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... Granite Country . 68 Porphyry 71 Chapter II , THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD . 77 ཟབྲ 77 The Geological Record ... Discussion of the Magnesian Lens .. Chapter III , CAMBRIAN DIVISION . Cambrian .... Basal Sandstone .. First Limestone . Second ...
... Granite Country . 68 Porphyry 71 Chapter II , THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD . 77 ཟབྲ 77 The Geological Record ... Discussion of the Magnesian Lens .. Chapter III , CAMBRIAN DIVISION . Cambrian .... Basal Sandstone .. First Limestone . Second ...
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... granite , peg- matite , porphyry and diabase . The sedimentary rocks ( meta- morphic or altered ) are gneiss and mica - schist . In other words , no typical volcanic products have been found in either Primor- dial Base or Geological ...
... granite , peg- matite , porphyry and diabase . The sedimentary rocks ( meta- morphic or altered ) are gneiss and mica - schist . In other words , no typical volcanic products have been found in either Primor- dial Base or Geological ...
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... granite and porphyry hills standing up as much as one thousand feet above the common level of the Primordial plateau . Near Decaturville , in Camden county , we have a pegmatite hill protruding through the sedimentary rocks . True granite ...
... granite and porphyry hills standing up as much as one thousand feet above the common level of the Primordial plateau . Near Decaturville , in Camden county , we have a pegmatite hill protruding through the sedimentary rocks . True granite ...
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... granites and porphy ries . The granite rocks lie mostly in dome - like areas or bosses . The porphyry hills and dykes have generally precipitous sides , indicating that they were the products of lava thrown up be- tween granite masses ...
... granites and porphy ries . The granite rocks lie mostly in dome - like areas or bosses . The porphyry hills and dykes have generally precipitous sides , indicating that they were the products of lava thrown up be- tween granite masses ...
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... granite country , in that plateau , lies in the form of domes or lenses and the dyke rocks porphyry , pegmatite and diabase , are standing up in sharp relief in the form of cones and precipitous walls . The last point I want to ...
... granite country , in that plateau , lies in the form of domes or lenses and the dyke rocks porphyry , pegmatite and diabase , are standing up in sharp relief in the form of cones and precipitous walls . The last point I want to ...
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Page 162 - Spring valleys in southwest Missouri. In short, the argillaceous Chouteau forms the impervious floor to all of the open ground or reconstructed channels in the wall rock or country rock of southwest Missouri, and that is its chief function now in the geology of Missouri. Our Chouteau beds are the equivalent of the massive oolitic limestone, quarried so extensively at Bedford, Indiana. Our Chouteau is, however, too argillaceous to be oolitic. It carries some fine-grained siliceous layers or lenses...
Page 72 - ... mile of ore-bearing rocks, that have been resolved into their constituent elements and carried away to the sea floor; or precipitated in the fissures and other cavities in these ancient bed-rocks. Again, the innumerable dykes of diabase, pegmatite and porphyry suggest that it...
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