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9 Section of north slope of Sunset hill 

 Prosser 

 To the south of Howe's cave and Cohlcskill cicck is a steep liill. 

 rising about lOOO fwM above ilie lexcl of the creek, 'i'his is the 

 northern slope of Sunset liill. and it alVords a fail' section of the 

 formations in this region. The foUowing gives their approximate 

 thickness. 



Feet Total 

 p— q Marccllus und JI a mi I ton foi-iua lions from the 



highway to the top of the hill; but the slope is 



mostly covered. Fine pieces of Marcellus 



shale occur on the lower part of this slope, and 



thin Hamilton sandstones Avere seen toward 



the top of the hill 52S-9G5 



o Onondaga limestone; massive, light gray lime- 

 stone forming low ledges to the level of the 

 highwa}' 05-437 



n Schoharie. Covered, included in preceding 

 m Esopns hiack shales, which weather to a grayish 

 color ; mostly covered, but 8 feet showing in an 

 excavation south of the old house and about 

 35 feet above their base 100-342 



1 Orisl'any sandstone, very fossiliferous; upper 

 part a very dark gray to blackish quartzose 

 sandstone; lower part lighter gray. ^Vell ex- 

 posed, in contaet with the subjacent shaly 

 limestone, just west of an old house, where it 

 is from U to 2 feet thick 2-242 



k rort HircH sJuiJj/ limestone: rather thin bedded, 



light gray liiiiesloiH^ in which there are fossils. 11-240 



j Hecfdft : m;issiv(\ light gray limestone, forming 

 a steep ledge from IT) to ])ossibly IS feet in 

 thickness 15-229 



1 Keio Scotland sliali/ limcslonc : mostly a covered 

 sio| e w it ii only a Ml t le of the limestone shown 

 at the !<►]» of tlie formation 05-214 



