Field Notebook: Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Quebec, Vermont, Wisconsin. 1933, 1934
Page 99
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Wednesday, Sep. 19-1934 Cloudy morning, but the sun out any bright. Did not take the 8 A.M. bus, but instead the 10 A.M. Went D.W. to Funda Quarries and then walked E. 1 1/2 miles to the place I usually designate 3 1/2 miles N.E. of St. Clair's. Object of my visit, once more, was to study the relation of the bedded series beneath the younger limestone to the older Highgate slate and the younger Carlin conglomerate. The bedded Carlin very sandy dol. lies on an irregular eroded surface of the Highgate slate. Could not make out the dip and strike of the Highgate slate. This bedded Carlin makes the basal beds of the formation and is variably thick up to ten feet or more. It is decidedly sandy (rounded grains predominate up to 1/8 inch in diameter) dol. In the basal beds the High-gate slate inclusions are small, and the lime-stone pebbles also are small but much rarer than the shale. Hidden at variable levels the limestone pieces become larger and more sand