company near Scioto Furnace, the dark carbonaceous shales on 

 the Anthony coal horizon were found to be fossiliferous. Small, 

 excellently preserved specimens of Lingula occur in great profusion 

 between the layers, and with the exception of a few other obscure 

 forms, are the only fossils found. The section at this locality follows: 



Ft. in. 



Shale 15 



Shale, dark, fossiliferous 4 



Coal, Anthony 4 



Clay, flint 1 f 1 7 



Clay, semi-flint } Sciotoville \ 2 8 



Clay, "pink eye" J [ 1 



The fossils collected here are listed below: 

 Lingula carbonaria Shumard 

 Naiadites sp. 



At the mine of the Buckeye Fire and Clay Co., at Scioto Furnace, 

 the black bone shale above the Anthony coal also contains an abun- 

 dance of Lingulas. The coal occurs about 25 feet above the Waverly 

 formation. The following section was measured at this place: 



Ft. in. 



Sandstone ] 



Shale, bony, with softer layers, partly fossiliferous 4 



Coal, Anthony 2 



Clay, impure, Sciotoville 



The fossils from this locality include: 



Plantae 

 Lingula sp. 



Summary 

 The complete list of fossils from the Anthony coal horizon follows: 



Plantae 



Lingula carbonaria Shumard 



Lingula sp. 



Naiadites sp. r 



QUAKERTOWN OR NO. 2 COAL HORIZON 



Stratigraphy and Extent 



The next horizon above the Anthony coal in which fossils are 

 found is the Quakertown or No. 2 coal, the fossils occurring in the 

 dark, tough shales immediately overlying the coal. The deposit 

 is of very wide extent, and is present in every county where the Potts- 

 ville rocks occur, although except in northern Jackson and southern 

 Vinton counties, it is of importance for stratigraphic purposes only. 

 In the latter counties, however, where the member attains its greatest 

 development, the coal forms one of the most valuable beds in Ohio, 



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