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GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
LOCALITIES. 
WNW., 
NNE ... 
do .... 
WNW... 
North .... 
N10“E.. 
NNE . 
NNE*! 
North ... 
WNW. 
Slate and limestone.. 
NNE, high angle .... 
ESE, high angle. 
do 
Vertical .. 
ESE 20° to 60° . 
NNE, high angles often 
contorted 
East 60°. 
Slate like roof slate. 
Limestone. 
Limestone and slates. 
Slates of the Taconic sys- 
Eastward 80° to 90° .. 
Nearly horizontal .... 
Vertical and ESE 30° 
nearly 
Horizontal. 
ESE 40° to 60° . 
do 10°. 
do 70° . 
Very high angle and 
contorted, dips every 
way 
East 40°. 
SE 40°. 
S 10° to 40° , 
tem 
do 
do 
Slates and limestones of 
the Champlain division 
Calcareous slate. 
Slate of the Champlain di¬ 
vision (Hudson slates) 
Potsdam and calciferous 
sandstone, and blue lime¬ 
stone 
ENE70to90° . 
do 30° to 60° . 
East 40°.. 
ENE, high angle . 
Potsdam sandstone, calcife¬ 
rous sandstone, and lime¬ 
stone 
Gneiss . 
Between Fort-Ann and Sandy hill. The rocks gene¬ 
rally of Washington county, dip eastwardly at a 
high angle, as represented in PI. 28, figs. 1, 2, 3. 
There are however, many local exceptions, a few 
of which will be noticed. 
In Easton, two or three miles south of Union village. 
Transverse elevation and stratification. 
In Easton, two or three miles south of Union village, 
near the preceding locality, dip and strike in the 
usual directions. 
At the “ Big falls,” below Galesville, on the Batten 
kill. 
On the west side of Bald mountain, usual strike and 
dip. 
On the south end of Bald mountain, transverse strike 
and dip. 
Two miles north-northeast of Sodom. 
Two miles northeast of Sodom. 
Near Baker’s falls. 
Near Baker’s falls, east of the axis of disturbance. 
Along the canal near Kingsburyville. 
East of the canal in Kingsbury, at the quarries. 
Northwest part of Hartford. 
Central and northern parts of Hartford. 
Fort Edward and Fort Miller, along the Hudson and 
within two or three miles. 
Fort-Ann, one mile north of Griswold’s. 
Fort-Ann, one and a half mile northeast of Gris¬ 
wold’s. 
Fort-Ann northwest and west of Fort-Ann village, 
in various places up the valley of the creek, dip¬ 
ping off southwardly and southeast from the pri¬ 
mary ridges, and sometimes apparently pitching 
under them. 
In Hampton on the road between Poultney and 
Whitehall. 
Between Whitehall and Hampton, in Whitehall. 
Northeast part of Dresden and southeast part of Put¬ 
nam. The limestone opposite on the Vermont shore 
is horizontal. 
One and two miles north of last locality, in Putnam. 
Transverse axis. 
Two miles north of preceding locality, in Putnam. 
Transverse axis. 
Along Lake Champlain in various places, indicated 
the State map. 
ROCKLAND COUNTY, 
Very variable, 
but generally 
NE and E 
Very variable, but ge¬ 
nerally north and 
northwest from 5° to 
20 ° 
N 70°, W 10°. 
Red sandstone. 
On the banks of the Minishecongo creek, in Haver- 
straw, 
N 20° E. 
Coarse red sandstone. 
Depew’s quarry, one-half mile north of Van Houtens, 
on one of the ridges between the Hackensack and 
Barber’s creeks, * 
