45 
Feet 
Soft, blue-black, crumbling shale that toward the top has interbedded thin 
sandstones, the transition zone to the La Vieille sandstones. Dip 65 
degrees south, 20 degrees east. Thickness, about 150 
Toward the top occur Hyattidina congesta, Coelospira hemispherica, Schi - 
zophoria senecta, and Favosites forbesi 
Blue-green, sandy shales with a few, thin, arenaceous limestones abounding 
in Tentaculites 40 
Similar shales regularly interbedded with thin sandstones 35 
Blue-green, sandy shales with fossils 30 
Here occur Zaphrentis stokesi, Halysites catenularia microporus, Favosites 
gothlandicus, Heliolites, Stromatopora. Cornulites, Orthis flabellites, Dalman- 
ella rogata, Rhipidomella uberis, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Rafinesquina 
ceres, Plectambonites transversalis, Schuchertella pecten, StricJclandinia 
small sp., Camarotoechia janea, C.fringilla, and Atrypa reticularis 
Green shales becoming more calcareous and knobbly 80 
Soft, green shales with light blue, dense, thin-bedded limestones, some of 
which abound in Montlculiporas and Hebertella ci.fausta 50 
Total thickness for the Clemville 385 
The edges of the highly tilted strata of the Clemville formation are 
again exposed about one-fourth mile downstream from the Clemville 
bridge over Little Port Daniel river. There the succession is hard to 
make out and no fossils were secured. Farther downstream the Clemville 
is succeeded by from 125 to 150 feet of thick- and thin-bedded sandstones 
with green shale partings. They dip 65 degrees south 20 degrees east. 
These sandstones are undoubtedly the equivalent of the La Vieille sandstone 
described farther on. The only fossils seen were crescentic sections of 
(seemingly) Pentamerus oblongus. 
La Vieille Formation 
The La Vieille formation along the shore of anse 4 la Vieille begins 
with sandstones, then passes into higher shales that become more and 
more calcareous, and at the top are thick-bedded and more or less reef 
limestones. The combined thickness of these strata is about 450 feet. 
La Vieille Sandstones and Shales . Logan in “ Geology of Canada ” says : 
“The smoothly worn edges of the vertical strata of the [Macquereau] here support 
an even layer of 4 feet of hard greyish-white, strong, siliceous conglomerate.” 
This is the basal stratum of the La Vieille formation, and is followed by 
“reddish-grey, micaceo-arenaceous limestones” 140 feet thick. Our 
thickness is 168 feet, and in detail the ascending section is as follows: 
Feet 
Macquereau folded and peneplained 
Light green, coarse, vein-quartz conglomerate with the subrounded pebbles 
up to 3 inches. Variable from 2 to 4 
Sandy conglomerate 4 
Greenish sandstones with zones of quartz conglomerate in which the pebbles 
are of sizes up to one-half inch. Here and there occur Stromatopora, 
Heliolites, and Pa’aeofavosites asper. 10 
Green, muddy sandstones that weather hackly. Fossils appear here in 
more abundance: Syringopora compacta, Palaeofavosites asper, F. favosus, 
Heliolites, Orthis flabellites, Platy&trophia biforata, crinoid columnals, 
Buthotrephis (exceedingly common), and Taonurus (rare) ..... ..... 15 
Thick-bedded sandstones with very little conglomerate, having a dip of 
20 degrees to 30 degrees southwest (the regulation dip up to the highly 
disturbed faulted area farther west along the shore) 25 
Thinner bedded, greenish, muddy sandstones, but almost without shale 
partings 30 
Green shales with less and less of sandstones. Palaeocydus rotuloides, Syrin- 
gopora compacta, Orthis flabellites, Atrypa reticularis, etc 35 
Dark green shales that become more and more knobbly and calcareous 
upward. Fossils rare 45 
Total thickness for La Vieille sandstones 108 
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