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"In a small quarry, about one hundred feet south of the cross-road, the 

 water-lime rocks are exposed for a thickness of about three feet, and the 

 sandstone outcrops a few feet to the east. The dip is N. f>5* W. 85°, and the 



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Figure 10. Map and sections of Region west of Cornwall. 

 M., Oneida conglomerate; L., Longwood shales; T., Tentacnlite limestone ; P., Pentamerus limestone ; 

 S., Shaly limestone; O., Oriskany quartzite ; II., Monroe shales. 



thickness is twelve feet. The Pentamerus and Water-lime disappear by 

 thinning out or faulting, and the Shaly limestone lies directly on the Long- 

 wood shales, while along the contact are beds of limonite. The Shaly 



