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Panorama with images 846 and 847. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut, two miles northwest of Dedham, showing (north side): 1. Buff loess - 5-10 feet; 2. Gray loess with shells, calcium-carbonate concretions and iron oxide pipes - 5-8 feet; 3. Dense brown leached till (Kansan?) - 5-6 feet; 4. Buff calcareous till (Kansan?) - 45-50 feet; 5. Gray calcareous till (Kansan?) 0-10 feet (seams are filled with plates of selenite crystals). Newton Township, SW1/4, Sec. 7. Carroll County, Iowa. June 10, 1915.
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Panoramic view from top of Needle Mountain over the Pinal Creek area of Gila conglomerate; to the right of photo 206 is seen the Schultze ranch, surrounded by granitic hills, behind which rise the higher summits of the Pinal Range. In the middle-ground Bloody Tanks Wash may be traced from ranch down to Miami Flats near the left of photo 207. Surrounding these flats and stretching far to south, into the drainage basin of the Gila River, are the low sculptured spurs of Gila conglomerate, rising highest on the right against the slopes of the Pinal Range. Gila County, Arizona. December 17, 1901. Plates 6-C and D (in reverse order) in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 12. 1903
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Nearer view in same general location as Ransome 770, showing constitution of a partly sandy variety: Yardstick for scale. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 22-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Dripping Spring Range, as seen from a point 2 miles east-southeast of Dripping Spring ranch; view is nearly west, note absence of regular forms compare with Ransome 757. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 4-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Fault between Naco limestone, on left, and Escabrosa limestone on right, crest of Ecabrosa Ridge west of Bisbee. The view is north, the canyon on the right being that extending from Bisbee up to Mule Pass. Cochise County, Arizona. November 28, 1902. Plate 20-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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View westward along the Abrigo fault. The ravine in the foreground is eroded along the fault. On the right are Escabrosa and Martin limestones; on the left Naco limestone, The distant saddle is also determined by the fault which has there brought Bolsa quartzite on the right against Naco limestone on the left. Cochise County, Arizona. November 25, 1902. Plate 17-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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Form a panorama from 2,172 foot hill southwest of Black Mountain. Extreme left is west; shows pediment and alluvial slope in foreground, hill of Cardigan gneiss and Daniels conglomerate overlain by Batamote andesite in middle ground, Growler Mountains on sky line at left. Butte in left center is of Batamote andesite. Pinnacles in left center are Ajo Peaks, with the main mass of the Little Ajos on the sky line to their right. Black Mountain on right center. The ragged hills in the foreground leading toward Black Mountain are of Childs latite. Valley of the Ajo on right: Pozo Redondo Mountains at extreme right. Pima County, Arizona. 1932. Plate 2-A, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 209. 1946.
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Black Mountain from the northeast; composed of Batamote andesite. Note steep debris slopes below the cliffs and the uneven topography at the base in contrast with the smooth pediment carved on quartz monzonite, shown in photo 63. Pima County, Arizona. 1932. Plate 1-C, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 209. 1946.
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Brierfield dolomite incrusted with characteristic fretwork of residual silica. Sixmile Creek about 1 mile northwest of the southwest corner of the Montevallo quadrangle. Bibb County, Alabama. 1924. Plate 6 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 226. 1940.
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Form a panorama from 2,172 foot hill southwest of Black Mountain. Extreme left is west; shows pediment and alluvial slope in foreground, hill of Cardigan gneiss and Daniels conglomerate overlain by Batamote andesite in middle ground, Growler Mountains on sky line at left. Butte in left center is of Batamote andesite. Pinnacles in left center are Ajo Peaks, with the main mass of the Little Ajos on the sky line to their right. Black Mountain on right center. The ragged hills in the foreground leading toward Black Mountain are of Childs latite. Valley of the Ajo on right: Pozo Redondo Mountains at extreme right. Pima County, Arizona. 1932. Plate 2-A, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 209. 1946.
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Contorted injection gneiss of Cardigan gneiss, shows intimate contortions; coin is 2 centimeters in diameter, one mile northwest of Cardigan. Pima County, Arizona. 1932. Plate 4-C, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 209. 1946.
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Surfaces effects of mining by caving systems in the Miami district; west over the pit caused by mining the Inspiration ore body near the former Joe Bush shaft. The overhanging cliffs on the left result from the breaking away of the footwall of the Joe Bush fault. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 35-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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General view eastward from the head of Uncle Sam Gulch over Sacramento Hill to the mouth of Mule Gulch: on the left are Queen Hill and flues of the Copper Queen smelter. In the right middle ground is the Spray shaft and just beyond it Sacramento Hill. Still farther to the right is the Irish Mag shaft. In the distance are the hills carved from the beds of the Bisbee group. Cochise County, Arizona. November 28, 1902. Plate 21-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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Typical natural exposure of the Gila conglomerate showing characteristic erosion 2.5 miles east-southeast of Dripping Spring ranch: Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 22-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919. Plate 7 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 217. 1923.
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Mescal limestone in the Ray quadrangle: typical exposure of the cherty Mescal limestone in the Dripping Spring Range, 2 miles south of Dripping Spring ranch. Gila County, Arizona. Circa 1912. Plate 28-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 98. 1917.
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Looking northwest across Shelby Valley, eroded mainly on Newala limestone Columbiana Mountain in the distance. Plate 2 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 226. 1940.
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Typical weathering of diabase; on roadside near Pioneer. Gila County, Arizona. November 22, 1901. Plate 17-A in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 12. 1903.
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Cliffs on west side of Morenci Canyon, showing Coronado quartzite. Greenlee County, Arizona. Circa 1901, plate 6-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 43. 1905.
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Cavernous weathering in hard Gila conglomerate on Mineral Creek, 3 miles south of Ray; Pinal County, Arizona. 1910. Plate 23-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Panorama with images 839 and 840. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut five miles east of Delmar Junction, south side of cut. 1. Buff loess, leached 10+/- feet - 5-15 feet; 2. Red-brown to rusty buff Kansan till leached 6-7 feet - 15-18 feet; 3. Dense, dark, gray, calcareous Kansan till, rusty along joints - 6+/- feet; 4. Aftonian gravel and sand, cross- bedded, partly clean gray, partly orange to brown, cemented with lime at top - 3-10 feet; 5. Dense, slate-colored, jointed, calcareous, pre- Kansan till, upper one-foot lighter gray, much included wood - 8-12 feet; 6. Slate-colored, fine laminated calcareous silt, much disturbed at top by overriding of glacier, much wood included - 10 +/- feet. (Note: The two horizontal benches...