﻿7 Eocene Outcrops in Central Georgia 7 



In the harder part of this layer the best fossils are to be found. 



At Mr. Reed's place, four miles south of Grovetown, a shaft 

 has been sunk to the depth of 90 feet for prospecting purposes. 

 It started in an impure lignite bed some 20 feet thick though 

 intercalated with clayey layers of varying thickness. Below, 

 appear white rocky ledges from four to six feet thick, presumably 

 of the same horizon as those described one-half mile west of Dr. 

 Hattou's. Still lower are white chalky clays with here and there 

 masses of quartz pebbles; and lowest of all the "chalk" boulders. 

 West of Grovetown, near the 16th milepost on the railway from 

 Augusta, ferruginous sandstone occurs in considerable masses. 

 Purple, pink, white and yellow clays are to be seen in many 

 localities. 



The fossils from this locality consist most exclusively of 

 Oyster fragments and a large, long, plicated species of Modiola. 

 We prefer to obtain further collections at this place before decid- 

 ing definitely regarding its horizon. 



Fossils at Roberts. 



As stated above, the fossils near Roberts are not well pre- 

 served, but the following species have been identified,: , 



Venericardia planicosta, Psammobia ozar'kana, Lucina cf. sym- 

 metrica, Nucula ovula, Protocardia lenis, var. , Periploma, smaller, 

 more inflated than collardi, Meretrix var. nuttalliopsis, Yoldia ald- 

 richiana, Volutilithes petrosus, f Chysodomus striatus, Turritella 

 clevelandia var. 



