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 Info | Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1950. |
| Description | v, 97 pages illustrations, plates, 5 folded maps, folded diagram 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Geological 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 note | Joyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | Maps and diagr. in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kesler, Thomas L. (Thomas Lingle), 1908-1997. Geology and mineral deposits of the Cartersville district, Georgia |
| LCCN | gs 50000095 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:224 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QE75 .P9 NO. 223-225 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |