Report on the geology of the Lake Superior land district
By: by J.W. Foster and J.D. Whitney. Part II, The iron region, together with the general geology
Contributors: Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896; Hall, James, 1811-1898; Desor, É. (Édouard), 1811-1882; Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886; Whitney, W. D.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: Printed by A.B. Hamilton
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Geology; Iron ores; Paleontology; Mineralogy
Notes: Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Classification and nomenclature of the rocks; title: Azoic system; title: Granite rocks of the Azoic period; title: The iron ores and associated rocks; title: Economic geology of the Azoic series; title: Composition of the trappean rocks; title: Mineralogy; title: Lower Silurian system, Potsdam, and calciferous sandstone; title: Lower Silurian system continued; Upper Silurian and Devonian series / by James Hall; title: Miscellaneous observations on the Palæozoic series; title: Chemistry and economic geology of the Palæozoic series; title: Description of new or rare species of fossils from the Palœozoic series / by James Hall; title: On the superficial deposits of this district / by F. Desor; title: On the elevation of mountain chains; title: Parallelism of the Palæozoic deposits of the United States and Europe / by James Hall; title: On the observed fluctuations of the surfaces of the lakes; Magnetic variations, comparison of terrestrial and astronomical measurements / by Charles Whittlesey; title: Botany / by W.D. Whitney; title: Appendix: annotations and additions.