Geology and mineral deposits of the Cartersville district, Georgia; a description of the mineral deposits and products from one of the oldest mining districts in the Southeastern States.

Author/creator Kesler, Thomas L.
Other author Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1950.
Descriptionv, 97 pages illustrations, plates, 5 folded maps, folded diagram 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGeological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper 224
Geological Survey professional paper 224. ^A16492
Contents Abstract -- Introduction -- Location and accessibility -- Physical features and water supply -- Field work and acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Mining and production -- Related industries -- Geologic formations -- Cambrian metasedimentary rocks -- Weisner formation (Lower Cambrian) Distribution -- Lithology -- Stratigraphic relations and thickness -- Shady formation (Lower Cambrian) -- Distribution -- Lithology and fauna -- Stratigraphic relations and thickness -- Rome formation (Lower Cambrian) -- Carbonate rocks -- Distribution -- Lithology and fauna -- Stratigraphic relations and thickness -- Metashale -- Distribution -- Lithology and fauna -- Normal facies -- Chloritic facies -- Stratigraphic relations and thickness -- Amphiolite -- Distribution -- Lithology and physical relations -- Correlation -- Conasauga formation (Middle and Upper Cambrian) -- Distribution -- Lithology -- Stratigraphic relations and thickness -- Gneisses derived from Cambrian rocks -- General features -- Oligoclase-mica gneiss -- Field description -- Microscopic features -- Andesine-augite gneiss -- Field description -- Microscopic features -- Porphyroblastic gneiss -- Field description -- Microscopic features -- Post-Cretaceous surficial deposits -- General features -- Alluvial deposits -- Colluvial deposits -- Structure of the Cambrian rocks -- Folds -- Character and relation to lithology -- Evidence of unequal shortening -- Age of the folding -- Faults -- Evidence and character of faulting -- Relation of faulting to folding -- Foliate structures -- Types and general distrinction -- Bedding foliation -- Shear cleavage -- Fracture cleavage -- Joints -- Question of overthrusting -- Tectonic relations in the immediate region -- Rock alteration not related to weathering -- Recrystallization of the Cambrian rocks -- Eastward coarsening of texture and its significance -- Origin of bedding foliation -- Slective silication of calareous rocks -- Sources of heat -- Origin of the gneisses -- Significant features -- Contact relations and inclusions -- Relations of the principal minerals -- Mutual relations -- Layering and foliation -- Porphyroblasts and veins in the Cambrian rocks -- Possibility of dynamic emplacement -- Possibility of static emplacement -- Deposition of primary ore and gangue minerals -- Occurrence of the minerals -- Sulfides -- Specularite -- Quartz -- Carbonates -- Barite -- Strengite.
Contents Nature and occurrence of the associated jasperoid -- Erosional history -- Secondary mineral deposits -- Characteristic occurrence -- Barite deposits -- Manganese deposits -- Deposits of brown iron ore -- Deposits of ocher and umber -- Origin -- Previous interpretations -- Present interpretation -- Production methods -- Brown iron and umber -- Barite and manganese -- Mining -- Concentration -- Tailing deposits -- Ocher -- Specular hematite -- Principal mines -- Preliminary statement -- Tabular summary -- Representative mines -- Barite mines -- Barium Reduction -- Bertha and Big Bertha -- Cherokee -- Paga No. 1 -- Paga No. 2 -- Reservoir Hill -- Section House -- Slabhouse -- Manganese mines -- Appalachian -- Aubrey-Stephenson and Bufford -- Blue Ridge (Mayburn Spring) -- Boneyard -- Chumley Hill-Red Mountain -- Dobbins -- Howard -- Pauper Farm-Collins -- Will Lee -- Brown-iron mines -- Bartow group -- Bufford Mountain -- Peachtree -- Sugar Hill group -- Vineyard Mountain group -- Ocher mines -- Cherokee -- Knight -- Specular-hematite mines -- Red No. 1 -- Red No. 2 -- Roan -- Miscellaneous mineral deposits -- Barite crystals -- Graphite -- Gold -- Picrolite -- Copper -- Future outlook for mining -- Preliminary statement -- Barite and manganese -- Brown iron and pyrite -- Ocher, umber, and hematite -- Index.
Abstract A description of the mineral deposits and products from one of the oldest mining districts in the Southeastern States.
Local noteJoyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9.
General noteMaps and diagr. in pocket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Kesler, Thomas L. (Thomas Lingle), 1908-1997. Geology and mineral deposits of the Cartersville district, Georgia
LCCNgs 50000095
Govt. docs number I 19.16:224

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