﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  291 
  

  

  partings. 
  No 
  fossils, 
  except 
  fragments 
  of 
  plants, 
  were 
  found 
  

   and 
  the 
  rocks 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Sherburne. 
  

   The 
  dip 
  is 
  between 
  6° 
  and 
  7° 
  NW. 
  A 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  

   flagstone 
  ledge 
  in 
  Quarryville 
  appears 
  on 
  plate* 
  23 
  of 
  the 
  13th 
  

   annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Neio 
  York 
  state 
  geologist. 
  By 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   highway 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  

   descent 
  are 
  Hamilton 
  shales 
  with 
  their 
  typical 
  fossils. 
  The 
  ridge 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Quarryville 
  is 
  very 
  rough 
  and 
  rocky 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   along 
  the 
  quarry 
  road 
  leading 
  to 
  its 
  summit 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   miles 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  are 
  greenish 
  and 
  bluish 
  argillaceous 
  

   shales 
  interstratified 
  with 
  the 
  coarse 
  banded 
  sandstone, 
  all 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  in 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation. 
  Eed 
  shales 
  occur) 
  along 
  the 
  

   highway 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Quarryville 
  

   toward 
  Saxton. 
  To 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  Piaaterskill 
  valley 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  rocks 
  soon 
  crosses 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   creek 
  and 
  from 
  Fawns 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  road 
  for 
  Woodstock, 
  

   near 
  where 
  'the 
  creek 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  southeast, 
  there 
  are 
  frequent 
  

   outcrops 
  of 
  red 
  shales 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  while 
  none 
  

   were 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side. 
  

  

  About 
  two 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Fawns 
  at 
  West 
  Saugerties 
  is 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  the 
  Piaaterskill 
  clove, 
  a 
  deep 
  gorge 
  cut 
  by 
  the 
  Piaaterskill 
  

   through 
  the 
  eastern 
  escarpment 
  of 
  the 
  Catskills. 
  This 
  gorge 
  is 
  

   four 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Kaaterskill 
  clove 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  parallel 
  

   and 
  its 
  greater 
  part 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  corner 
  of 
  Hunter 
  town- 
  

   ship, 
  Greene 
  co. 
  These 
  two 
  cloves 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  deep 
  gorges 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  Greene 
  co. 
  

   Catskills. 
  By 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  road 
  about 
  400 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  is 
  a 
  stone 
  quarry 
  of 
  bluish 
  to 
  greenish 
  coarse 
  

   grained 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  dip 
  at 
  this 
  locality 
  is 
  between 
  6° 
  and 
  7° 
  

   N, 
  40° 
  W. 
  The 
  rocks 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  road 
  are 
  

   coarse, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  alternating 
  with 
  reddish 
  sand- 
  

   stones 
  and 
  shales 
  and 
  bluish 
  argillaceous 
  shales, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   typical 
  Catskill 
  rocks. 
  Near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  is 
  a 
  flagstone 
  

   quarry 
  in 
  greenish 
  gray, 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstone, 
  while 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  layers 
  contain 
  large 
  quartz 
  and 
  other 
  pebbles. 
  

  

  