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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 Ofifice at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 440 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



February i, 1909 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum bulletin 126 



GEOLOGY OF THE REMSEN 

 QUADRANGLE 



INCLUDING TRENTON FALLS AND VICINITY IN 

 ONEIDA AND HERKIMER COUNTIES 



BY 



W. J. MILLER 



PAGE 



Introduction 5 



General geologic features 6 



Topography and drainage 8 



Rocks of the region 9 



Structural features 22 



The Paleozoic overlap 33 



PAGB 



The Precambric surface 35 



Absence of the Dolgeville (Upper 



Trenton) shales 37 



Glacial geology 39 



Economic geology ^. 46 



Index 49 



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UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YQEK 



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