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NEW YOKK STATE MUSEUM 



brancli and Utica branch of tlie Delaware, Lackawanna & West- 

 ern railroad. 



In the eastern part of the connty the Trenton limestone extends 

 from Poland to Boonville in a belt several miles wide follow- 

 ing the line of the Kome, Watertown & Ogdensbnrg railroad. 

 The Trenton has been quarried at Prospect along West Canada 

 ■creek. Prof. Smock states"^ that a sample tested contained 94.82^ 

 lime carbonate. 



An analysis from this same quarry made by J. D. Irving gave : 



Silica 2.59 



Alumina , . 1.21 



Ferric oxid .61 



Lime 52 



Magnesia 1 . 04 



Carbon dioxid , 42 



99.45 



Prof. A. H. Chester, of Putgers college, "New Brunswick 

 (]Sr. J.) has kindly furnished the writer with the following 

 analyses. 



LOCALITIES 



CaO 



MgO 



f-nd 



AlgOg 



COg 



SiO, 



S 



.21 



TOTAL 



1 Quarries near Clinton, Oneida co. 

 NY 



48.68 

 52.53 

 35.25 

 43.2<J 

 48 82 

 5" 2i 

 50 47 

 52.69 

 50.25 

 5P.8 

 50.93 

 £3. £2 



1.84 



.69 



8.94 



6 08 



1.48 



1 



.83 



.84 



1.11 



1.01 



.85 



.46 



(2) 



1.64 

 .36 



40.29 



42.03 



37.. "^2 



40.65 



39.99 



40.49 



40.57 



42.33 



4».7 



41.0? 



40>7 



42.54 



7.23 

 1.92 



99.89 



2 Quarry near Clinton (dark) 



97.53 



3 Same " (liffht) 





4 " " (dark) 











5 Another ' * 





'**5.53 



P. 56 

 2.57 

 5.66 

 5.46 



.^.82 

 2.48 







6 " *' 



7 Oriskany Falls. Oneida co. N. Y 



8 Oriskany Fads Oneida co. N. Y 



9 Oriska y Fal s, Oneida co. N. Y.... 



10 Orisi<any Falls, Oneida co. N. Y 



11 OriskHny FaUs, Oneida co. N. Y 



12 Qu .rrv near Clinton • 



i.5 

 1.55 

 . 1.55 

 2.14 

 1.85 

 1.38 

 .95 



.3 



.14 

 .18 

 .12 

 .(7 

 .01 



99.07 

 99. 9 



100.12 



^00.04 



i9.76 



t9. 2 



99.99 







The ISTiagara limestone extends eastward from Madison county 

 as a thin belt passing through Oneida Castle and Yernon. 



The Lower Ilelderberg is prominent in the southern part of 

 the county, vnth quarries at Oriskany Palls and Caseville. 



1 Bui. 10. N. Y. state mus. p. 246. 



