382 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



Sedimentation op the Oriskany Sandstone. 





The section exposed at the quarry of the Delphos Stone and Stave 

 Company, half a mile south of Charloe, in Paulding county, is as follows, 

 in descending order. It covers the lower part of the Oriskany phase, 

 embracing also the top of the Waterlime : 



No. 1. Sandstone, having the appearance of that at Grand Rap- 

 ids, in "Wood county; hard; suture-jointed upon No. 2; 

 sawn off for flagging ; seen only 6 in. 



" 2. Even-grained, magnesian limestone of a buff color; con- 

 taining nodules of chert ; sawn into handsome building 

 blocks, and exported largely 4 ft. 



" 3. Dark drab ; soft ; magnesian, with some cavities, which 



contain orange-colored calcite 1 " 10" 



' 4. Rough; blue drab; close-grained, heavy, and hard, or 

 brecciated and vesicular ; with some pyrites ; in one bed 

 ofatleast 3" 6" 



9 " 10 " 

 No. 1 of this section is the base of the Oriskany ; No. 2 is a stone seen 

 at other places embraced within the Lower Corniferous ; Nos. 3 and 4 

 are the uppermost members of the Waterlime. 



On the eastern slope of the Niagara, at Bellevue, in Sandusky county, 

 the sandy beds supposed to represent the Oriskany of New York are em- 

 braced within the Waterlime, about six feet of that formation overlying 



