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XI. Section south side of Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, % mile east of 

 Summit Bridge, opposite Milepost 136. 



Cretaceous. Feet. 

 Monmouth . . . Weathered yellowish brown glauconitic sand indurated 

 to form rather firm iron sandstone ledges from 6 to 22 

 inches in thickness; occasional pockets of fresh glau- 

 conitic sand are seen 3 



(Gray to yellow fine micaceous sand grading into under- 

 lying stratum 10 

 Ferruginous yellowish-brown sand containing crabs' 

 claws 2 

 Dark bluish-black argillaceous glauconitic sand. Ex- 

 L posed to water's edge 4% 



Total 19y 2 



XII. Section at mouth of Lloyd Creek, 2 miles east of Betterton, Kent County. 



Pleistocene. 

 Wicomico. 



Feet. 



.Gravels and boulders cemented to form a ferruginous 

 conglomerate in places, in matrix of loose white to 



yellow sand 12 



Cretaceous. 



Monmouth. . .Brownish-yellow to gray sand containing many irregu- 

 lar iron crusts roughly arranged in layers 20 



Matawan Mottled drab, light yellow, and brown fine sand in which 



there are many small pebbles about the size of a pea 

 in the upper portion and in the lower portion numer- 

 ous elongated compact iron stone concretions from 

 1 to 4% feet in height, IV2 feet thick, and 1% to 4 

 feet wide in an upright position. Exposed 28 



Total 60 



XIII. Section % mile south of Bodkin Point, Anne Arundel County. 



Cretaceous. 



Raritan . 



Feet. 



'Clay loam, buff, sandy 7 



Indurated ferruginous layer 2 



Clay, dark drab, containing many lignitized trunks of 

 trees encrusted with pyrite in small well-formed crys- 

 tals 5 



Clay, mottled % 



Total 14^ 



