Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 580

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - Geology

Contents

• Collaborating State agencies_: 1
• FIGURE 26 Maps showingContinued Page: 6
• Sources of U S national income 1960: 7
• Per capita consumption of raw materials in the United States____: 8
• GeologyContinued: 14
• Value of 1964 mineral production in the Appalachian Region and Appalachian States: 16
• Minerals produced in the Appalachian Region in 1964 by States and Counties_: 17
• Comparison of Appalachian output with national output of selected mineral commodities in 1964: 20
• Appalachian blast furnaces January 1 1965: 21
• Coke production in selected Appalachian States 1964_: 22
• Growth in the nonmineral sectors of the Appalachian economy and national economy 195463: 23
• Appalachian bituminous coal and lignite employment and productivity 194764: 24
• Economic indicators selected Appalachian counties___: 25
• Total requirements of Appalachian mining 1958: 26
• Population and area of the Appalachian Region by State: 31
• Public parks and recreation areas in the Appalachian Region: 35
• Rocks and landforms of the physiographic divisions of the Appalachian Region: 37
• List of waterpower sites in the Appalachian Region of 50000 kw or more capacity: 50
• Developed and undeveloped waterpower capacity in the Appalachian Region by State: 52
• Classification of mineral deposits of the Appalachian Region: 53
• Ocoee Series of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina: 57
• Structures of the physiographic provinces of the Appalachian Region: 73
• in the Appalachian Region: 81
• Engineering geology of the physiographic provinces of the Appalachian Region: 82
• Advance of headings Appalachian tunnels: 95
• Conclusions: 96
• Surface and shallow oilimpregnated rocks shallow oil fields and heavy crude oil reservoirs in the Appalachian Region: 99
• Coal by Harold H Arndt Paul Averitt James: 102
• Coal production and related statistics for the Appalachian bituminous coal basin 1964: 106
• Production and value of coal from the Appalachian bituminous coal basin compared with total United States production 194564: 108
• Production of Appalachian bituminous coal by mining method 195564: 109
• Number and distribution of coal beds_: 111
• Pennsylvanian rocks in Alabama showing sequence of and: 112
• Sequence and correlation of coal beds in Pennsylvania: 117
• Minor elements in bituminous coal: 119
• Diagram showing bituminous coal resources in the Appalachian Region compared with coal resources in the remainder of the United States__: 120
• to thickness of beds: 121
• Retail dealer deliveries and consumption of Pennsylvania anthracite in the United States 195564 by selected consumer categories: 122
• Map showing anthraciteproducing regions of Pennsylvania: 123
• Production and value of Pennsylvania anthracite for selected years: 124
• Production of Pennsylvania anthracite by mining method 194164: 125
• Generalized cross sections of the Pennsylvania anthracite fields: 129
• Generalized columnar sections showing names average thickness of coal and intervals between coal beds in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields: 130
• Pennsylvania anthracite resources January 1 1945: 132
• MetalsContinued: 133
• 4649 Maps showing 46 Principal areas of black shale in the Appalachian Region: 134
• E Fish Jr and Stanley A Feitler: 137
• Production and commercial sales of peat in the United States by State 1964: 138
• Commercial sales of peat in the United States in 1964 by use: 139
• Peat bogs in active production: 140
• Peat in the Appalachian Region: 142
• Representative unexploited peat deposits: 143
• Oil fields of the Appalachian Region: 146
• Gas fields of the Appalachian Region: 147
• Estimated production and values of crude petroleum natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Appalachian Region 195564: 149
• Photograph showing cabletool rig drilling in an Appalachian field: 150
• Photograph showing disconnected pumping well with outmoded jack of a type common in Appalachian fields: 151
• Petroleum geology: 152
• Annual production of natural gas in the United States and in the Appalachian Region 191864: 153
• Annual production of natural gas liquids in the United States and in the Appalachian Region 191864: 154
• Values of crude petroleum natural gas and natural gas liquids produced in the Appalachian Region 195564: 155
• Location and capacity of petroleum refineries in the Appalachian Region January 1 1965: 156
• Numbers of exploratory and development wells and total footage of exploratory wells drilled in the Appalachian Region: 161
• Generalized isocarb map of the Appalachian Region: 162
• 5860 Maps showing 58 Cement plants in the Appalachian Region_: 164
• Total shipments of cement portland masonry and slag from plants in the Appalachian Region 194564_: 165
• Cement plants products and raw materials in the Appalachian Region 1964: 166
• Introduction_: 167
• Clay industry and resources in the Appalachian Region__: 169
• Clay and shale industry and resources in the Appalachian Region exclusive of major districts___: 170
• Production of miscellaneous clay and shale 194564: 174
• Fire clay: 175
• Production of fire clay 194564: 176
• Kaolin_: 182
• Production of kaolin 194564: 183
• Kaolin in the Appalachian Region: 184
• Potassiumbentonite: 188
• Crushed and broken stone sold or used by producers in the Appalachian Region by uses: 189
• 385: 190
• Dimension stone by William L Newman: 191
• Production of dimension stone 194564: 192
• Distribution of marble granite and slate in the southern part of the Appalachian Region: 193
• Photograph showing Georgia Marble Co s White Cherokee quarry Tate Ga: 196
• Sandstone: 198
• 6275 Maps showing 62 Belts and areas of sandstone in the Appalachian Region com monly quarried for dimension stone: 200
• Areas containing dimension sandstone quarries: 201
• Production of sandstone dimension stone 194564: 202
• Areas containing dimension granite quarries: 203
• Production: 204
• Production of miscellaneous varieties of dimension stone 194564: 206
• Historical growth of the gypsum industry in the United States for selected years 18901964: 207
• Gypsum and anhydrite in the Appalachian Region: 208
• Plants producing or processing lightweight aggregate in the Appalachian Region: 212
• Known and potential clay and shale sources of lightweight aggregate in the Appalachian Region: 214
• Production of clay shale and slate used in the manufacture of lightweight aggregate 195564: 219
• Vermiculite_: 220
• Index to vermiculite districts in the Appalachian Region: 221
• Vermiculite deposits in the Appalachian Region: 223
• Limestones and dolomites used for production of lime in the Appalachian Region 1964: 225
• Counties in the Appalachian Region in which lime is produced: 226
• Limestone and dolomite by George E Ericksen: 227
• Counties in the Appalachian Region with one or more mines producing crushed limestone or dolomite in 1964: 228
• Chemical requirements for uses of limestone and dolomite: 229
• Principal areas of limestone and dolomite in the Appalachian Region: 231
• Principal limestone and dolomite units in the Appalachian Region: 232
• Chemical analyses of Precambrian marbles: 233
• Chemical analyses of Lower and Middle Cambrian limestones and dolomites: 234
• Chemical analyses of Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician limestones and dolomites: 235
• Chemical analyses of Middle Ordovician limestones__: 239
• Chemical analyses of Silurian and Devonian limestones and dolomites: 243
• Chemical analyses of Mississippian limestones: 246
• Chemical analyses of Pennsylvanian limestones: 248
• Production and value of sand and gravel in the United States and the Ap palachian Region 194564: 255
• Sand and gravel sold or used by producers in the United States and the Ap palachian Region by classes of operation and degrees of preparation in 19...: 257
• Sand and gravel resources in the Appalachian Region: 258
• Total value of abrasive materials produced in the Appalachian Region for years 192264: 262
• Deposits of abrasive materials in the Appalachian Region: 264
• Major corundum deposits in the Appalachian Region: 265
• Quartz abrasives in the Appalachian Region: 267
• Asbestos deposits in the southeastern part of the Appalachian Region: 269
• Production of barite 191064: 271
• Barite districts mines and prospects in the Appalachian Region: 273
• Barite deposits in the Appalachian Region: 275
• Barite reserves and resources in the Appalachian Region: 276
• Production of crude feldspar 191164: 278
• Feldspar mills operating in the Appalachian Region and adjacent areas during 1965: 279
• Handcobbable feldspar in pegmatite districts of the Appalachian Region: 280
• Marketable production of phosphate rock in the United States 194564: 281
• Phosphaterock localities in the Applachian Region: 284
• Phosphate rock in the Appalachian Region: 285
• Fluorspar by R E Van Alstine and John: 286
• Fluorite localities in the Appalachian Region: 288
• Flourite in the Appalachian Region: 289
• Counties in the Appalachian Region reported to have mineral collecting localities: 292
• Mineralcollecting localities in the Appalachian Region: 293
• Graphite by Paul L Weis and Stanley A Feitler_: 303
• Graph showing consumption and production of graphite in the United States for the period 191064: 304
• FIGURE 7788 Map showing 77 Areas of graphite deposits in Clay Coosa and Chilton Counties Ala: 305
• Graphite deposits in part of Coosa County Ala____: 306
• Kyanite and synthetic mullite production imports and exports: 307
• Principal kyanite and sillimanite deposits in the southeastern part of the Appalachian Region__: 308
• Lithium and beryllium occurrences in the Appalachian Region__: 310
• Mica by F G Lesure and L E Shirley: 312
• Production of mica 192564: 315
• Idealized plan of a typical Alabama pegmatite: 316
• Pegmatite districts and outlying pegmatites in the Appalachian Region: 317
• Mica mines and prospects and alaskite bodies in the Spruce Pine and Woodlawn districts North Carolina: 319
• Olivine by D M Larrabee and John: 326
• Distribution of ultramafic rocks in the southeastern part of the Appalachian Region: 328
• Forsterite olivine resources: 329
• Saline resources and producers in the Appalachian Region: 330
• Value of salines produced in the Appalachian Region 194164: 331
• Distribution of rock salt in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia: 332
• Generalized fence diagram showing the principal salt beds and associated rocks in the northern part of the Appalachian Region: 333
• Analyses of rock salt and artificial brines in the Appalachian Region: 335
• Resource potential: 336
• Analyses of natural brines in the Appalachian Region: 337
• Production of sand sandstone conglomerate and quartzite for industrial uses in the Appalachian Region 1963: 339
• Producers of industrial sand in the Appalachian States 1963: 340
• 9099 Maps showing 90 Approximate distribution of highsilica sandstone conglomerate and quartzite in the Appalachian Region: 343
• Glass factories and highsilica deposits in the Appalachian Region_: 344
• Selected partial chemical analyses of silica in Alabama: 346
• Selected partial chemical analyses of silicarich rocks in Georgia 247: 347
• Partial chemical analyses of Ridgeley Sandstone Oriskany Group in western Maryland: 348
• Partial chemical analyses of Ohio silica sands_: 350
• Partial chemical analyses of silica samples from Pennsylvania: 351
• Partial chemical analyses of silica sands in western Virginia: 353
• Partial chemical analyses of sandstones of West Virginia: 354
• Production of talc soapstone and pyrophyllite 191064: 356
• Talc soapstone pyrophyllite and sericite schist in the Appala chian Region: 358
• Talc and soapstone localities in the Appalachian Region: 359
• Zircon deposits in the Appalachian Region: 362
• Zircon in the Appalachian Region: 363
• Production of bauxite 18891964: 366
• Bauxite deposits and aluminum plants in the Appalachian Region: 368
• Bauxite in the Appalachian Region: 369
• Principal chromite deposits in western North Carolina__: 373
• Sulfur: 375
• Cobalt and nickel in the Appalachian Region__: 376
• Production of copper 191164: 377
• Sulfuric acid plants in the Appalachian Region: 380
• Sulfuric acid plants in the Appalachian Region 1962: 381
• Copper deposits in the Appalachian Region: 382
• Resource potential and prospecting: 384
• Production of gold 190564: 386
• Principal goldproducing areas in the Appalachian Region: 388
• Goldmining properties in Appalachian counties of Alabama: 389
• Goldmining properties in Appalachian counties of Georgia: 390
• Goldmining properties in Appalachian counties of North Carolina: 395
• Goldmining properties in Appalachian counties of South Carolina: 396
• Graph showing comparison of U S steel output by various steelmaking processes: 398
• Flow chart of steelmaking: 399
• Average analyses of iron ores shipped from United States mines in 1964: 401
• Principal raw materials used to make pig iron in the United States in 1964: 402
• Materials used to make steel in the United States in 1964_: 403
• Iron ore production and value in the Appalachian Region 18631965: 404
• Map showing iron and steel centers coal fields and fluxing stone in the Appalachian Region: 406
• Iron and steel centers in and near the Appalachian Region that have blast furnace operations: 407
• Map showing iron ore deposits in the Appalachian Region: 408
• Estimated past production and future potential of Appalachian iron ores: 409
• geologic type: 410
• Production of manganese and manganiferous ores from the Appalachian Region 18891964: 418
• Graph showing production and value of manganese concentrates in the Appalachian Region: 419
• Map showing manganese deposits in the Appalachian Region: 420
• Graph showing World and U S production and U S imports of niobium and tantalum concentrates 195363: 425
• 108112 Maps showing 108 Silver occurrences in the Appalachian Region: 428
• Silverbearing leadzine copper and gold deposits in the Appalachian Region_: 429
• Thorium consumption for nonenergy purposes 195159: 430
• Monazite production in North Carolina 18931910: 432
• Thorium and rare earths in the Appalachian Region: 433
• Resources of thorium and rareearth metals in explored alluvial monazite deposits between Savannah and Catawba Rivers South CarolinaNorth Caroli...: 434
• Tin deposits in the Appalachian Region: 436
• Locations of industrial plants that use titania and occurrences of ilmenite and rutile in the Appalachian Region: 439
• Primary titanium deposits and their secondary accumulations in the Appa lachian Region: 440
• Placer titanium deposits in the Appalachian Region: 441
• Uranium in continental sedimentary rocks in veins and in marine black shale in the Appalachian Region: 445
• Sections through parts of two uranium deposits showing general similar ity of form: 447
• Map showing vanadium occurrences in the Appalachian Region: 451
• Production of zinc 190664: 452
• Production of lead 190664: 453
• Zinc and lead occurrences in the Appalachian Region: 454
• Map showing zinc and lead in the Appalachian Region: 460

Bibliographic information

• Title: Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 580; Geological Survey Professional Paper, Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968
• Original from: The Ohio State University
• Digitized: Jun 13, 2016