Explanation of Section 



(See Plate 14 a. ) 



About one mile east of Ft. Hunter. Lai. 42° 57', Long. 74° 16'; Florida 

 township, Montgomery Co., N. V. 



I. Old Weniple quarry bj' canal, beginning at level of sur- 

 face of canal. 



1. Shaly, calcareous sandstone layers, weathering 



irregularly, changing from gray to yellowish in 

 color. 



2. As in I, but containing obscure traces of Ophilcta. 



3. Within four feet of top ledges of quarry, Opiiileta 



and other fossils observed. Surfaces weather 

 very irregularly. Gray calcareous sandstone, 

 traceable to railroad cut. 



II Quarry by railroad track, beginning with lowest bed ex- 

 posed; concretionary disturbances frequent and of con- 

 siderable magnitude, especially towards eastern end of 

 cut. Perpendicular joints few. Other running N. 68° 

 W. dip northeasterly at an angle of about 45°. 



1. Blackish limestone, with clay laminae, at lines of 



parting, sandy in spots. More sandy above. 



2. As in I, but with yellow ferruginous band. 4 



inches thick at base and more or less yellowish 

 throughout. 



3. Ten feet of heavy-bedded grayish and sometimes 



yellowish mottled calcareous sandstone ledges. 

 Orthoceras zone 2.7 feet above yellow band 

 mentioned under 2. A second yellow band is 

 7 feet from top ledge of quarry. 



4. As under 3, but becoming thin bedded and con- 



taining Cystidean remains in upper layers. 



5. A sandstone ledge, with numerous specimens of 



Syntrophia at base. 



III. 1,2,3. Thin-bedded layers of shaly .sandstone, sometimes 

 calcareous, exposed along railroad west of quarr}-; 

 seen in PI. 13 for one-fourth mile. 



