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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  SECTION 
  AT 
  RED 
  CREEK 
  

  

  Strata 
  

  

  From 
  

  

  

  To 
  

  

  

  Character 
  

  

  

  Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  

  Glacial 
  drift 
  

  

  Shale 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  O 
  

   9 
  

  

  42 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  86 
  

  

  

   

  

  

   

  

  

  

  9 
  

   42 
  

  

  5o 
  

   86 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Shale 
  varies 
  from 
  light 
  to 
  dark, 
  

   with 
  calcareous 
  layers. 
  Large 
  

   fossils 
  at 
  23 
  feet. 
  

  

  Quite 
  uniform, 
  light 
  calcareous 
  

   shale. 
  

  

  Light 
  colored 
  shale 
  above, 
  

   with 
  dark 
  graptolite 
  layers 
  below. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  portion 
  includes 
  some 
  

   thin 
  bands 
  of 
  limestone. 
  At 
  69 
  

   feet 
  is 
  a 
  3 
  inch 
  layer 
  with 
  black 
  

   pebbles. 
  

  

  This 
  division 
  consists 
  of 
  alter- 
  

   nating 
  layers 
  of 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   shales. 
  

  

  Purple 
  shale. 
  The 
  upper 
  10 
  

   feet 
  is 
  olive-gray, 
  grading 
  into 
  the 
  

   purple 
  below. 
  The 
  shale 
  contains 
  

   many 
  limestone 
  bands 
  up 
  to 
  

   6 
  inches 
  thick. 
  

  

  Fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  169 
  

   169 
  

   171 
  

  

  176 
  

  

  178 
  

  

  180 
  

  

  

  

  4 
  

   8 
  

   8 
  

  

  8 
  

   

  

  6 
  

  

  169 
  

  

  169 
  

   171 
  

   176 
  

  

  178 
  

   180 
  

  

  184 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  8 
  

   8 
  

   8 
  

  

  

   6 
  

  

  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Gray 
  fossil 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Shale 
  shows 
  a 
  purple 
  tinge. 
  

   Contains 
  some 
  fossil 
  limestone 
  

   bands. 
  

  

  Gray 
  fossil 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Fossil 
  ore 
  — 
  2 
  inches 
  of 
  shaly 
  

   material 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  shale 
  with 
  many 
  

   small 
  "fucoidal" 
  markings, 
  giving 
  

   it 
  a 
  mottled 
  appearance. 
  Only 
  a 
  

   few 
  thin 
  bands 
  of 
  limestone 
  pres- 
  

   ent. 
  The 
  upper 
  3 
  inches 
  is 
  a 
  

   breccia. 
  

  

  

  The 
  test 
  hole 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  bed 
  exposed 
  at 
  Sterling 
  Station 
  

   extends 
  thus 
  far 
  in 
  undiminished 
  thickness. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  noticeable 
  

   change 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  ore. 
  A 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  drill 
  core 
  

   was 
  analyzed 
  by 
  E. 
  Touceda 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  results 
  : 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  O 
  s 
  , 
  48.7 
  

  

  Si0 
  2 
  

  

  A1 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  MnO 
  

  

  CaO 
  

  

  MgO 
  

  

  SO, 
  

  

  P 
  2 
  5 
  ' 
  

  

  C0 
  

  

  513 
  

  

  4-99 
  

  

  003 
  

  

  12.6 
  

  

  7-75 
  

  

  . 
  096 
  

  

  ' 
  477 
  

  

  18.35 
  

  

  H.,0 
  "••• 
  undet. 
  

  

  98 
  . 
  096 
  

  

  