Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress for the Year 1858
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Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress for the Year 1858Entry/Object ID
2022.241.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Geology, Canadian History, Copper Mining, Rocks and Minerals, Northern Ontario, Iron MiningScope and Content
Book, report published by the Geological Survey of Canada on progress of the survey, for the year 1858Context
The report contains a series of reports from the members of the Geological Survey of Canada, they are as follows: 1. Report of Sir W. E. Logan: - Survey of the River Rouge - Distribution of Laurentian Limestones: selection of the limestone series - Drift and Glacial Grooves - Economic Materials: Iron Ores - Lead ore of Bedford and Lansdowne - Ramsay Lead Mine - Copper ore of Bastard and Escott - Beds of Copper ore in the Eastern Townships - Acton copper mine - Copper ores of Leeds - Mica, phosphate of lime, Resselaerite, shell-marl - Peat, Marble - Geological Map and General Report 2. Report of Alexander Murray, Esquire: - The Theessalon and Mississgui Rivers - Levels of the Mississagui - Distribution of the Rock Formations: general section, relations of the copper veins - Drift and Glacial Grooves 3. Report of Mr. James Richardson: - Valley of the Marsouin River and neighbourhood - Coast between the Marsouin and Great Metis Rivers - The Restigouche River - Patapedia and Great Metis Rivers - Region between Metis and Riviere du Loup - Distribution of the Rock Formations: Section from the mouth of Marsouin River, Section from the Ste. Anne, Mt. Albert; its stratified serpentines, Coast sections from the Marsouin, Section at Trois Pistoles, Section of the Metis and Patpedia Rivers, Section of the Rimouski River - Drift and Glacial Grooves - Economic Materials: iron ore, manganese ore, copper ore, chromic iron, serpentine, slates, tile and flagstones, millstones, building stones, lime, shell-marl, peat, mineral springs 4. Report of T. Sterry Hunt, Esquire: - Intrusive Rocks: Trachytes of Montreal: Trachytes of Brome and Shefford Mountains, Yamaska Mt. trachyte and diorite; anorthite, Mount Johnson diorite ; oligoclase, Beloeil Mountain diorite, Montarville dolerite; olivine and augite, Rougemont dolerite and basalt, Montreal Mountain dolerite; labradorite, Rigaud Mountain trachytic rocks diorite, Altered rocks of Rougemont and Montreal - Intrusive Rocks of Greenville: quartziferous porphyry, syenite; its alteration, dolerite melaphyre, garnet-bearing gneiss - Minerals from Silurian Rocks: chloritoid, epidote, green colouring of matter sandstones - Contribution to the History of Magnesian Limestones: formulation of gypsum, solubility of the double carbonate of lime and magnesia, artificial production of the double carbonate of lime and magnesia, theory of the formation of dolomitesCollection
Mining History, Canadian History Collection (General)Cataloged By
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