. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY 237 The following section will show the relation of the Cobleskill to the overlying rock as it is exposed in the nearly vertical wall of the Brown quarry. Section of Brown quarry modified from HartnageVs section Rondout Feet Inches e 7 Thin bedded, light colored waterlime 10 e 6 Blue lime mudrock with corals in fragment 2 1 e 5 Blue limestone with corals (like e 6) 2 1 e 4 Fine, somewhat argillaceous lime sandrock weathering earth}^, with Favosites and Stro- matopora, and with Camarotoechia? 1 a m e 1
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY 237 The following section will show the relation of the Cobleskill to the overlying rock as it is exposed in the nearly vertical wall of the Brown quarry. Section of Brown quarry modified from HartnageVs section Rondout Feet Inches e 7 Thin bedded, light colored waterlime 10 e 6 Blue lime mudrock with corals in fragment 2 1 e 5 Blue limestone with corals (like e 6) 2 1 e 4 Fine, somewhat argillaceous lime sandrock weathering earth}^, with Favosites and Stro- matopora, and with Camarotoechia? 1 a m e 11 a t a and other fossils 1 2 e 3 Clayey weathered layer with Favosites 4 e 2 Argillaceous lime mudrock with Favosites and Camarotoechia? la mellata 1 10 e 1 Shaly and clayey layers 10 Cobleskill d 3 Thin limestone layer somewhat arenaceous in texture 10 d 2 Limestone (marble layer) 1 4 d 1 Highly crystalline crinoidal lime sandrock with conglomeratic character, due to fragments of Favosites and Stromatopora. No complete heads were observed 3 2 Total Cobleskill 5 4 Brayman shales (c) exposed on roadside 1 2 Section in Vroman's quarry This is from 400-500 feet south of the point ea-r^ wherc the Cobleskill crops out on the road leading ^* ^^ east from Schoharie postoffice. The e7 — x^^ quarry has been opened in the terrace formed bv the Cobleskill and Lower Ron-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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