REPORT OF THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST 1902 



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Herkimer co., the Salina shales are given a position directly on 

 the Clinton formation (op. cit.) : 



The following sections show the order of succession, and the 

 nature of the materials of which the group is composed, at dif- 

 ferent localities, from its more easterly exposures to the Niagara 

 river : 



The most easterly section I have been able to observe is one in 

 the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery co. ; though the succession 

 is there very obscure, and the whole thickness less than 50 feet. 



1 Drab colored layers of Onondaga salt group 



2 A red, coarse sandstone (forming a terrace) with I 



pebbles, and containing much iron ore CI' t 



3 A space occupied by shales 



group 



4 Grayish sandstone, conglomeritic below and darker V 



colored and laminated above / 



5 Oneida conglomerate 



6 Shales of Hudson river group 



At Vanhornsviile in the town of Stark, Herkimer co., the fol- 

 lowing section is exposed, though somewhat obscurely. 



1 Onondaga salt group 



2 Ked, coarsely laminated, friable sandstone, contain- . 



ing much iron ore, but no distinct beds I 



3 Green shale with fossils Clinton 



4 Eed, diagonally laminated sandstone f group 



5 Grayish sandstone and conglomerate, with thin 



layers of green shale 



6 Oneida conglomerate 



7 Shales and sandstones of the Hudson river group 



Section above Wick's Store, in the town of Stark, Herkimer co. 



1 Onondaga salt group 



2 Quartzose sandstone and conglomerate, forming \ 



the terminating mass of the Clinton group / 



3 Thin bedded sandstone with fucoids, alternating Clinton 



with green shale i group 



4 Red sandstone, diagonally laminated \ 



5 White sandstone with pebbles and green shale / 



6 Oneida conglomerate 



7 Shales of Hudson river group 



