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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  forming 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  formation 
  in 
  the 
  

   steep 
  hill 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  Oneonta. 
  About 
  '50 
  feet 
  higher 
  by 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   highway 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  quarry 
  in 
  the 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  capped 
  

   by 
  red 
  shale. 
  This 
  shale 
  is 
  X 
  6 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  and 
  its 
  base 
  is 
  312 
  

   feet 
  by 
  the 
  barometer 
  above 
  the 
  railroad 
  level. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  marked 
  

   dip 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  of 
  2^° 
  S, 
  10° 
  W. 
  The 
  section 
  may 
  be 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  diagrammatically 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  312' 
  

  

  250 
  / 
  

  

  170' 
  

  

  <y 
  

  

  62' 
  

  

  80' 
  

  

  170' 
  

  

  SECTION 
  SOUTH 
  OF 
  ONEONTA 
  

  

  X 
  6 
  Red 
  shale 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  

   X 
  5 
  Greenish 
  gray 
  ss. 
  with 
  some 
  shale 
  

  

  X 
  4 
  Greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  Base 
  of 
  Oneonta 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  

  

  X 
  3 
  Mostly 
  covered 
  

   Probably 
  Ithaca 
  

  

  X 
  2 
  Bluish 
  shales 
  with 
  fossils 
  

   Ithaca 
  formation 
  

  

  X 
  1 
  Largely 
  covered 
  

  

  R. 
  R. 
  level 
  Oneonta 
  station 
  

  

  About 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  third 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Delhi 
  road 
  the 
  steep 
  

   hill 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  Franklin 
  turnpike. 
  'Red 
  sandstones 
  and 
  

   shales 
  were 
  first 
  noticed 
  along 
  this 
  road 
  245 
  feet 
  below 
  its 
  sum- 
  

   mit, 
  while 
  at 
  180 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  summit 
  is 
  an 
  exposure 
  of 
  15 
  feet 
  

   of 
  red 
  shale 
  which 
  has 
  colored 
  the 
  road 
  a 
  bright 
  red 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   quarried 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  red 
  paint. 
  The 
  reds 
  and 
  

   grays 
  alternate 
  from 
  this 
  horizon 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  road. 
  

  

  