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What type of rock is the Thornton Quarry made of?

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Near the surface the rock is buff and somewhat shaly, passing downward into a dense, blue gray, siliceous limestone. Mr. Brownwell states that the rock contains much bitumen or asphalt in pores and small cavities, and it also highly fossiliferous.

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