﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OP 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  267 
  

  

  argillaceous 
  shales. 
  A 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  exposure 
  

   of 
  the 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  from 
  East 
  Greenville 
  to 
  

   Greenville 
  are 
  several 
  outcrops 
  of 
  red 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone. 
  At 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  Greenville 
  are 
  thin 
  red 
  sandstones. 
  

   The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  is 
  represented 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  as 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Greenville 
  township 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  

   of 
  East 
  Greenville 
  and 
  the 
  southwestern 
  corner 
  of 
  New 
  Balti- 
  

   more 
  into 
  the 
  northwestern 
  corner 
  of 
  Coxsackie 
  township. 
  This 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  reds 
  or 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  is 
  represented 
  

   on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  

   at 
  West 
  Greenville, 
  while 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Norton 
  

   hill 
  — 
  East 
  Greenville 
  highway 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  third 
  miles 
  farther 
  

   east. 
  

  

  LVII 
  D 
  2 
  . 
  From 
  East 
  Greenville 
  across 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Greenville 
  and 
  Durham 
  townships 
  the 
  rocks 
  all 
  belong 
  in 
  the 
  One- 
  

   onta 
  formation 
  till 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Tenmile 
  creek 
  is 
  reached 
  east 
  of 
  

   Oak-hill 
  in 
  Durham. 
  Not 
  much 
  above 
  the 
  creek's 
  .mouth 
  by 
  the 
  

   highway 
  and 
  opposite 
  the 
  mill 
  on 
  its 
  western 
  bank 
  are 
  fine 
  blue 
  

   argillaceous 
  shales 
  and 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  them 
  30 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  

   the 
  creek 
  contains 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of: 
  

  

  1 
  Estheria 
  sp. 
  (a) 
  

  

  2 
  BeyricJria 
  sp. 
  (c) 
  

  

  These 
  shales 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation 
  which 
  as 
  already 
  

   described 
  extends 
  up 
  the 
  creek 
  valley 
  to 
  Kensselaerville 
  and 
  

   down 
  it 
  to 
  below 
  its 
  mouth 
  on 
  the 
  Catskill. 
  

  

  Red 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  

   end 
  of 
  Pine 
  Tree 
  hill 
  which 
  forme 
  the 
  divide 
  between 
  Tenmile 
  

   and 
  Kelsey 
  creeke, 
  160 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  Tenmile 
  creek 
  at 
  

   the 
  mill 
  or 
  110 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  creek 
  level 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  bridge 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  mill. 
  These 
  shales 
  were 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oneonta 
  formation 
  and 
  occur 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  position 
  as 
  represented 
  

   on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  From 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  

   shales 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Pine 
  Tree 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  toward 
  Medusa 
  

   there 
  are 
  95 
  feet 
  of 
  red 
  shales 
  with 
  some 
  greenish 
  layers. 
  Near 
  

   the 
  " 
  pine 
  tree 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  

   one 
  half 
  mile 
  northeast 
  of 
  Oakhill 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  outcrop 
  of 
  red 
  

  

  