Field notes, undated
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Harro Quarry. 11ft Massive l. fragments residual, fragments 5'2ft limed me (Holly) near base as 11 ft so. fragment. 7'5't. l. 11 ft top of quarry exposure, white l. 1 1/2 ft weathering shaly 2'2ft light colored l. in strata laps, fine grained l. 3 ft chert common in upper parts grey 1/4 ft weathering shale. all around the quarry, cracks are divided in time 11 1/2 ft gray fine grained l. top on anthracite quarry. 8'1/2ft gray fine grained l. flat ledge 1 1/2 ft soft limed. suspecting unconformity. between this & the underlying rock 1 ft white sh fragments with clay to bottom 6 1/2 ft darker fine grained l. 6 1/2 ft whitish strongly slaty l. 3 1/2ft darkish rock, white in part, with chert. Face of Harro Stillmore occurs in the massive rock, fragments at the top of the quarry. Do this B.J. Clifty or Garfield? Since these fragments may have become intermixed, thus is uncertain. Lower half of Warren is a grayish limestone, Upper half of Fredonia is a darker limestone interbedded with white and white rock. South of the Main quarry 100 yds there is a small quarry with about 15 ft of white siliceous massive l. bellow the face of the main quarry.