190 G 5 . REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



range in this township through Kix's Gap at an elevation 

 of 1900' A. T. 



The outcropping rocks belong principally to the Catskill, 

 but along the western line, a narrow band of Pocono strata 

 skirts the east face of the Moosic range, while only one half 

 mile west from the township line the rapid westward dip 

 brings down the Pottsville Conglomerate No. XII into the 

 tops of the most elevated points. 



Dip. — In this area we see the dying away eastward of 

 the strong N. W. dip of the measures east from the Lacka- 

 wanna coal basin. Passing east from Carbondale along the 

 Gravity R.R. we see the strata rising southeastward at about 

 8° until the summit of Moosic is reached just within the 

 edge of Canaan, wdien the rate gradually slackens to about 

 5° which is continued on beyond Waymart and then it still 

 further declines until a short distance beyond the eastern line 

 of the township the strata have become almost horizontal. 



The following section was compiled in passing from the 

 outcrop of the Conglomerate No. XII i mile west from the 

 township line eastward across the Moosic range to Waymart : 



(Fig. 55.) 



Waymart section. 



1. Conglomerate, white base of XII, 25' 



2. Coaly shale, . . 2' 



3. Sandstone, coarse, bluish gray, 15' 



4. Sandstone buff and sandy shales, 75' 



5. Concealed, 30' 



6. Sandstone, grayish white, few pebbles, 25' 



7. Concealed, 350' 



8. Sandstone, massive, gray, 25' 



9. Concealed, 150' 



10. Sandstone, grayish white, 25' 



11. Concealed, 100' 



12. Pebbly sandstone, Griswold's Gap Conglomerate, ... 40' 



13. Concealed, 250' 



14. Sandstone, massive, 20' 



15. Red shales, sandstones, and concealed, 300' 



16. Sandstone, reddish, ... 15' 



17. Concealed, 175' 



18. Sandstone, grayish brown, 40' 



1662' 



This section must be considered as only approximately 

 correct, since Nos. 7 and 13 were mere estimates from the 



