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Water-lime group; Carlisle, Schoharie county; near- Littlefalls 

 and Fairfield, Herkimer county; near Syracuse, Onondaga 

 county; Pillar Point, Jefferson county, in large veins; Hammond 

 and De Kalb, St Lawrence county. 



Calcite, calcareous tufa, travertine; carbonate of lime. Vicinity 

 of iSchoharie Courthouse, Schoharie county; iSharon Springs, a 

 large deposit; Howe's Cave, Schoharie county; near Catskill, 

 Greene county; head of Otsquaga creek, Stark, Herkimer county; 

 Saratoga Springs; near Syracuse and in Onondaga valley, Onon- 

 daga couniy; between Camillus and Canton, same county; near 

 Arkport, Steuben county; near Ellicotf s mills, Erie county, and 

 many lesser deposits. 



Fluorite, fluor spar; fluoride of lime. Muscalonge lake, Alexan- 

 dria, Jefferson county, very fine crystals; Lowville, Lewis county; 

 Niagara county, at Lockport; Auburn, Cayuga county; Eossie 

 and Mineral Point, St Lawrence county. 



Magnesite, carbonate of magnesia. Near Rye, Westchester 

 county; Warwick, Orange county; New Rochelle, Westchester 

 county; Stony Point, Rockland county; Serpentine hills, Staten 

 Island; everywhere in thin seams and strings. 



Muscovite, mica. As a rock constituent, common. In large 

 plates near' Warwick and at Greenwood at Mount Bashan pond, 

 in Orange county; Pleasantville, Westchester county, once opened 

 and mined; Henderson, Jefferson county; Potsdam and Edwards, 

 in St Lawrence county. 



Serpentine. Staten Island, near New Rochelle and near Rye, 

 Westchester county; Phillipstown, Putnam county; near Amity, 

 Orange county, verd antique; Johnsburg and Warrensburg, War- 

 ren county; Shelving rock, Lake George, Washington county; 

 Gouverneur, Fowler, Edwards and Pitcairn townships, in St 

 Lawrence county; other localities of occurrence in small quantity. 



COAL AND LIGNITE 



Coal and lignite, while they occur in New York, can never be 

 found in commercial quantities. The coal measures of Pennsyl- 

 vania are not found north of the boundary line between Pennsyl- 



