Missouri Geological Survey Scanned Field Notebook; Number 291; Williams, C.P.; 1875
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1875
Summary
General Contents – Lead Mines & Furnaces Book III [Southwest, Central and Southeast Districts; Shannon County copper]: Stratigraphy – Silurian Limestone: Minerals – calamine, calcite, cerussite, chalcopyrite, copper, dolomite, feldspar, galena, gold, hemimorphite, lead, limonite, malachite, melaconite, quartz, smithsonite, sphalerite, zinc: Lithologies – gravel (auriferous), limestone, porphyry (extrusive igneous): Mines/quarries – copper mines, lead furnaces, lead/zinc mines, lead/zinc shafts; multiple named operations: Paleontology - [none noted]: Hydrology - chemical analysis of mine water from Oronogo.: Structure - [none noted]: Oil/gas - [none noted]: Karst - [none noted]: Measured Sections - [none noted]: Blank/missing pages [...]
Summary
General Contents – Lead Mines & Furnaces Book III [Southwest, Central and Southeast Districts; Shannon County copper]: Stratigraphy – Silurian Limestone: Minerals – calamine, calcite, cerussite, chalcopyrite, copper, dolomite, feldspar, galena, gold, hemimorphite, lead, limonite, malachite, melaconite, quartz, smithsonite, sphalerite, zinc: Lithologies – gravel (auriferous), limestone, porphyry (extrusive igneous): Mines/quarries – copper mines, lead furnaces, lead/zinc mines, lead/zinc shafts; multiple named operations: Paleontology - [none noted]: Hydrology - chemical analysis of mine water from Oronogo.: Structure - [none noted]: Oil/gas - [none noted]: Karst - [none noted]: Measured Sections - [none noted]: Blank/missing pages - Blank: 3-7, 10-12, 14-16, 20-21, 24-25, 28-30, 32-33, 36-38, 41-60, 78-81, 96-153, 155, 160, 162-190, 195-217, inside back fly leaf;, pages hand-numbered.: Other - Descriptions of furnaces, operation, slag analyses, tonnages, dates, sketches. Notes stalactitic cerussite. Chemical analyses. Pages from published book with note added. News clipping on "Lead Mining in Southwest Missouri." Barometric readings.: 48 p. Field notebooks contain original notes by geologists performing field work or in-office analyses at or in connection with the Missouri Geological Survey. They relate to Missouri geology and reflect evolving interpretations of stratigraphy, lithology, ore formation, etc. This field notebook is scanned and archived at MGS in a pdf format.
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