Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress for the Yeas 1853-54-55-56
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Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress for the Yeas 1853-54-55-56Entry/Object ID
2022.242.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Geology, Rocks and Minerals, Northern Ontario, Canadian HistoryScope and Content
Book, report published by the Geological Survey of Canada discussing a report of progress for the survey for the years 1853-1856.Context
The report contains reports from individual members of the society exploring various aspects of Canadian geology. The reports are as follows: 1. Report of Sir W. E. Logan: - Laurentian Formation, its nature and structure: Crystalline limestone, gneiss and quartzite of Grenville; their distribution and synclinal arrangement, Intrusive syenite, section showing synclinal structure, Distribution of the chrystaline limestones of Harrington Wentworth Chatham Chatham-Gore and Argenteuil, General section from Grenville to Argenteuil - Intrusive Rocks: greenstone, syenite, porphyry - Buhrstone - Limestones and Lime-Felspar Rocks of Morin and Mille-Isles: Limestones and lime-felspars of St. Jerome, Limestones and lime-felspars pf Rawdon Chertsey and Terrebonne, Limestones and lime-felspars of Chateau-Richer - Economic Materials: magnetic iron ore, molybdena, plumbago, mica, buhrstone, garnet rock, renssellaerite, syenite, porphyry, labradorite, Limestones and lime-felspars their relations to soils; peat - Geological Map of Canada: its preparation; topography, determinations of longitude 2. Report of Alexander Murray, Esquire for the year 1853: - Geographical Descriptions: the Muskoka River, the Peterwahweh River, Route by the Bonnechere to Balsam Lake; levels etc, Levels from the Bonnechere to the Madawaska etc - Distribution of the Formations: Laurentian Series, Fossiliferous rocks; Lower Silurian, Drift deposits 3. Report of Alexander Murray, Esquire for the year 1854: - Geographical Descriptions: Meganatawan River Levels, etc, Lake Nipissing its island and tributaries - Distribution of the Formations: Laurentian Series - Fossiliferous rocks; Lower Silurian; Drift 4. Report of Alexander Murray, Esquire for the year 1855: - Fossiliferous Rocks of Western Canada: Trenton Limestone and Utica slate - Hamilton and Portage and Chemung groups - Drift Deposits - Exploration of Lake Nipissing and the French River ; geographical descriptions; Lake Nipissing, south Channel of the French River, Distribution of the Rocks: Laurentian series 5. Report of Alexander Murray, Esquire for the year 1856: - Geographical Descriptions: Sturgeon and Maskanongi Rivers levels, etc - North Channel of the French River - Wahnapitae and middle outlet of the French River - Levels of the Wahnapitae River - White-Fish River and Lakes, levels, etc - Distribution of the Rocks: Laurentian Series - Huronian Series - Section of the Lacloche Mountains - Drift Deposits - Economic Materials: copper ores, limestones, etc 6. Report of Mr. James Richardson for the year 1856: - Anticosti: character of the country and coast; vegetation, harbours, rivers and lakes, wild animals - Distribution of the rocks: Distribution A, Distribution B, Distribution C, Distribution D, Distribution E, Distribution F - Economic Materials: building-stones, grindstones, clay, marl, peat, sea-weed, and drift-wood - Mingan Islands: Lower Silurian Rocks, Section from the Mingan Islands across Anticosti, Soil and climate of Anticosti 7. Report of E. Billings, Esquire for the year 1856: - Arrangements of the Geological Museum: Classification of the organic remains, Fossils of Anticosti; Middle Silurian series, Fossils from Anticosti of divisions A and B Lower Silurian, Fossils of division C, Fossils of divisions D and E, Fossils of division F, The Anticosti group or Middle Silurian rocks of Canada - Descriptions of New Fossils from the Silurian rocks of Canada - Crinoidea: glyptocrinus, thysanocrinus, dendrocrinus, hetrocrinus, hybocrinus, carabocrinus, cleiocrinus, lecanocrinus, porocrinus - Cystideae: glyptocystites, pleurocystites, comarocystites, amydalocystites - Asteridaae: palaesterina, palaeocoma, cyclaster, agelacrinites - Brachiopoda: pentamerus, orthis - Gasteropoda: murchisonia, pleurotomaria, cyclonema, subulites - Cephalapoda: nautilus, gyroceras, ascoceras, gomphoceras, cytroceras, orthoceras - Crustacea: bronteus, triarthrus, acidaspis - Pasceolus: a genus allied to the Tunicata - Plante: beatricea 8. Report of T. Sterry Hunt, Esquire for the year 1853: - Mineral waters of Canada, their geological distribution: Alkaline and neutral mineral waters whence derived, Saline waters of Whitby and Hallowell, Mineral waters of Ste. Genevieve Berthier Rawdon and Joly, Waters of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers - Limestones and Dolomites: analyses of fossil shells; assays of galena and gold 9. Report of T. Sterry Hunt, Esquire for the year 1854: -Triclinic Felspars of the Laurentian series; hypersthene rock: Labradorite andesine ilmenite hypersthene etc, Relations between the triclinic felspars - Silurian Rocks: argillites, nacreous slates, pholerite, magnesite, ores of nickel 10. Report of T. Sterry Hunt, Esquire for the year 1855: - Metallurgy of Iron: theory of the blast-furnace; manufacture of iron and steel; Chenot's metallurgical processes, Iron ores of Sweden Russia and of Canada - Extraction of Salts from Sea-Water: salt-works of Berre, Manufacture of potash sulfate of soda and magnesia from the mother liquors of sea water, On the commercial importance of potash and soda salts, Manufacture of salt in Lower Canada - Magnesium Mortars: theory of hydraulic cements; mortars for the marine constructions, Magnesite of Canada as a source of magnesia - On Plumbago and its Purification: Brodie's process - On Peat and the products derived from it: paraffine, oils, gas, asphalt, bituminous shales, etc 11. Report of T. Sterry Hunt, Esquire for the year 1856: - Parallelism of the metamorphic Silurian and Laurentian Rocks - Silurian Series: serpentines or ophiolites - Diallage rock, actynolie, talc, chlorite, garnet rock - Felspathic rocks: definitions; diorites - Euphotide and saussurite - Petrosilex or eurite, chert, jaspar - Magnesites and dolomites of the Silurian serie - On the probable origin of magnesites and dolomites - Magnesian mineral waters - Waters containing carbonate of soda, their distribution ad importance - Sea-water and the result of its evaporation - Metals of magnesian rocks; chrome, nickel, vanadium and titanium - Titaniferous chloritic limestone of Granby - Rocks of the Onondago salt groups; ophiolite of Syracuse - On the metamorphism of sedimentary rocks - Laurentian Series: ophiolites, renssellaerite - Igneous Rocks: white felspathic and zeolitic trapsCollection
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