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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Schoharie 
  just 
  above 
  Lexington 
  is 
  a 
  cliff 
  of 
  shaly 
  red 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  20 
  feet 
  high. 
  Below 
  the 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  bank 
  are 
  

   coarse 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  which 
  contain 
  some 
  pebbles. 
  

   The 
  dip 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  is 
  S, 
  70°W. 
  On 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   road 
  some 
  distance 
  below 
  Lexington 
  are 
  massive 
  ledges 
  of 
  sand- 
  

   stone. 
  At 
  the 
  base 
  it 
  is 
  gray 
  and 
  shaly 
  but 
  becomes 
  thick 
  bedded 
  

   above, 
  forming 
  a 
  very 
  prominent 
  ledge 
  of 
  bluish 
  to 
  greenish 
  

   gray, 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstone. 
  Between 
  the 
  two 
  massive 
  strata 
  

   of 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  are 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  reddish 
  sandstone. 
  

   No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  these 
  exposures 
  or 
  any 
  characters 
  to 
  

   distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  Catskill 
  rocks 
  farther 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

   Again 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  the 
  Westkill 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  

   of 
  Lexington 
  near 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  mapped 
  as 
  Che- 
  

   mung, 
  are 
  ledges 
  of 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  heavy 
  bedded, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  

   sandstone. 
  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found. 
  Farther 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  clove 
  through 
  the 
  Westkill 
  

   range, 
  at 
  the 
  divide 
  between 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Westkill 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  and 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  known 
  as 
  

   Deep 
  hollow 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Bushnellville 
  clove. 
  In 
  the 
  

   hollow 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  is 
  about 
  4°W. 
  The 
  

   view 
  of 
  this 
  clove 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  low 
  hill 
  not 
  far 
  north 
  of 
  Westkill 
  

   village. 
  

  

  LXI 
  B. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  section 
  through 
  the 
  so-called 
  Chemung 
  of 
  the 
  

   Jewett 
  range 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Bataviakill 
  beginning 
  

   at 
  the 
  creek 
  level 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  above 
  Ashland 
  and 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  highway 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  north 
  

   of 
  Jewett 
  hights. 
  On 
  the 
  accompanying 
  plate 
  the 
  lithological 
  

   characters 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  given 
  so 
  fully 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  describe 
  them 
  at 
  any 
  length 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report. 
  

   In 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  B 
  3 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  quarry 
  in 
  bluish 
  gray 
  to 
  

   greenish 
  gray, 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstone 
  with 
  greenish 
  and 
  

   bluish 
  argillaceous 
  shales. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  shaly 
  layers 
  contain 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  quarry 
  the 
  layers 
  

   have 
  very 
  irregular 
  bedding. 
  The 
  dip 
  is 
  1° 
  to 
  1°+ 
  S, 
  80° 
  W. 
  This 
  

   gray 
  sandstone 
  is 
  apparently 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  colored 
  as 
  

   of 
  Chemung 
  age 
  on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Succeeding 
  

  

  