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Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 434 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



November i, 1908 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum bulletin 123 



IRON ORES OF THE CLINTON FORMATION IN 



NEW YORK STATE 



BY 



D. H. NEWLAND 



AND 



C. A. HARTNAGEL 



PAGF, 



Introduction 5 



Previous studies 7 



Distribution of the Clinton forma- 

 tion 8 



Topographic features 9 



General geology 1 1 



Stratigraphic relations of the 



Clinton formation 1 1 



General structure i6 



Details of Clinton stratigraphy 18 

 Exploration of the Clinton forma- 

 tion 29 



Ore distribution and resources. . . 41 



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The ores 45 



Mineralogy and structural fea- 

 tures 45 



Chemical character 47 



Origin of the Clinton ores 49 



Mining methods 53 



Description of ore localities iand 



mines 56 



Cayuga county 56 



Oneida county 58 



Wayne county 67 



Bibliography 7^ 



Index 73 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1908 



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