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In looking back over the stratigraphy of the
Grand Grove formation I conclude that the beds
on the Bare Head are within 100 feet of the
Basque sandstone. In collecting at the "silver mine"
at Little Basque the few fossils seen indicate that
the species are the same as those of the Bare head
although the horizon is within 20 feet of the base
of the Basque sandstone. All the localities along the
canyon road are within the upper 200 to 300 feet
of the Grand Grove formation. In none of these beds
are the Canada - falls ammonite and while in the lower
100 feet of this formation, at that level they practically
make up the beds while other fossils are practically
absent except Dalmanites.
If all of number 8 - Grand Grove formation -
is equal to the Oriskany, i.e. the original Oriskany
(= Upper Oriskany) and Canada - falls group of Esopus
of New York then no.7 with its Chonetes canadensis
fauna must be the equivalent in time of the
Lower Oriskany.
If this correlation is correct and the further