. Annual report of the Regents. ?7 /=^ V 1 \\ ..;^};;;W2 s •^ U IV II University of the State of New York BULLETIN OF THE 9 New York State Museum VOL. 5 No. 21SEPTEMBER 1898 QEOLOQY OF THE LAKE PLACID REQION BY JAMES FURMAN KEMP, E. M. prepared with the permission of Prof. James Hall, State Geologist, and Charles D. Wolcott, Director U. S. Geological survey CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 51 Geographic outline 51 Rocks 53 Crystalline limestone 53 Quartzite 54 Grani te 54 Gneiss 55 Anorthosites 57 Trap dikes 58 Moraines 59 Water- sorted sands and gravels , 59 Geologic age 60 Eelief map—based on tbe
. Annual report of the Regents. ?7 /=^ V 1 \\ ..;^};;;W2 s •^ U IV II University of the State of New York BULLETIN OF THE 9 New York State Museum VOL. 5 No. 21SEPTEMBER 1898 QEOLOQY OF THE LAKE PLACID REQION BY JAMES FURMAN KEMP, E. M. prepared with the permission of Prof. James Hall, State Geologist, and Charles D. Wolcott, Director U. S. Geological survey CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 51 Geographic outline 51 Rocks 53 Crystalline limestone 53 Quartzite 54 Grani te 54 Gneiss 55 Anorthosites 57 Trap dikes 58 Moraines 59 Water- sorted sands and gravels , 59 Geologic age 60 Eelief map—based on tbe Lake Placid and Mt Marcy sheets of the U. S. geological survey opp. p. 62 Mineralogy 63 Geologic map of the area arouud Lake Placid see cover j). 2 Index ,,.,.,, 65 GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE PLACID REGION INTRODUCTION The following outline of the geology of the region about LakePlacid has been prepared from notes which were taken while thew^riter was in the field, first under the direction of Prof. JamesHall, state
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