TRAVERSE MAP OF BELVIDERE MOUNTAIN 



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Mining and Development Company. The upper half of the ridge pre- 

 sents exceedingly steep cliffs, occasionally alternating with talus slopes 

 and tl slides" containing enormous blocks of rock, the form of these 

 masses being due to the development of two well defined sets of joints. 

 To the north, however, the steepness of the slopes gradually decreases, 

 and a cover of waste extends well up the flanks. At the south end of 

 Belvidere a somewhat crescent-shaped plateau rims the south and south- 

 east sides. This topographic element is largely composed of serpentine, 



Figure 2. — Traverse Map of Belvidere Mountain. 



the level portion being comparatively free from drift or talus, except 

 along its upper edge and again at its foot, where it is in part covered up 

 by sand or gravel deposits, forming terraces on the bottom and along 

 the lower part of the Missisquoi valley. A typical view of the outer 

 slope of the serpentine plateau, as well as the valley at its foot and the 

 eastern ridges of the Green Mountain series, is shown in the accompany- 

 ing photograph. The gradual extension of the glacial deposits up the 

 slopes to the north and their coalition with the debris from above, the 

 whole being covered with a dense forest, renders the lithologic relation- 



