﻿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 
  Office 
  at 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y„ 
  under 
  

  

  the 
  act 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  No. 
  434 
  

  

  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  November 
  i, 
  1908 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Museum 
  bulletin 
  123 
  

  

  IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  IN 
  

   NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  D. 
  H. 
  NEWLAND 
  

  

  AND 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  HARTNAGEL 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  Introduction 
  5 
  

  

  Previous 
  studies 
  7 
  

  

  Distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  8 
  

  

  Topographic 
  features 
  9 
  

  

  General 
  geology 
  11 
  

  

  Stratigraphic 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Clinton 
  formation 
  11 
  

  

  General 
  structure 
  16 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  Clinton 
  stratigraphy 
  18 
  

   Exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  29 
  

  

  Ore 
  distribution 
  and 
  resources. 
  . 
  . 
  41 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  The 
  ores 
  45 
  

  

  Mineralogy 
  and 
  structural 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  45 
  

  

  Chemical 
  character 
  47 
  

  

  Origin 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  ores 
  49 
  

  

  Mining 
  methods 
  53 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  ore 
  localities 
  and 
  

  

  mines 
  56 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  county 
  56 
  

  

  Oneida 
  county 
  58 
  

  

  Wayne 
  county 
  67 
  

  

  Bibliography 
  71 
  

  

  Index 
  J7> 
  

  

  