﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IQoS 
  7 
  

  

  Central 
  and 
  western 
  New 
  York. 
  Reports 
  completed 
  and 
  

   awaiting- 
  publication 
  cover 
  the 
  areal 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  

   quadrangles 
  : 
  Syracuse, 
  Morrisville, 
  Cazenovia, 
  Auburn-Genoa, 
  

   Honeoye-Wayland 
  (these 
  to 
  be 
  proclticed 
  as 
  double 
  sheets) 
  and 
  

   Phelps. 
  P'ield 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  by 
  Mr 
  Luther 
  for 
  the 
  

   Caledonia 
  quadrangle 
  and 
  progress 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  Batavia 
  and 
  At- 
  

   tica 
  sheets; 
  by 
  Mr 
  Whitnall 
  on 
  the 
  Chittenango 
  sheet 
  and 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   W. 
  J. 
  Miller 
  on 
  the 
  Port 
  Leyden 
  sheet. 
  The 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Remsen 
  

   quadrangle 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  by 
  Professor 
  ]^Iiller 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  

   in 
  press. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  foregoing 
  maps, 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  two, 
  are 
  of 
  regions 
  

   where 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  unaltered 
  Paleozoic 
  sediments 
  and 
  the 
  problems 
  

   involved 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  exact 
  classification 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  these 
  

   deposits. 
  The 
  Remsen 
  region 
  is 
  largely 
  composed 
  of 
  such 
  for- 
  

   mations 
  but 
  also 
  embraces 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  crystalline 
  rocks, 
  while 
  the 
  

   Port 
  Leyden 
  area 
  is 
  chiefly 
  covered 
  by 
  crystallines. 
  

  

  Northern 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  active 
  operation 
  in 
  this 
  re- 
  

   gion 
  embraced 
  the 
  district 
  west 
  and 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  

   and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  territory 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountains. 
  

  

  Li 
  my 
  last 
  report 
  reference 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  P. 
  

   Gushing 
  upon 
  the 
  Theresa 
  and 
  Alexandria 
  Bay 
  quadrangles. 
  This 
  

   has 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  completion 
  and 
  the 
  survey 
  extended 
  to 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  the 
  Grindstone, 
  Clayton 
  and 
  Cape 
  Vincent 
  quadrangles. 
  

   With 
  collaboration 
  of 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  IL 
  Smyth 
  jr 
  and 
  Dr 
  Ruedemann 
  the 
  

   field 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  five 
  quadrangles 
  was 
  closed 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   port 
  on 
  the 
  w^ork 
  is 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  preparation. 
  Dr 
  Ruedemann 
  map- 
  

   ped 
  the 
  St 
  Vincent 
  and 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  Clayton 
  quadrangles 
  

   and 
  Professor 
  Smyth 
  gave 
  most 
  of 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   complicated 
  crystalline 
  geology 
  of 
  Wellesley 
  island 
  while 
  Profes- 
  

   sor 
  Gushing 
  mapped 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  areas 
  specified. 
  The 
  prob- 
  

   lems 
  involved 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  significant 
  and 
  have 
  required 
  cau- 
  

   tious 
  w^ork 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  sedimentaries 
  and 
  the 
  crystallines. 
  The 
  

   Paleozoic 
  rocks 
  here 
  present 
  niembers 
  not 
  elsewhere 
  represented 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  relations 
  of 
  these 
  sedimentary 
  for- 
  

   mations 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  area 
  

   are 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  entirely 
  clear. 
  Much 
  assistance 
  in 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  

   derived 
  from 
  consultation 
  with 
  Dr 
  PL 
  AL 
  Ami 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  of 
  Canada 
  and 
  E. 
  O. 
  Ulrich 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geologi- 
  

   cal 
  Survey, 
  both 
  of 
  wdiom 
  spent 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  this 
  field. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  purpose 
  in 
  extending 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  these 
  operations 
  was 
  

   to 
  determine 
  with 
  accuracy 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  