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Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada (1912)

Parks, William A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch (1901-1936) · Ottawa : Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch · leaf 130

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one with no stratification planes.18 inches—Shale, not continuous. —Evenly bedded sandstones, splitting into layers of from 1 to 2 feet thick—498. The most pronounced joints run north and south with a dip of 85°to the west. The second series runs with the strike of the formationand dips vertically.… … Pictou sandstone. Post-office, Ni-w (iliisxinv, N.S. 31397—8^

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