NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...

(98.Morrisand Phasalc counties; also detailed 9xaminatlons of the_ownsh ps oFSparta, Hard ston Vernon _Vantage Monta ueand a part of Sandiston .and lqowton Several geological 'sections* * . have been made from h'l * actual ,, measurements . ( , and.levelling. • v_ross the country from the Delaware River to.the Highlands;also sections, on a greater scale, of important mineral localitiesand mines representing the relative position, thickness and dipof each kind of reeks, and their associated ores. Twentys_etches, i]!u_tratlng the _physi_l features,of th.e surface, andgeologica! peeuliaritias 9f th.e rgeks, have been taken and willbe sub mittrd, for the"inspection of the Legmlatur q. The s¢cl_ions,profiles,and sketches, are intended to accompany thefinal report.Thirty-four boxes of minerals, fossils, marls, pea,ts,&c.,have.been collected, and forwarded to Trenton for examination,!al:clling, &c. But since the close of the ficlcl labors, therehas not been sufficient time to make such an examination as is'1necessarybefore an accurate and complete repqrt can be.renderedon any particular locality or formation _ shall there,-.fore' only give a synopsis of such result.4Of the investigation asmay be particularly useful and shall confine myself v to thatlpart of Sussex County in which the more detailed researchedhave been made.• , , , •.GENERAL. RE_IARKS OIq THE PHYSICAL GEOGRApIIy A_'D GE-,, , , . •OLOGIOAb )FOR_A_ObrOF SUSSEXCOUZ_Vr." Thephysi=lgeography ofSu=exConnty, iudeed, ih tof;d_owhole northern division of the State; presents a §trlking'contrast to that of the southern division ; for while the"lattel /resembles an extended plain) offering but little to attract theattention of the traveiler_except its fertile fields and evergreenforests, the formeris dlver_ficd.3vith mountains_hills and valleys,affording t.ha,t lJcautiful and,varied scenery"so ch,ara.e_r-"rstieof mountain districts , , ), There are three principal ranges oi"series of elevated land_.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY