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Monday June 10, 1907.
N End of Bass Island, where RR Bridge crosses to Carlow
Island. On the south side of this large dark crop out on the same
at high tide mark. Silurian shale which are usually labeled and
little else shows dark gray in color, weather a light gray and others
shows exhibit imperfect cleavage at an angle of 35° direction N. 13° W. strikes S. 80° W. The sedges
are intersected by rhyolite dikes & sills, fewer gams found on western tip.
W2a
E
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350
direction of section N. 15° W. or along line of dips
394) a. Fossiliferous gray shale takes in places, top as given above fossils 3:44:7.
large lingulae of Lower I. reciditor; also a couple of species of Meduslopsa.
The Lingulae found both common in many seams.
(b). A retrograde like seam about 2 feet thick of shale like creamy soft
gray rock, strongly opalescent with pebbles & clastic tuff or ash, 70
c. Rhyolite dikes approximately 4 feet broad
395) d. Gray Shale. Dip 37-33° direction N. 56° W. Strike S. 86° W.
e. Center gap of brick about 10 feet long
f. Same as (c). This rock also forms the point marked I in 3:44:7
d
E
W
contact
bearing N. 76° E.
Contact between C & D is
slate to the west, the shale
dip as given above for (c). These
shales are distinctly folded &
slightly baked. In a short west
of the contact, the shales are
bowed up into a little anticline
& very much baked.
To the east of the contact,
the rhyolite is of a darker gray color & finer grain. At 20 inches from
the contact the rhyolite is normal. A photograph was taken
1903, E. Typical at contact showing characteristic cleavage
1904, B. Hand specimen & chip of baked shale just outside limit of
contact. Opisthophora
1905. At 1½ inches from the contact occurs a very dark
oolitic fine 4¼ inch thick. The specimen shows the
merging with rhyolite & the gray rapidly coarsens nears
the contact
1906, a. Normal gneiss rhyolite with some spots 3 feet from
contact