KEMP'S ORE DEPOSITS. 



Six different ore beds have been recognized, of which the lower are 

 probably equivalent to the southern dyestone ores. 1 



The ores are of chief importance in the Juniata district. The 

 belt extends south west ward across Maryland and eastern West 

 Virginia, where the beds are quite thick, although as yet not much 

 developed, and appears in the extreme southwest corner of Virginia. 

 Thence it runs across eastern Tennessee, and is of very great ini- 





Calcareous Sandstone 



and , 



thin Shale layers FO-f- 



Non-Oolitic Ore i 

 (Red Flux) 6 



Calcareous , 

 Sandstone 6 



Blue Shale 



and thin , 



Sandstone layers 15' 



Oolitic Ore 2 



Shale 2' , 

 Oolitic Orel 

 Blue Shal.e 

 and th'r.n 



anu iiiii.il i t 



-g^zj^t^gr*!'-! .- 1 r^=\ Sandstone layers 100 



FIG. IS. Clinton Ore, Clinton, New York. After C. H. Smyth, Jr. 



portance. The lines of outcrop are known as "dyestone ranges." 

 They lie west of the Siluro-Cambrian limestones (Example 2a) and 

 in the edges of the Cumberland tableland. Four or five are 

 known, of which the largest extends across the State. This ore is 



1 J. H. Dewees, "Fossil Ores of the Juniata Valley," Penn. Geol. 

 Survey, Rep. F. E. d'Invilliers, Ibid., Rep. F3 (Union, Snyder, Mifflin, 

 and Juniata counties). A. S. McCreath, Ibid., Rep. MM, p. 231. J. J. 

 Stevenson, Ibid., Reps. MM and T2 (Bedford and Fulton counties). I. C. 

 White, Ibid., Reps. MM and T3 (Huntington County). H. H. Stock, " Ores 

 at Danville, Montour County," M. E., October, 1891. 



