IRON ORES OF THE CLINTON FORMATION 



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The upper i foot seam is the one that was worked in the early 

 days near the furnace on Wolcott creek. The lower beds do not 

 appear in the vicinity; the Hne of their outcrop must He between 

 2 and 3 miles north of Wolcott. They are undoubtedly a continua- 

 tion of the seam that is exposed in the excavations at Sterling 

 Station and again shown in the hole near Red Creek, between that 

 place and Wolcott. There is thus an area fully lo miles long, east 

 and west, which is underlain by an unbroken seam from i8 to 36 

 inches thick. As the holes are nearly 3 miles back from the out- 

 crop, the continuity of the ore on the dip for any distance within 

 easy reach of mining operations may be regarded as certain. The 

 dip of the beds in this section is less than 50 feet to the mile. 



The accompanying analyses show the composition of the beds at 

 Wolcott. No. I, by James Brakes, relates to the upper i foot 

 seam and no. 2, by E. Touceda, to the main seam. 



Fe.O. 



SiO. 



Tid, 



AI2O3 



MnO 



CaO 



MgO 



SO, 



PA 



CO, 



H,6 



Iron 



Phosphorus 



44-71 



44.38 



23.98 



8.56 



.225 



.... 



7.26 



5 -04 





tr. 



9-15 



13-71 



2.92 



7'Z7 



.987 



.072 



•549 



1.58 



9.6 



18.8 



.26 



undet. 



99.641 



99-512 



31-3 



^^^•^l 



•^4 



.U) 



Red Creek, Cayuga co. This test was made on the farm of 

 J\I. II. Frost, 2 miles northca^-t of Red Creek, Wayne co.. and 3 

 miles southwest of Sterling Station. The exact legation is just north 

 of the highway, beside the smal' -trcam that crosses the r«.)ad cast 

 of the house. 



