L121

Location   
35.895292, -92.615080 (Google Map)

Site name       
None
Type
Road cut approximately 0.5 mi long

Age/Formation/Unit  (in stratigraphic order)

Mississippian / Fayetteville Shale

Mississippian / Pitkin Limestone

Features of interest
Vertical section of 60+ ft.  Long road cut downslope to the north that progresses (N->S) from upper Fayetteville SH to Pitkin LS. Fay lower part dark (deep water?) SH with LS beds Fay upper part calcareous SH and LS beds LS beds transported sediment? Generally upward shallowing sequence.
Lithology present

Limestone, shale, sandstone?
State/County    

AR / Searcy County

Access         

US65 east side just north of county 415 intersection

Support material available

Photos (50 iPhone, 1 ImageJ scaled)
Ref: Williams, N. F., 1979, A guidebook to the Ordovician-Mississippian rocks of North-Central Arkansas (hardcopy only, Stop 6, fig.10, p.12).

Site visit history

C. Liner 11/22/2015

South end of read cut