﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  281 
  

  

  vi 
  Clionetes 
  coronata 
  (Con. 
  Hall 
  

   fj 
  Strophoedonta 
  perplana 
  Con. 
  (?) 
  

  

  7 
  Grammysia 
  bisulcata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  

  

  8 
  Spiraphyton 
  sp. 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  dip 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  is 
  ~10J° 
  N. 
  60° 
  W. 
  The 
  western 
  bank 
  

   -of 
  the 
  creek 
  above 
  the- 
  falls 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  alternating 
  strata 
  of 
  

   shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  forming 
  a 
  perpendicular 
  cliff 
  85 
  feet 
  in 
  

   hight. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  determine 
  whether 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  

   fauna 
  continues 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  or 
  not. 
  The 
  fossiliferous 
  

   nature 
  of 
  these 
  rocks 
  was 
  noted 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Davis 
  who 
  wrote 
  that 
  

   " 
  several 
  strata 
  are 
  very 
  fossiliferous, 
  Spirifer 
  mucronata 
  and 
  

   medlalis 
  are 
  both 
  of 
  common 
  occurrence 
  ;" 
  a 
  while 
  Prosser 
  has 
  in 
  

   earlier 
  papers 
  partially 
  listed 
  the 
  fossils 
  of 
  this 
  locality. 
  6 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  hill 
  one 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  High 
  falls 
  and 
  130 
  feet 
  

   higher 
  than 
  its 
  top 
  is 
  the 
  small 
  stone 
  quarry 
  of 
  Hugh 
  Smith. 
  

   The 
  rock 
  is 
  bluish 
  gray, 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstone 
  which 
  

   has 
  bands 
  of 
  color, 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  reddish 
  tint 
  in 
  the 
  

   bright 
  sunshine. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  green, 
  

   argillaceous 
  shales 
  with 
  some 
  layers 
  of 
  bluish 
  color. 
  No 
  fossils 
  

   were 
  found 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  rocks 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation. 
  The 
  soil 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  is 
  

   reddish 
  from 
  the 
  leaching 
  of 
  the 
  higher 
  red 
  shales. 
  The 
  first 
  

   reds 
  seen 
  in 
  place 
  however 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  three 
  corners, 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   of 
  a 
  mile 
  farther 
  northwest 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Kaaterskill. 
  

   This 
  locality 
  is 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Greene 
  and 
  Ulster 
  county 
  line 
  

   about 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Palenville. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   red 
  shales 
  are 
  very 
  arenaceous 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  somewhat 
  farther 
  east, 
  but 
  covered 
  by 
  drift 
  and 
  

   soil 
  along 
  the 
  highway. 
  Red 
  shales 
  show 
  at 
  various 
  places 
  along 
  

   this 
  ridge 
  and 
  the 
  highway 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Saxton 
  in 
  Saugerties 
  

   township, 
  Ulster 
  co. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  geological 
  map 
  accompanying 
  this 
  report 
  the 
  lines 
  

   separating 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  Sherburne 
  formations 
  and 
  the 
  Sher- 
  

   burne 
  and 
  Oneonta 
  are 
  indicated 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  follow 
  

  

  a 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  comp. 
  zoology, 
  v. 
  7, 
  Geol. 
  ser. 
  1883, 
  1: 
  3'«. 
  

  

  b 
  American 
  geologist, 
  1891, 
  7: 
  365; 
  Bulletin 
  Unite 
  >s 
  geol. 
  survey, 
  no. 
  120, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  69. 
  

  

  