﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  23 
  

  

  Wolcott, 
  Wayne 
  co. 
  The 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  at 
  Wolcott, 
  

   condensed 
  from 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  test 
  hole, 
  is 
  as 
  follows. 
  

  

  STRATA 
  FEET 
  

  

  Shaly 
  limestone 
  13 
  

  

  Dark 
  colored 
  shale, 
  with 
  graptolites 
  44 
  

  

  Ore, 
  fossil 
  1 
  

  

  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  22 
  

  

  Shale 
  62 
  

  

  Shaly 
  limestone, 
  lower 
  Pentamerus 
  13 
  

  

  Ore 
  with 
  limestone 
  seam 
  2 
  

  

  Shale 
  2+ 
  

  

  The 
  drill 
  did 
  not 
  penetrate 
  through 
  the 
  lowest 
  Clinton 
  shale 
  which 
  

   probably 
  extends 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  hole. 
  Esti- 
  

   mating 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  this 
  shale 
  at 
  6 
  feet, 
  the 
  Clinton 
  beds 
  aggre- 
  

   gate 
  164 
  feet, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  135 
  feet 
  at 
  Wallington. 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  hematite 
  seam 
  here 
  shown 
  must 
  disappear 
  within 
  a 
  

   comparatively 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  hole 
  at 
  Red 
  Creek. 
  It 
  is 
  present, 
  however, 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  Alton, 
  

   on 
  Second 
  creek, 
  10 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Wolcott, 
  but 
  thins 
  out 
  entirely 
  

   before 
  Wallington 
  is 
  reached. 
  The 
  lower 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  is 
  

   here 
  quite 
  shaly, 
  containing 
  fewer 
  fossils 
  than 
  farther 
  west. 
  East 
  of 
  

   Wolcott 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  recognizable. 
  The 
  limestones 
  generally 
  be- 
  

   come 
  less 
  important 
  after 
  the 
  belt 
  passes 
  Wayne 
  county. 
  Through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  they 
  never 
  form 
  solid 
  masses 
  of 
  any 
  size 
  but 
  

   are 
  always 
  in 
  thin 
  layers 
  with 
  shale 
  intercalations. 
  

  

  Red 
  Creek, 
  Wayne 
  co. 
  The 
  test 
  hole 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  was 
  drilled 
  

   to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  178 
  feet 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  ore 
  horizon. 
  The 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  complete. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  hole 
  

   was 
  in 
  shale, 
  with 
  limestone 
  between 
  86 
  and 
  103 
  feet, 
  representing, 
  

   perhaps, 
  the 
  upper 
  Pentamerus. 
  About 
  2 
  feet 
  of 
  limestone, 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  the 
  lower 
  Pentamerus, 
  was 
  found 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  ore. 
  The 
  

   complete 
  record 
  is 
  given 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Auburn, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  A 
  deep 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  during 
  1897-98 
  

   about 
  1 
  1/2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Auburn. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  24 
  miles 
  south 
  

   of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  outcrop 
  at 
  Fair 
  Plaven. 
  The 
  strata 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  

   Clinton 
  by 
  Prosser 
  1 
  consisted 
  of 
  green 
  noncalcareous 
  shale, 
  10 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  clear 
  green 
  argillaceous 
  shale, 
  115 
  feet. 
  Since 
  no 
  samples 
  were 
  

   inspected 
  from 
  1290 
  feet 
  when 
  the 
  drill 
  was 
  in 
  Lockport 
  limestone 
  

  

  1 
  Am. 
  Geol. 
  1900. 
  25: 
  157. 
  

  

  