EARLE, INTERBEDDED IRON ORE DE/^OSITS 145 



Slope 2 : 



Feet Inches 



White quartzite 30 



Shales 2 



Red fossil ore 1 4 



Ochery shales and thiu sandstone 1 



Shales and sandstone 2 



Biff Stone Gap, Va. : ,. . , u 



o ^' Feet Inches 



Slate, badly weathered 1 



Oolitic ore 8 



Slate 



WEST VIRGINIA 



In West Virginia, the same artesian arrangement of strata prevails as 

 "that found in the more southern states. Shales overlying and underlying 

 •ore seams in almost all cases. 



Pendleton County. Wagner Knob (130, p. 166) : 



■^ ° ^ ^ Inches 



Hanging wall, green shale 



Good ore 5 



Dirt and clay 4 



Sandy ore 18 



Foot wall 



Foot wall, green shale 



Z (130, p. 167) : 



^ ' ^ -^ Inches 



Hanging wall, green shale 



Good ore 6 . 5-9 



Green shales 7.5 



Good ore 3^ 



Slaty ore 4 



Green shales 9 



Slaty and sandy ore 5-6 



Foot wall, green shale 



(130, p. 197) : 



^ ' ^ ' Feet Inches 



Black shales 4 



Red fossil hematite 1 



Thin, flaky, black shale 4 



Limestone 2 



Shales with lime layers 1 



PENNSYLVANIA 



The same arrangement of ore and shale is found very generally in 

 Pennsylvania. 



