The following description was published in GM13 Geologic Map of New Castle County, Delaware, Ramsey, K.W., 2005:
Greenish-gray, slightly silty, fine-grained glauconitic quartz sand. Glauconite comprises 30 to 40 percent of the sand fraction. Ranges from 10 to 50 ft in thickness. Extensively burrowed. Interpreted to be marine in origin.


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