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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  As 
  so 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  is 
  covered 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  correlate 
  the 
  

   different 
  zones 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  sections 
  at 
  Houston 
  Corners 
  

   and 
  Moheganter 
  hill. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  shale 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  Moheganter 
  hill, 
  still 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  present 
  and 
  concealed 
  by 
  the 
  drift. 
  If 
  not, 
  then 
  the 
  

   red 
  shale 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  at 
  as 
  low 
  a 
  geologic 
  horizon 
  in 
  this 
  

   section 
  as 
  in 
  Moheganter 
  hill 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  greater 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ithaca 
  formation. 
  

  

  XXXVII 
  A. 
  Crossing 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  

   and 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  border 
  of 
  Fulton 
  township 
  the 
  first 
  

   rocks 
  examined 
  are 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  Mill 
  creek 
  which 
  forms 
  

   the 
  boundary 
  between 
  Middleburg 
  and 
  Fulton 
  townships. 
  To 
  

   the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  is 
  a 
  steep 
  hill 
  known 
  as 
  

   Vroman's 
  Nose 
  and 
  at 
  its 
  northern 
  end 
  on 
  Mill 
  creek 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   bank 
  of 
  black, 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  (A 
  2 
  ). 
  This 
  

   outcrop 
  is 
  about 
  75 
  or 
  80 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  -and 
  

   perhaps 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  west 
  of 
  Middleburg. 
  The 
  shales 
  which 
  

   are 
  very 
  fissile 
  and 
  contain 
  some 
  quite 
  large, 
  rounded 
  concre- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  like 
  the 
  typical 
  Marcellus 
  shales 
  in 
  both 
  iithologic 
  

   appearance 
  and 
  fauna 
  and 
  belong 
  in 
  that 
  formation. 
  There 
  are 
  

   but 
  few 
  fossils 
  but 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  were 
  

   collected 
  : 
  

  

  1 
  CJionetes 
  mucronata 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  2 
  Styliola 
  fissurella 
  Hall 
  (a) 
  

  

  In 
  certain 
  layers. 
  

  

  3 
  Orthoceras 
  subulatwn 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Fragment. 
  

  

  4 
  Crinoid 
  segment 
  (rr) 
  

  

  The 
  Sherwood 
  brothers 
  in 
  their 
  Schoharie 
  section 
  give 
  above 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  limestone 
  25 
  feet 
  of 
  black 
  slate 
  and 
  shale 
  (nos. 
  

   3~5), 
  a 
  without 
  correlating 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  Marcellus; 
  but 
  they 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  that 
  above 
  these 
  lower 
  black 
  shales 
  305 
  feet 
  were 
  covered 
  

   which 
  would 
  more 
  than 
  include 
  the 
  entire 
  Marcellus 
  formation. 
  

  

  a 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  philosophical 
  soc. 
  IT 
  : 
  349. 
  

  

  