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of 4 ! The ridge of 4.1 - of 4.2. Nino N 65 W. This would
make the ridge pass to the south of Racoons Is.
land. It is composed entirely of dyke
rocks. There were several flows here. Along
the northern margin at 4.1. and thence a-
lng the northern edge occurs a greenish
rutila dense, and leucogenetic rock, which
near 4.1 shows perplegotic feldspar crystals
and nearer of 4.2. looks like an indurated
slate, but I satisfied myself at least that it
was not a slate but only the same perplagitic
rock with no perplagitic crystals. Along
of 4.2. the centre and southern side of this border
is a rime purplish rock, among dacoidal
often densely filled with small dark streaks,
which I suppose are chloritic amygdules.
ofen filled with larger, often 1/4 in diameter,
amygdulites, which consist chiefly of
quartz or first chlorite with an outside of
quartz, or lime crust, or chlorite or serp-
tinite? the last two in smaller amygdulae.
No sedimentary rocks, either slate or Everglan
erate were seen here by me At the eastern
end of this part of the rock, Rock Island Head
I saw no conglomerates or slates although
I notice only for some reason other
marks in con glomerates. I was then
anewere at low tide.
4 43 Coarse reddish conglomerate rims as a ridge to
of 4.4 which ridge has no slate, or sandstone to a-
ny great arm unit. Almost entirely conglomer-
ate, of variable coarseness N 65 W to N 75 W.
The cleavage seams dip southward. I am not
certain that the strike is south ward although
I presume it is about 70 S. The rocks at
least dip at a high angle, since the stratifi-
cation often climb not they plainly in the
conglomerate, which I think would not
be the case in more horizontal strata. Along
the southern side, a little east of the centre
of this ridge is the greenish diabase which jects
into the con glomerate in tongue. This ridge lies south of the diabase rise 1-2, at least 50 feet.