82 



The Upper Cretaceous Deposits of Maryland 



XIV. Section 1% miles south of Bodkin Point, Anne Arundel County. 



Cretaceous. 



Feet 



f Sand, loamy 1 



Sandstone, reddish-brown, ferruginous 3 



Alternating layers of buff, gray, and black sand con- 

 taining small flakes of muscovite and comminuted 



Magothy . . . .-\ lignitized plant remains 1% 



Alternating layers of drab to black clays and fine gray 

 sand. Clay layers contain comminuted plant re- 

 mains and some small pieces of amber while the sand 



layers contain much muscovite 2*£ 



Raritan White sandy clay grading downwards into variegated 



clay. Exposed 10 



Total 18 



XV. Section at Park Point. Magothy River, Anne Arundel County. 



Feet. 



Pleistocene Ferruginous sand with iron crusts 2-5 



Cretaceous. 



'More or less weathered argillaceous, glauconitic and 



micaceous orange mottled sand 8 



Matawan. . .J Compact finely micaceous glauconitic, argillaceous, 

 dark greenish fine sand with a few scattered quartz 

 pebbles at the base, forming a sharp contact 5 



Laminated micaceous, brown, more or less ferruginous 

 sandy clay with whitish sand films and comminuted 



lignitic materials 2-4 



Magothy. . . J Massive, very fine gray sand with only slight traces of 



lignitic materials 3-4 



Rather loose fine buff micaceous stratified sand with 

 [ thin horizontal seams of comminuted lignite 2-3 



Total 22-29 



XVI. Section near North Ferry Point (Cape Sable), Magothy River. 



Pliestocene or Feet. 



Recent Sandy loam 1-3 



Cretaceous. 



("Compact fine sand with disseminated glauconite 3-4 



Compact fine sand with glauconite in pockets about the 



Matawan . . J size of marbles 3-4 



Iron crusts forming a persistent line, in places develop- 

 ing into ledges 4-5 



j* Coarse, iron-stained, laminated sands with pellets of 



Magothy . . . i amber 15-17 



I^Black or brownish clays with comminuted lignite.... 4-5 



Total 30-38 



