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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  been 
  quarried 
  at 
  Prospect 
  along 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  Prof. 
  

   Smock 
  states 
  0, 
  that 
  a 
  sample 
  tested 
  contained 
  94.82$ 
  lime 
  car- 
  

   bonate. 
  

  

  An 
  analysis 
  from 
  this 
  same 
  quarry 
  made 
  by 
  J. 
  D. 
  Irving 
  gave: 
  

  

  Silica 
  2.59 
  

  

  Alumina 
  1.21 
  

  

  Ferric 
  oxid 
  .61 
  

  

  Lime 
  52.00 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  1 
  . 
  04 
  

  

  Carbon 
  dioxid 
  42.00 
  

  

  99.51 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  years 
  the 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county 
  were 
  

   extensively 
  operated 
  to 
  supply 
  flux 
  for 
  blast 
  furnaces, 
  and 
  Prof. 
  

   A. 
  H. 
  Chester 
  of 
  Rutgers 
  college, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  N. 
  J. 
  has 
  

   kindly 
  furnished 
  the 
  writer 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  analyses: 
  

  

  

  Localities 
  

  

  CaO 
  

  

  MgO 
  

  

  Fe 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  and 
  

  

  A1 
  2 
  3 
  

  

  co 
  2 
  

  

  Si0 
  2 
  

  

  p 
  3 
  o 
  6 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  1 
  Quarries 
  near 
  Clinton, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  N. 
  Y.. 
  

  

  2 
  Quarry 
  " 
  " 
  (dark) 
  

  

  3 
  " 
  « 
  " 
  (light) 
  

  

  48.68 
  

   52.53 
  

   35.25 
  

   43.22 
  

   48.82 
  

   50.25 
  

   50.47 
  

   52.69 
  

   50.25 
  

   50.80 
  

   50.93 
  

   53.52 
  

  

  1.84. 
  

   0.69 
  

   8.94 
  

   6.08 
  

   1.48 
  

   1.00 
  

   0.83 
  

   0.84 
  

   1.11 
  

   1.01 
  

   0.85 
  

   0.46 
  

  

  (2) 
  

   1.64 
  

   0.36 
  

  

  40.29 
  

   42.03 
  

   37.52 
  

   40.65 
  

   39.99 
  

   40.49 
  

   40.57 
  

   42.33 
  

   40.70 
  

   41.02 
  

   40.87 
  

   42.54 
  

  

  7.23 
  

   1.92 
  

  

  

  0.21 
  

  

  99.89 
  

   97.53 
  

  

  

  

  

  4 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  (dark) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  6 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  .' 
  

  

  7 
  Oriskany 
  Falls, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  8 
  Same 
  " 
  

  

  9 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  10 
  " 
  " 
  ....... 
  

  

  11 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  1.50 
  

   1.55 
  

   1.55 
  

   2.14 
  

   1.35 
  

   1.38 
  

   0.95 
  

  

  5.53 
  

   5.56 
  

   2.57 
  

   5.66 
  

   5.46 
  

   5.82 
  

   2.48 
  

  

  

  0.30 
  

   0.21 
  

   0.14 
  

   0.18 
  

   0.12 
  

   0.07 
  

   0.04 
  

  

  99.07 
  

   99.19 
  

   100.12 
  

   100.04 
  

   99.76 
  

   99.92 
  

   99.99 
  

  

  

  

  

  Onondaga 
  county 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  are 
  

   situated 
  in 
  Onondaga 
  county. 
  The 
  limestones 
  quarried 
  are 
  the 
  

   Niagara, 
  Helderberg 
  and 
  Onondaga. 
  

  

  The 
  purest 
  limestone 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Stroma- 
  

   topora 
  beds 
  and 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  diamond 
  blue 
  " 
  rock. 
  Much 
  

   stone 
  of 
  good 
  grade 
  is 
  however 
  also 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Lower 
  

   Helderberg 
  rock, 
  notably 
  west 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  

  

  a 
  N. 
  Y. 
  state 
  museum, 
  bull. 
  10, 
  p. 
  246. 
  

  

  