REPORT OF TJIE CHIEF ASTRONOMER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 25a 



Table II. — Shoiving general lithological character of the four standard sections 

 in the Rocky Mountain Geosynclinal. 



— 



Carbonate 

 rocks. 



Argillite. 



Sandstone.* 



Grit. 



Con- 

 glomerate. 



Lewis Series : — 



Feet. 



Feet. 

 720 

 10 

 1,700 

 1,200 

 1,800 



Feet. 

 100 

 10 

 200 

 380 

 725 

 500 



Feet. 



Feet. 



Sbeppard 



Siyeh 



580 

 2,200 







75 



3,000 



200 









- 













6,055 



5,430 



1,915 





Total, 13,400 feet. 



Oalton Series . — 



Koosville 



Phillips 



Gateway 



Siyeh 



Wigwam .... 

 MacDonald . . . 



Hefty 



Altyn 



35 



1,800 



50 



25 



650 



2,560 



500 



350 

 1,625 

 2,000 



300 

 1,450 



100 



100 

 200 



365 

 200 

 900 

 850 

 650 



6,325 



3,265 



Total 12,150 feet. 



Purcell Series : — 



Moyie 



Kitchener 



Creslon 



100 



100 



2,400 



1,300 



500 



4,200 



1,000 

 6,000 

 9,000 



16,000 



Total 20,300 feet. 



Total 26,050 feet. 



Summit Series :— 





1,400 

 1,450 



600 



5,500 

 1,650 

 1,500 









50 















250 



2,000 

 200 



250 



Wolf 





900 



Monk 





2,000 

 200 



2,600 

 800 



700 







4,000 













50 



5,300 



12,650 



2,200 



5,850 



*The '-'sandstone" here includes the quartzites, which, as already described in the case of the 

 Creston aiwi Kitchener types, are not strictly " sand " stones. 



