Industrial Minerals and Metals of Illinois
by J. E. Lamar
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lamar, J. E. (John Everts), 1897-1979
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Mines and mineral resources -- Illinois
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 65426
- Release Date
- May 23, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND METALS OF ILLINOIS — INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND METALS OF ILLINOIS
- 2.LIMESTONE — Kinds of Limestone — Formation of Limestone and Dolomite — Uses of Limestone and Dolomite — Quarries — Location of Limestone Deposits
- 3.METALLIC ORES AND FLUORSPAR — Lead and Zinc — Fluorspar — Origin of Illinois Ore Deposits — Illinois as a Mining State
- 4.SILICA SAND — Silica Sand Industry — Studies of the St. Peter Sandstone
- 5.GRAVEL AND SAND — Formation of Gravel and Sand Deposits — Studies of Glacial Deposits — Principal Commercial Sources of Sand and Gravel — Composition — Uses of Sand and Gravel — Production of Sand and Gravel
- 6.SILICA (TRIPOLI) AND OTHER MINERAL MATERIALS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — Silica (Tripoli) — Chert and Chert Gravel — Ganister — Studies of Southern Illinois Materials — Sands of Extreme Southern Illinois
- 7.CLAY AND SHALE — Early Uses in Illinois — Clay and Shale Deposits — Clay Minerals — Studies of Clay and Shale — How Bricks Are Made
- 8.PEAT
- 9.OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES — Gypsum and Anhydrite — Feldspar-Bearing Sands — Brines — Oil Shale — Sandstone — Barite — Greensand — Marl — Tufa and Travertine — Pyrite and Marcasite — Uranium — Iron Ore
- 10.Transcriber’s Notes
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