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Industrial Minerals and Metals of Illinois
John Everts Lamar
48 pages~57 min read49 chapters$4.99
Under the Illinois cornfields lie limestone and dolomite, fluorspar, lead, and zinc. J. E. Lamar walks the quarries and ore deposits, explaining how the stone formed, where it sits, and what industry does with it. A clear survey of the state's rock-bound wealth, from building stone to metallic ores. Read the ground beneath the prairie.
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49 chapters
- 1INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND METALS OF ILLINOIS
- 2LIMESTONE
- 3Kinds of Limestone
- 4Formation of Limestone and Dolomite
- 5Uses of Limestone and Dolomite
- 6Quarries
- 7Location of Limestone Deposits
- 8METALLIC ORES AND FLUORSPAR
- 9Lead and Zinc
- 10Fluorspar
- 11Origin of Illinois Ore Deposits
- 12Illinois as a Mining State
- 13SILICA SAND
- 14Silica Sand Industry
- 15Studies of the St. Peter Sandstone
- 16GRAVEL AND SAND
- 17Formation of Gravel and Sand Deposits
- 18Studies of Glacial Deposits
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