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Binnearatu sandstone comes in sharp, a coarse
gru quartzite, clean crushed even bedded sands. Over
it lies the Cattlekill grit the sandy transition zone
described, but the one is lying the other a clean quartz-
ites. These beds are much rippled (crests from 1 1/2 to
inches across). Bedded sandstone with grain to almost
black footings (1/4 to 3 or 4 inches), the sands in beds
from 6 inches to 5 feet more bed at the top. Grime
con bedding and concretions sand at the top. The
whole has a thickness of about 32 to 35 feet.
They end abruptly without transition again
the over lown zone.
High Falls shales. On top a series of greenish
shales, one grade of limy shales 3 feet thick, then more
foot of limy shales with 2 grain shale footings, then greenish
sandy shales 5 feet or so, Then black shales of about
3 feet. Together about 12 feet.
Then red sandy shales that are more or less
cum-cracked. Saw no quartzite down on any