SIXTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR IO/X) IIQ 



along the creek which flows southeast through the village. This 

 section was carefully measured by Cleland and as here given 

 is practically a reproduction of his, a few lithologic data being 

 added. 1 



SECTION IN CREEK NORTH OF METHODIST CHURCH, TRIBES HILL 



Feet Inches 



7 Layer of compact, dove limestone, probably Low- 



ville 4 



Unconformity 



6 Rather dark gray, hard, fine grained, somewhat 

 laminar dolomite, breaking with conchoidal frac- 

 ture 12 8 



5 Alternating dove limestone and sandy, laminated, 

 magnesian limestone, in undulating, irregular 

 layers ; main horizon of D a 1 m a n e 1 1 a w e m - 

 plei 7 7 



4 Argillaceous,- yellowish dolomite, or magnesian 

 limestone, capped by a 1 inch layer of limestone 

 conglomerate with fossils 4 



3 Finely granular, blue limestone, which is conglom- 

 eratic and oolitic, and exceedingly f ossiliferous ; 

 abundant Ribeiria and small gastropods 2 6 



2 Massive, slightly argillaceous, gray, magnesian lime- 

 stone, with occasional fossils 7 5 



1 Blue gray limestone which is somewhat conglomer- 

 atic and contains fossils in considerable number.. . 3 1 



This section furnishes a thickness of 37 feet, 3 inches of these 

 t3'pical fossiliferous beds. The base of the section is nearly 

 200 feet above the river level, but the underlying beds are ex- 

 posed in very fragmentary fashion. The dip is strong to the 

 west and brings this horizon down to the level of the railroad 

 at the Tribes Hill depot. A short distance east of the depot is 

 a considerable quarry in these beds which was carefully meas- 

 ured by Prosser. 2 There are also quarries just west of the depot 

 where the Lowville and overlying limestones are well shown, 

 with the summit of the Tribes Hill limestone beneath. In both 

 these sections there is a thickness of from 15 feet to 20 feet 

 of gray, magnesian limestone and dolomite at the summit of 



'Am. Pal. Bui. v. 4, no. 18, p. 6-8. 



2 N. Y. State Geol. 15th An. Rep't, p. 645. 



