Eastport quadrangle notebook # 3, 1907
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and the point over dark purplish mottled lava anvils to 125 on the north end of the point appears a coarse galite like a simple dike and leaning N about 60 West it also appears on the east side of the point. The extreme northeast corner composed of tuffs, and nearly SSEdoral purplish lava specimen 17. There also appears a few bands of a (basic triff) resembling galite in texture & specimen in a parallel joint in 5-31.1 near the sounding 3ft V bearing SSSW from the E end of the morow island Due west of the lower end of the point at 1:2 cores of 5-31.1 seeming patch of dark redish purple mottled lava and the same rock again appears at the head of the little cove W of the 3 ft sounding in northern 5-31.4, here associated with grayshale and marine gray shaly slate-sparite the west side 5-31.4, also one foot east of the similar null in # 5-31.4 and near the east end of 5-31.4 scores fragmental with purple fragmentary ground gray matrix appear - 222 Saturday Sept. 14 '07. East Side of Wilson's Stream- On the next side of the little ravine, getting from 1/4 28 to 1.52.3 on Wilson's stream there occur some massive unporphorous tuffs near this throe and about 15-20 ft above tide. A 25 foot galite like occurs east of the ravine striking N 20° W, while on its west side of the ravineule and east side town, occur some stratified and unporphorous tuffs striking N. 45° W, and dipping 32° N.E. Tuffs then along the east side of Wilson's stream being mostly granitic and the red & gray stone in the little low in western 1/5:6, 7 yard on the shore NW, near some porcellaneous silicrete striking N. 49° W, and dipping 60° N.E. also works are lavish fine grained slate, differing a bit in massive thick indurated beds, out foot is 2 feet thick, and maximum 3-50 feet of granitic tuffs which are imperfectly stratified in the lower 4 ft. 5 feet. The porcellaneous beds are about 10 feet thick and contain a rich fauna 1.53.4 A, including Spirifer Vanxworthi, ycrystara f octoplicatus Poronitella f crispus Horistoma Actinopterocostata Dalmanella Trochocerat Camarotoechia Dalmanites Wilsonia Halysites Chonetes Reuss cras Leptostrophia Favosites ?Strophonella Chatetos (Manitryps) whiffieldella Atrypa reticularis Lepidena rhomboidalis