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New Jersey. 1 



List of the Geological Formations on the New Jersey Railroads. 



20, Quaternary, or Recent. 

 19. tertiary (Southern New Jersey.) 

 18. Cretaceous. g. Upper Marl. 3 

 f. Yellow Sand. 

 e. Middle Marl. 3 

 d. Red Sand, 

 c. Lower Mart. 2 

 b. Clay Marls, 

 a. Plastic Clays. 



16. Triassic, or New Red Sandstone. 

 5 a. Medina s.s. and OneidaConglom. 

 4c. Cincinnati, or Hudson River. 

 4 a. Trenton Limestone. 

 2 b. Potsdam (Green Pond Mt.) 

 1 b. Huronian (at Trenton.) 

 1 a. Laurentian. Gneiss, Crystalline 

 Limestone, &c. 



(The Highland Range.) 



2 Producing the green sand marl used in agriculture. 



1. The excellent Reports on the Geology of New Jersey, by Prof's H. D. Rogers, Wm. Kitchell 

 and Geo. H. Cook, with the large and beautiful Geological Map by Prof. Cook, and the author's 

 own observations, are the authorities for the geology of the Railway Guide of this State. It has 

 also been revised and corrected by Prof. John C. Smock, the Assistant State Geologist. 



3. New York, Trenton and Philadelphia are on Dr. T. S. Hunt's 1 d. Montalban." (See Canada ) 



