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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  D 
  Y 
  ; 
  — 
  Hard 
  barren 
  grits 
  overlying 
  D6. 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  D 
  8 
  ; 
  — 
  Hard 
  tliin 
  sandy 
  layers 
  and 
  red 
  qiiartzite, 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   calated 
  blue 
  shale. 
  Fossils 
  on 
  the 
  weathered 
  surfaces 
  

   only, 
  as 
  in 
  Dl, 
  — 
  there 
  numerous. 
  10 
  feet 
  

  

  Zeptocoelia 
  Jiemisjpherica 
  Murchisonia 
  sp. 
  

   Rafinesqiiino; 
  ai. 
  Gorrugata 
  RhynGhotrema 
  sp. 
  (common) 
  

   Meristella 
  sp. 
  ? 
  Platystrophia 
  lynx 
  

  

  Rhynchotreta 
  cicneata 
  MonticuUjporidae 
  

  

  D 
  9; 
  — 
  Soft 
  "lumpy'' 
  gray 
  limestone, 
  weathering 
  yellow. 
  

   Surface 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  ripple 
  marks 
  which 
  bear 
  

   N 
  55 
  W. 
  (Fig. 
  4.) 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  (Drift 
  cohered 
  space.) 
  

  

  DlO 
  ; 
  — 
  Black 
  shales 
  like 
  the 
  FrankTort 
  shales, 
  barren 
  ; 
  in 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  sandy 
  and 
  nodular 
  with 
  quartz 
  and 
  calcite. 
  Only 
  

   partly 
  exposed. 
  Total 
  thickness 
  at 
  least 
  120 
  feet 
  

  

  Dll 
  ; 
  — 
  Light 
  colored 
  flinty 
  rock, 
  separating 
  the 
  shales. 
  8 
  inches. 
  

  

  D12 
  ; 
  — 
  Thin 
  bedded 
  shales, 
  barren 
  5 
  feet 
  

  

  grading 
  into 
  

  

  SALINA 
  ? 
  

  

  D13; 
  — 
  Red 
  shales, 
  barren, 
  often 
  ochreous, 
  20 
  feet 
  + 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OP 
  THE 
  SECTIONS 
  IN 
  THE 
  VICINITY 
  OF 
  FRANKFORT 
  HILL., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  (See 
  ideal 
  section 
  diagram) 
  

  

  CLINTON. 
  

  

  f 
  Red 
  shales 
  : 
  — 
  barren 
  

  

  (Interval 
  perhaps 
  25') 
  

  

  Green 
  shales 
  :— 
  barren 
  

  

  Flinty 
  limestone 
  

  

  Black 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstone 
  : 
  — 
  barren. 
  . 
  

  

  (Interval 
  probably 
  20') 
  

   Fos-^ilif 
  erous 
  li 
  ra 
  eston 
  es 
  an 
  d 
  sand 
  stones 
  

  

  (Interval 
  about 
  15') 
  

  

  Fossiliferous 
  gray 
  limestone 
  

  

  Conglomerate 
  and 
  quartzite 
  

  

  Upper 
  ere 
  bed 
  

  

  Upi3er 
  green 
  shales, 
  fossiliferous 
  

  

  Lower 
  ore 
  bed 
  

  

  Gray 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  Shales 
  and 
  sandstones, 
  fossiliferous 
  

  

  Conglomerate 
  

  

  Barren, 
  shaly 
  

  

  Lower 
  green 
  shales, 
  fossiliferous 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  ONEIDA 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  conglomerate 
  

  

  UTI0A-LORRA.INE. 
  Frankfort 
  black 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstone. 
  . 
  

  

  Field 
  Numbers 
  

  

  137 
  D 
  13 
  

  

  D 
  12 
  

   D 
  11 
  

   DIO 
  

  

  D5-9 
  

  

  D4— 
  2' 
  

  

  D3-3' 
  

  

  D2 
  

  

  L2 
  

  

  LI 
  

  

  H5; 
  

  

  ■E 
  11 
  

  

  E 
  10 
  

   E 
  9 
  

   E 
  8 
  

   E 
  

   E 
  

   E 
  

   E 
  

   E 
  

  

  Min. 
  thickness. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  (H4?);Kl-5,Gl-4 
  

   H 
  1-3; 
  A. 
  

  

  Thickness 
  

  

  20' 
  

  

  5' 
  

  

  20' 
  

  

  44' 
  

  

  80' 
  

  

  2' 
  

  

  40' 
  

  

  1' 
  

  

  40' 
  

   V 
  

  

  20' 
  

  

  7" 
  

   (j" 
  

  

  6" 
  

   6" 
  

  

  + 
  

  

  225' 
  6"+ 
  

  

  16' 
  

   160' 
  

  

  