Published monthly by the 



New York State Education Department 



BULLETIN 334 



-MARCH IQO5 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke Director 



Bulletin 81 

 PALEONTOLOGY 1 1 



GEOLOGY 



OF THE 



WATKINS AND ELMIRA QUADRANGLES 



ACCOMPANIED BY A GEOLOGIC MAP 



JOHN M. CLARKE State Geologist and Paleontologist 



AND 



D. DANA LUTHER Field Assistant 



FACIE 



Introduction 3 



Succession of strata 4 



Genesee shale 4 



Genundewa limestone 5 



West River shale 5 



Cashaqua shale 7 



Parrish limestone 10 



Rhinestreet shale n 



PACK 



Hatch shale and flags 12 



Grimes sandstone 14 



West Hill flags and shale 15 



High Point sandstone 16 



Prattsburg shale [g 



Chemung sandstones 20 



Undulations >^ 



Index 2 j 



