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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. 466 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



March i, 1910 



New York State 



John M. Clarke, Dir 



Museum Bulletin 



GEOLOGY OF THE AUBURN -GENOA 

 QUADRANGLES 



BY 



D. D. LUTHER 



PAGE 



Formations in ascending order. . 7 



Siluric ... 7 



Camillus shale 7 



Bertie waterlime 8 



Cobleskill limestone 9 



Rondout waterlime......... 11 



Manlius limestone 12'^ 



Devonic 13 '' 



Oriskany sandstone 13 



Onondaga limestone 15 



Marcellus black shale 16 



Cardiff shales 18 



Skaneateles shale 20 



PAGE 



Devonic {continued ) 



Ludlowville shale 21 



Tichenor limestone 22 



Moscow shale 23 



Tully limestone 24 



Genesee black shale 26 



Genundewa limestone 27 



West River dark shale 28 



Cashaqua shale 29 



Hatch shales and flags 30 



Grimes sandstones 31 



West Hill flags and shales. . . ^2 



Index T>2> 



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