Form 9 — 076 
Coll ins 
name IoeMich 
4 
DATE 
December 3, 1951 
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16 — 37601-1 
Miss G, Collins 
to Paleocene lo 
» Md. Ceol. Survey took party 
call ties in Prince Cerges Co„ t Md. 
12-3-1 
12-342 
12 - 3-3 
10-3-4 
10-3-5 
Loc.l -First Paleocene loc. found in Md. 
lanham Quad. , ©bout 1 mile V/. , SW. t of Brightseat 
Take Sherrif Ed. west of Bright seat, cross calve rt 
and turn S. on first private Ed. At house turn 
past 2 barns. Creek that starts as spring II. 
of fence and W of last barn. About 10* exposed 
in creek, base not exp. 
Shell bed, 9 1 -10 1 below ton of fir* 
A. ™ 
Approx, middle of formation, some shells 
Top of Paleocene, overlain by leached brown $4ih 
material containing phosphatic nodules. 
The formation is sandy near base, more claye 
near top. 
Boc. 2 — OreaV* to F of same barn as loc.l, 
;his creek curves around houses *»nd crosses 
Sherrif Ed. at calvert. 
Hear top of Paleocene, shell bed. 
Down stream, Cretaceous clay, fossils better 
nre^erve^, more pearly, overlain by sandy 
Fal eocene (12-3-5) 
If 3 - 3-6 
Paleocene, less than 1 foot above Cretaceous. 
