﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  

  

  735 
  

  

  ha 
  s^ 
  furnished 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  flags 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  older 
  sidewalks 
  

   in 
  and 
  about 
  Oxford 
  village. 
  Five 
  feet. 
  

  

  {3) 
  Ked 
  shales, 
  some 
  argillaceous 
  and 
  smooth, 
  others 
  sandy 
  

   and 
  blocky. 
  Two 
  to 
  four 
  feet. 
  No 
  fossils 
  observed. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  green 
  layers 
  in 
  (2), 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  basal 
  sandstone, 
  

   and 
  beneath 
  the 
  red 
  shales, 
  is 
  the 
  characteristic 
  sandy 
  fucoidal 
  

   layer 
  with 
  fish-scales. 
  The 
  elevation 
  of 
  this 
  point 
  is 
  about 
  150 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Station 
  I. 
  The 
  extensive 
  Miller 
  quarry 
  at 
  South 
  Oxford 
  

   (Coventry 
  station) 
  ; 
  The 
  F. 
  G. 
  Clark 
  Co., 
  lessee. 
  Elevation 
  150 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  (Station 
  I 
  

  

  Scale 
  ;- 
  

   lm.» 
  XO 
  ft. 
  

  

  The 
  section 
  here 
  is 
  the 
  following 
  ; 
  at 
  base 
  

  

  (1) 
  Dark 
  blue 
  and 
  greenish 
  clay 
  shales 
  with 
  interlaminated 
  

   compact, 
  and 
  more 
  shaly 
  beds. 
  Two 
  feet 
  six 
  inches. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Compact, 
  heavy-bedded 
  blue 
  stone 
  breaking 
  out 
  in 
  thick 
  

   blocks, 
  ten 
  feet. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  layer 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  quarry 
  

   is 
  worked, 
  the 
  entire 
  overlying 
  section 
  being 
  stripped. 
  The 
  

   sandstone 
  bears 
  plant 
  remains 
  along 
  certain 
  laminae, 
  and 
  spots 
  or 
  

   patches 
  of 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  breccia 
  containing 
  fish 
  remains. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Blue-stone 
  breaking 
  out 
  too 
  unevenly 
  for 
  use. 
  Two 
  

   feet, 
  

  

  (4) 
  Greenish 
  concretionary 
  sandy 
  shales 
  alternating 
  with 
  

   single 
  thin 
  benches 
  of 
  blue 
  stone. 
  Greatest 
  thickness 
  four 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  greenish 
  layer 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  " 
  fucoidal," 
  similar 
  lithologically 
  

  

  