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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  lake 
  which 
  lies 
  mainly 
  within 
  its 
  area 
  of 
  outcrop, 
  extending 
  east 
  and 
  

   west 
  along- 
  the 
  strike. 
  The 
  more 
  resistant 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  and 
  

   Medina 
  formations 
  border 
  the 
  lake 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  the 
  contours 
  

   rise 
  rather 
  rapidly 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  line, 
  while 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  level 
  stretch 
  several 
  miles 
  wide 
  underlain 
  by 
  the 
  upper 
  Niagaran 
  

   and 
  Salina 
  beds 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  line 
  of 
  ridges 
  is 
  reached. 
  The 
  basin 
  

   is 
  the 
  result, 
  thus, 
  of 
  differential 
  weathering 
  and 
  erosion, 
  performed 
  

   in 
  large 
  part 
  perhaps 
  during 
  glacial 
  times. 
  

  

  Verona, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  The 
  Clinton 
  strata 
  are 
  well 
  exposed 
  in 
  

   Verona 
  township, 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Oneida. 
  They 
  occupy 
  a 
  

   strip 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  miles 
  wide 
  that 
  is 
  clearly 
  defined 
  by 
  the 
  outcrop 
  

   of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  conglomerate 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  the 
  Lockport 
  limestone 
  

   on 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  conglomerate 
  occurs 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  Clinton 
  shale. 
  The 
  latter, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  section 
  obtained 
  

   j'n 
  the 
  test 
  well 
  at 
  Verona 
  Station, 
  has 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  over 
  35 
  feet, 
  

   considerably 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  sections 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  It 
  increases 
  still 
  

   more 
  eastward 
  until 
  at 
  Clinton 
  the 
  thickness 
  is 
  nearly 
  100 
  feet. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  much 
  interest 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  ore 
  occurrence 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity, 
  since 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  hematites 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  

   different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  ores 
  exposed 
  around 
  Clinton 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Westmoreland 
  where 
  the 
  next 
  outcrops 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  are 
  

   found. 
  The 
  main 
  bed 
  is 
  a 
  fossil 
  ore 
  and 
  occupies 
  the 
  same 
  relative 
  

   horizon 
  in 
  the 
  formation 
  as 
  the 
  Clinton 
  oolitic 
  bed. 
  The 
  presence 
  

   of 
  a 
  second 
  seam, 
  from 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  above 
  this 
  bed, 
  is 
  evidenced 
  

   by 
  the 
  excavations 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Verona. 
  This 
  seam 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  lean, 
  limey 
  fossil 
  ore 
  containing 
  crinoid 
  fragments 
  and 
  

   large-sized 
  brachipods. 
  There 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  third 
  ore 
  horizon, 
  

   still 
  higher 
  up, 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  seam 
  that 
  comes 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  

   on 
  the 
  Donnelly 
  farm, 
  5 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Oneida 
  and 
  is 
  possibly 
  

   identical 
  with 
  the 
  ore 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Vanuxem 
  1 
  as 
  occurring 
  at 
  Josce- 
  

   lin's 
  Corners, 
  between 
  the 
  hamlets 
  of 
  Lakeport 
  and 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  

   Its 
  horizon 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  thin 
  band 
  found 
  at 
  66 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Lake- 
  

   port 
  hole. 
  

  

  Clinton, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  Though 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  

   Clinton 
  formation, 
  the 
  stratigraphic 
  relations 
  here 
  are 
  still 
  somewhat 
  

   indefinite. 
  No 
  sharp 
  line 
  of 
  demarcation 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  between 
  the 
  

   Clinton 
  and 
  the 
  Oneida-Medina 
  formations 
  below, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  

   limits 
  are 
  equally 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine. 
  A 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  problem 
  

   must 
  await 
  further 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  with 
  that 
  afforded 
  by 
  

   the 
  exposures 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  From 
  a 
  paleontological 
  standpoint, 
  some 
  

  

  1 
  Geol. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  3d 
  Dist. 
  1842. 
  p. 
  89. 
  

  

  