Field Notebook: Vermont 1924, 1925
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Sep. 22, 1924 (2) Further of the Clachantin are collected a number of Disusia festerata (comm), Hyolitha and some Aseur. thops. The whole of the Clachantin here cannot be by thick, probably at last not as much as 200 feet. This here a micaceous dark greenish sandy slate that breaks out in small lenticular pieces. Above the basal 15 feet of "Milton" conglomerate fol- lows one very bedded sandy grey dol. with an abundance of some soft smeele piece of conglomerate, similarity of the Clachantin. These weather out making shata, about 20 feet thick, that [illegible] roll like rusty clay, but it is all a conglomerate. On the road side one sees a zone of this bedded white quartzite about 4 feet thick followed by intraformational flat kettle conglomerate for 5 feet more. Then the rocks are concealed. In a short distance after one comes upon a fine erratic of St. Dronorlii granite. From here to the Adamas Pasture fence can make more than 1/8 mile [than at least 700 feet mine] to the way to the [illegible] Dragging cone conglomerate must be of Middle Cambrian slating before limit are made in rapid survey of the Adamas Pasture. Heretofre Keith held that the