116 THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

SECTION ON LITTLE ROCKFISH CREEK, 100 YARDS ABOVE THE HOPE MILLs-
FAYETTEVILLE ROAD BRIDGE, LEFT BANK,

 

   
  
  
    
    
 
  
    
   
  
 
   
  

Pe leis tocene: , FEEr. .

: ~ Coarse white sand, becoming gravelly a base and containing iron es
GUNG ie an eee eens el en ee sd ce Reem 3 :

; (Unconformity.)

Cretaceous:

- Black Creek formation:
Yellow, ferruginous, stratified sand, with some thin layers, grading -
into dark, slightly chocolate tinted, laminated clay and sand lay-
ers, the latter containing leaf remains, lignite, amber, and

DUP CH ooo ie isc t ER OSES: SE A PONE Per a oem sen, RS eORe Sho ee
: _ (UOnconformity.)
Patuxent formation :.
Typical light gray, arkosic, banded sand and clay layers......... 25.

: Pian: the Black Creek formation in the above described section the
- following fossil plants were collected:

j : Araucaria bladenensis Berry.
See 244 Ficus daphnogenoides (Heer) Berry.
at aet aig _. © Myrsine borealis Heer.

, : : - Podozamites Knowltoni Berry.
Sequoia Reichenbachi (Gein) Heer.
Tumion carolinianum Berry.
Teredo-bored logs.

_An account of the first appearance of the formation observed in

cending ‘Cape. Fear River between mileposts 101 and 98, where its
feather edge occurs: “resting unconformably upon the Patuxent forma-
tion, has already. been given. (See detailed sections and. Tenses

nd Figs. 1 and 2.) ©
materials in these exposures consist of sak oar pre,

clays which contain tain a large amount of lignite in the form es

gS, Piece -comminuted particles, and also in some of
exposures’ of an abundance of large irregular coneretions of i
: ide, ‘srt in.the form.of mareasite. The. lignite is in part
tributed irregularly ‘throughout the deposits, but in part the com-
muted pa ticles and small pieces are collected together in “the form
. a ae “The ‘sand. partings contain a considerable percentage of
. the river, poor exposures of laminated materials

sn Wil Or Tang milepost 96, and at T, M. Sykes!

© Prospect Hall Bluff, just’ above milepost 93, presents a fine section
of laminated sands’and clays of this formation. The bluff is some
_ oF 80 foot in Reight, it being. one of the highest on the river The