. Maryland geological survey. theast, Cecil County. Feet. Loam and red clay 5-10 Dense plastic chocolate colored clay with flakes of iron carbonate carrying leaf impressions 10 Light colored sand 8 Sandy chocolate colored clay 10 Drab and light colored clay and sand grading into west member 8 Chocolate clay, slightly lignitic 7 Variegated clay 18 White sand 1 Variegated clay 35 Yellow and purple sand and ferruginous 5 Total 112 III. Section of Baltimore and Ohio Railway cutting at Foys Hill, CecilCounty, beginning 270 feet above tide. Recent Cretaceous. Raritan Patapsco .Gravelly
. Maryland geological survey. theast, Cecil County. Feet. Loam and red clay 5-10 Dense plastic chocolate colored clay with flakes of iron carbonate carrying leaf impressions 10 Light colored sand 8 Sandy chocolate colored clay 10 Drab and light colored clay and sand grading into west member 8 Chocolate clay, slightly lignitic 7 Variegated clay 18 White sand 1 Variegated clay 35 Yellow and purple sand and ferruginous 5 Total 112 III. Section of Baltimore and Ohio Railway cutting at Foys Hill, CecilCounty, beginning 270 feet above tide. Recent Cretaceous. Raritan Patapsco .Gravelly loam- wash Feet,5 Fine white sand 11 Brown loamy sand, more or less gravelly and arkosictoward base 12 White chinaware clay, more or less iron tinted, andvaricolored, at times grading horizontally and ver-tically into micaceous sand and becoming gravelly . and arkosic toward the base 10-20 .Very dense, richly variegated clay, to and below the track level 10-[- Total 58 MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. LOWER CRETACEOUS, PLATE Fig. I.—VIEW showing erosion of arundel clays, hartke iron mine near hanuver, HOWARD COUNTY.
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