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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  vicinity. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  figure 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  this 
  synclinal 
  

   are 
  shown. 
  

  

  FlG 
  7 
  — 
  c 
  ross 
  section 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  Rinnewater. 
  Looking 
  north. 
  CO., 
  

   Esopus 
  shales; 
  US., 
  Upper 
  Shaly 
  and 
  Becraft 
  limestones; 
  LS., 
  Lower 
  Shaly 
  limestone; 
  P., 
  

   Pentamerus 
  and 
  Tentaculite 
  lioaestones; 
  C, 
  Cement 
  series; 
  CI., 
  Clinton 
  and 
  Medina 
  members; 
  

   S., 
  Shawangunk 
  grit; 
  HR., 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shales. 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  this 
  basin, 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  figure 
  

   7 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  tongue 
  of 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  which 
  extends 
  

   from 
  the 
  northward 
  across 
  the 
  railroad 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  at 
  the 
  

   south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  Binnewater. 
  Along 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  this 
  

   Binnewater 
  the 
  Tentaculite 
  and 
  Pentamerus 
  limestones 
  arch 
  

   over 
  the 
  cement 
  on 
  the 
  anticlinal 
  and 
  dip 
  west 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   lower 
  Shaly 
  limestone. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  this 
  cross 
  synclinal 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  anticlinal 
  pitches 
  up 
  again 
  and 
  brings 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  valley, 
  the 
  Clinton 
  and 
  the 
  Medina 
  members, 
  the 
  attenuated 
  

   Shawangunk 
  grit, 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shales. 
  

  

  The 
  cement 
  beds 
  have 
  been 
  worked 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   this 
  area 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  distance 
  down 
  the 
  west 
  dip. 
  

   They 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  Tentaculite 
  and 
  Pentamerus 
  lime- 
  

   stones, 
  except 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  along 
  the 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  anticlinal, 
  where 
  

   the 
  valley 
  is 
  cut 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  cement 
  series. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  

   figure 
  there 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  cross-section 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  

   which 
  illustrates 
  the 
  principal 
  features. 
  Further 
  data 
  in 
  the 
  

   portion 
  somewhat 
  north 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  

   section 
  in 
  plate 
  7. 
  

  

  FiO 
  8 
  — 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  the 
  cement 
  district 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  Wiiiteport 
  station. 
  Looking 
  

   north. 
  LS., 
  Lower 
  Shaly 
  limestone; 
  P 
  , 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone; 
  T., 
  Tentaculite 
  beds; 
  UC, 
  Upper 
  

   Cement 
  beds; 
  LO, 
  Lower 
  Cement 
  beds; 
  C, 
  Clinton 
  quartzite; 
  M., 
  Medina 
  shales; 
  S., 
  Shaw- 
  

   angunk 
  grit, 
  and 
  H., 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shales. 
  

  

  The 
  pitch 
  of 
  the 
  fold 
  is 
  mainly 
  in 
  its 
  western 
  limb 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity 
  and 
  the 
  cement 
  beds 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  

  

  