 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North latitude and bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and on the east by high ridges of the Appalachian...geologically diverse. Traveling east from the Mississippi River the collector encounters relatively undeformed...undeformed Cenozoic sediments of the Mississippi Embayment and Gulf Coastal Plain in the western part of...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. |  | | Report (volume) | | Emmons, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Mississippi.......Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book (edition) | | the simple "county" indications down countries later falls, to the exact locality. county itself County...County may that the county point of fall, In some cases this has been the more essential because...and a meteorite which fell in Macon now be Lee County, etc. In other cases the fall may have been so... WARD-COONLEY COLLECTION OF METEORITES. name of the county was in frequent cases given to the meteorite. Foreigners...wondered why Glorieta, New Mexico, and Trinity County, California, should be so persistBut the whole |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Mississippi................................................Emmons, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Mississippi __Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri_____Dr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (issue) | | iron-ore minerals hematite, liminite, magnetite, and siderite^-are widely distributed but only locally form...the most important, ranges from 48 percent in siderite to 72 percent in magnetite, but as these minerals...Indiana Iowa Colorado Idaho Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Kansas Louisiana Missouri Montana Nevada New...ore) Fe2O3 Limonite (brown ore) __________ 0) Siderite (carbonate ore) ________ FeC03 Composition (percent)...respectively; all magnetite is black, and most siderite is gray. Specr ular hematite, which only locally |  | | Report (issue) | | was built on Indian Creek in southwestern Monroe County in 1839. Called the Randolph Ross & Sons Virginia...bog ore from small bog near Lafayette, Tippecanoe County / 5 3 Bog ore digging / 6 4 Reconstructed 1840...8 5 Siderite concretionary ore from Pigeon Creek bed 3 miles west of Underwood, Scott County / 12 ...Branch, Greene County / 12 7 Ruins of Virginia furnace in southwestern Monroe County / 14 8 Brazil...Brazil furnace, Clay County / 16 9 Lafayette Blast Furnace, Clay County / 16 10 Vigo Blast Furnace, Terre |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...Gypsum, variety selenite, Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Left, 12 cm high; center, 17.6 cm high; right |  | | Book | | Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Book (volume) | | by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the Mounds...glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of...of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation that surrounds Warsaw, Hamilton, and Nauvoo in western |  | | Book (volume) | | by navigable waters, primarily the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The highest elevations are the Mounds...glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of...of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation that surrounds Warsaw, Hamilton, and Nauvoo in western |  | | Report (issue) | | ...........................................47 Siderite ................................................hematite, limonite (hydrous iron oxides), quartz, and siderite. Found less abundantly are anhydrite, apatite...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various...The Indians found that Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Ind., contained two desirable products, a jaspery |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...about 5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 7.20 7.55 7.25 Og (I) D91.91 Odessa Nelson County 7.16 6.93 6.93 6.80 7.17 6.11 299.48 Mount Joy...S. H., 1953. The Mayodan Meteorite, Rockingham County, North Carolina. Amer. Mineral. 38, 1025-1039....G. P., 1922. Meteoritic Iron from Odessa, Ector County, Texas. AmerL Sci. 3,335·337. Merrill, G. P., 1923... Nininger, H. H., 1939. The Pinon, New Mexico Siderite. Pop. Astron. 47, 155·156. Owens, W. G., 1892...Irons from Nelson County, Kentucky, Marshall County, Kentucky, and Madison County, North Carolina. Amer |  | | Report (issue) | | Radioactive minerals.................................. Siderite ................................................70 77 86 Figures 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Upper Mississippi Valley zinc—lead district Mineral crystals, isometric...... B. Nodule of "coldwater agate" from Benton County showing gray and white chalcedony and crystalline...made from "coldwater agate" material of Keokuk County..................................................Another variation of "coldwater agate" from Keokuk County. C. Quartz geode. D. Doubly terminated quartz crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | Bauxite and Kaolin Deposits of Mississippi \ Exclusive of the j Tippah-Benton District H g> GEOLOGICAL...BULLETIN 1199-B Bauxite and Kaolin Deposits of Mississippi Exclusive of the Tippah-Benton District By LOUIS...deposits._________________________________ Union County._______________________________________________...deposits.____________________________________ Pontotoc County._____________________________________________ Exploration...Bauxite and kaolin deposits Continued Pontotoc County Continued Descriptions of deposits Continued Barney |  | | Book | | and college officials, teachers, and students; county agents and farm organizations; editors, newscasters...old, one an aerolite and the other an oxidized siderite, and they were found only about twelve miles apart...the number of duplicates, the better. The Ness County meteorite is a case in point. After the books had...but not to sci entists. The Bennett County, Cavour, and Harding County discoveries followed additional lectures...Beginning in 1924 with the discovery of the oxidized siderite of Coldwater, Kansas, we became more and more |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lubbock County, Texas, USA Found: 1941 Stone, Chondrite Description: Slice, 504.5 Adams County, grams...grams Me2374 Adams County, Colorado, USA Found: 1928 Stone, Brecciated chondrite Description: Polished...OF METEORITES Admire, Lyon County, Kansas, Admire, Found: 1881 177 USA Stony-iron, Breccia ted pallasite...Me750 Me557 Adrian, Adrian, Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA Found: 1936 Stone, Veined crystalline spherical... Me780 Me780 grams Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska, USA Iron, Coarsest octahedrite Description: |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................249 Mississippi ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Paleozoic and Later Clastics of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Areas Abstract: Three major...Cretaceous, and Tertiary elastics of the upper Mississippi Valley and adjacent areas were located through...centers, the slope of the craton in the upper Mississippi Valley and adjacent areas has persisted to the...interest. General Sedimentary differentiation Mississippi Embayment and Illinois basin . . . Intrastratal...Appendix 3. Present stream pattern of the upper Mississippi Valley and adjacent areas . . . 1249 Figure 1 |  | | Report (volume) | | Remittances for those covering areas east of the Mississippi River may be addressed to the Geological Survey...Washington25, D. C. Maps of areas westof the Mississippi River may be ordered from the Geological Survey...Ark. Geol. Survey County Min. Rept.; Ann. Rept. -Arkansas Geological Survey, County Mining Report; Annual...Water Res. County Rept. -Maryland Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources, County Report. Md...Md. Geol. Survey County Rept. -Maryland Geological Survey, County Report. 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