Field Notebook: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Vermont 1924, 1928, 1932, 1933
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Friday August 19, 1932 Wea. MON. JUNE 14, 1909 Ther. little N of the fork in the R.R. (due N mile post 138) seen to W a small exposure of the Phillipsburg ls out the paper clip to S.E. around 15°. Leonard m Grl pr exposure. In the little woods there is an acre of this a few fath. exposure, but more sticks above the forest level than than A little further N W and W of R.R. is a large exposure of unknown grl to one, A cutaway does not look like a Paleogric rock, and accordingly must be the old flrm upon which the Palegrcs were laid down. Some Paleogric gneiss rocks but my own gained. See the samples. The place is located on map, and in large sheets particularly clear. To the S. is Phillipsburg ls and to the N.E. 1/2 mile he ls here described a few fath cgr = granite. Going E across the fields and just to W of Swanton road down to top of Mallett's quarry (chokey about 20') followed in lps by some Parker slate. Granitic rocks, just to south of the letter T' (of Swanton). Back again to the J.P. Kelley grad metal quarry. This area of white granin At least 3-5' of Parker slate shows in he quarry. Lower. au Then 10-15' of the max mg. dol. slates with Oldmids my D Then a low ridge of quartz ore they dol that may be 25' thick. Then further E a high ridge of Mallett that may be 75' thick. Evidently here is a thrust fault in rock.