﻿IRON 
  ORES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLINTON 
  FORMATION 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  Iron 
  34 
  . 
  09 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  . 
  208 
  

  

  Martville, 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  The 
  site 
  of 
  this 
  drill 
  hole 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  bank 
  of 
  Sterling 
  creek 
  about 
  15 
  rods 
  below 
  the 
  bridge 
  at 
  

   Martville, 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  Dr 
  John 
  Chapman. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  3 
  

   miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  Sterling 
  Station 
  and 
  5 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Red 
  

   Creek. 
  

  

  SECTION 
  AT 
  MARTVILLE 
  

  

  Strata 
  

  

  From 
  To 
  

  

  Feet 
  Inches 
  Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  Character 
  

  

  Drift 
  and 
  broken 
  

  

  shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  and 
  ore 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Limestone 
  . 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  and 
  

   shale 
  

  

  83 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  83 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  98 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  

   feet 
  at 
  base, 
  this 
  shale 
  is 
  purple 
  

   in 
  color. 
  It 
  includes 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   pearly 
  limestone 
  bands, 
  between 
  

   33 
  and 
  57 
  feet. 
  A 
  few 
  other 
  light 
  

   crystalline 
  limestone 
  bands 
  occur 
  

   at 
  45 
  and 
  54 
  feet. 
  In 
  thickness 
  

   the 
  bands 
  of 
  limestone 
  vary 
  from 
  

   a 
  fraction 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  up 
  to 
  6 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  One 
  inch 
  of 
  lean 
  ore 
  is 
  followed 
  

   by 
  1 
  foot 
  of 
  shale 
  and 
  limestone. 
  

   Another 
  inch 
  of 
  lean 
  ore 
  at 
  84' 
  5", 
  

   followed 
  below 
  by 
  dark 
  shale 
  with 
  

   limestone 
  bands. 
  

  

  Fossiliferous 
  limestone 
  with 
  

   bands 
  of 
  shale. 
  Below 
  this 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  is 
  the 
  horizon 
  for 
  the 
  main 
  

   ore 
  bed 
  as 
  encountered 
  in 
  the 
  

   drillings 
  farther 
  west. 
  

  

  Upper 
  few 
  inches 
  brecciated, 
  

   followed 
  below 
  by 
  greenish 
  shale 
  

   and 
  sandstone. 
  Below 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  hard 
  white 
  sandstone, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  a 
  foot 
  of 
  mottled 
  sand- 
  

   stone. 
  Medina 
  horizon. 
  

  

  This 
  section 
  seems 
  to 
  establish 
  that 
  the 
  ore 
  body 
  which 
  stretches 
  

   across 
  Wayne 
  county 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Sterling 
  Station, 
  Cayuga 
  

   co., 
  terminates 
  practically 
  near 
  the 
  latter 
  locality. 
  The 
  excavations 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  Fair 
  Haven 
  Iron 
  Co., 
  at 
  Sterling 
  Station, 
  give 
  some 
  in- 
  

   dications 
  of 
  a 
  wedging 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  toward 
  the 
  east, 
  though 
  from 
  

   the 
  evidence 
  here 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  follow 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  anything 
  more 
  than 
  

   a 
  local 
  condition. 
  The 
  ore 
  bodies 
  are 
  everywhere 
  subject 
  to 
  moder- 
  

   ate 
  variations 
  in 
  thickness, 
  but 
  the 
  pinches 
  are 
  usually 
  succeeded 
  

   in 
  turn 
  by 
  bulges 
  that 
  maintain 
  the 
  average. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  other 
  

  

  