PIKE COUNTY. 
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to strike the same deposits, they throw no light on the nature of the 
beds except at this one place. 
The broken bed cl of the section appears to be the remains of a bed 
of kaolin from which a part of the constituents has been removed by 
decomposition. The larger fragments, when broken parallel with 
the bedding, show a great many obscure and small plant impressions, 
resembling those made by blades of grass. None of the forms seen 
are recognizable, however. The upper part of the bed marked ha in 
the accompanying section contains a little grit in the form of grains 
of fine quartz sand. It also shows a great many indistinct and frag- 
mentary impressions of plants. These plant impressions are very 
small and none of those found are determinable. The lower part of 
the bed \a is pink in color, and contains besides many small white 
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Fig. 14.— Section of kaolin deposits on Vaughn Creek, Pike County, gr, Lafayette gravel; cl, impure 
clay; lea, pink kaolin with white specks; gel, granular, white streak of clay; k, white kaolin, iron- 
stained joints; ss, yellow sand. 
spots about the size of a pin's head. These spots are kaolin like the 
rest, and retain their white color, distinct from that of the rest of the 
material, even after firing and glazing. 
In sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 24 W., and in sec. 24, T. 8 S., R. 25 W., the 
following record of the order of the beds is reported by Mr. E. C. 
Buchanan, of Little Rock: 
Section in sees. 19 and H, T. 8 S., Rs. 24 and 25 W. 
Ft. 
Earth and gravel 2 
Kaolin with sand and red streaks 
Kaolin and sand 1 
Kaolin with streaks 1 
Pinkish sand 1 
in. 
3 
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6 
6 
8 
Other pits show the same order, but in some of them the clean 
kaolin is thicker. 
