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2 :-..'. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOLUME V. ANNUAL ''2. REPORT, WITH 1895, ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. SAMUEL CALVIN, A. M.,Ph.D., State Geologist. H. FOSTER BAI N, Assistant State Geologist. DES MOINES: PUBLISHED FOR THE IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1896,

3 DES MOINES: F. R. CONAWAY, STATE PRINTER, "'-

4 GEOLOGICAL CORPS. SAMUEL CALVIN : _ - STATE GEOLOGIST H; FOSTER BArn ~,.-----ASSISTANT STATE GEOLOGIST W. H. NORTON SPECIAL ASSISTANT In charge of :lrtesian We1Is. A. G. LEONA]:m_~SPECIALASSISTANT In charge ot Lead and Zinc. S. W. BEYER.SPECIAL ASSISTANT Areal Work. J. L. TILTON SPECIAL ASSISTANT Areal Work. NELLIE E. NEw:MAN :. SECRETARY 3 f J 3

5 GEOLOGICAL BOARD.", HIs EXCELLENCY, FRANKD. JACKSON, - GOVERNOR OF IOWA,, HON. C. G. MCCARTHY, AUDITOR OF STATE DR. CHAS. A. SCHAEFFER, PRES'T STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DR. WM. 11., BEARDSHEAR, PRES'T IOWA ", AGRI'L COLLEGE PROF. H. W. NORRIS, - PRES'T low A ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.;;;.

6 CONTENTS. PAGE. MEMBERS OF GEOLOGICAL BOARD_ ~ GEOLOGICAL CORPS _ - 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS -: _~._. 5 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS " ~ ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS ~ -~_ - 9 GEor;OGY OF JONES COUNTY- By Samuel Calvin_. ~ ~--:----~7"-- 33 GEOLOGY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY:-. ByE. Foster B'ain ~.,.-- ~ ~ " 113 GEOLOGY OF BOO~E COUNTY-,- By 8. W. Beyer ~..:~ 117 GEOLOGY OF WOODBURY COUNTY- By H-. Foster Bain :-. -:~ 211 GEOLOGY OF WARREN COUNTY- 'By J. L.. Tilton ~ c ~ "---: GEOLOGY OF ApPANOOSE COUNTY- By H. Foster Bain,, ~ :_---; ,-.; LNDEp.; -- - ~- ~ -., -_-.,..,.,--.,. ~.,. -,,"_.,.,..,.. ~.. _..:.,. _.,..,

7 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.. MAPS. Geological Map of Jones County; by Samuel Calvin. Geological Map of Washington County; by R. Foster Bain. Map of the Superficial Deposits of BooneCountYi bys. W. Beyer.. Geological Map.of Boone County; by S. W. Beyer. Geological Map of Woodbury County; by R. Foster Barn. Geological Map of Warren County; byj. L. Tilton.. Geological Map ofappanoose County; by R. Foster Bam.. PLATES. i. Tilted Silurian Strata in Jones County. ii. Environs of Stone City; view from north side of WapsipiIiicon iii. Geological Cross-Sections in WashingtonC'ounty. iv. The Gary Moraine in Boone County. v. Till Interbedded with Loess Near Sioux City. vlsuperficial Deposits ofwoodbliry County~ vii. Geological Cross-Section Along South River in Warren County. viil Geological Cross-Section AlongMiddle River in Warren County.. ix. Geological Cross-Section Along North River in Warren County. x. Geological Cross-Section from Southeast to Northwest in Warren County. xi. Geological Section Along Chariton River in Appanoose County. xii. Map of Scandinavian Fault at Centerville. xiilsection Across the Scandinav~an Fault. xiv. Geological Section Along the C., M. & St. P. Railway from Ottumwa to Seymour. FIQURES. 1. Incline(j. Undulated Beds of the Le Claire Stage near New:port, Jones " County, Iowa. 2. Exposure of Gently Folded Le Claire Limestone Below Bridge Southeast of Hale. '3. Top' of Cliff at Clay Mills Illustrating Character of Bedding Below the Building Stone Layers of the Delaware Stage.

8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATiONS. 7 FIGURllS. 4.,Beds of the Anamosa Stage in the Western Part of Champion QuarrY-at. ',Stone City, Sho~ing ModeratelyStroIlgEastward Dip at this Locality. 5. MonUment of Niagara Ljmestone, Delaware Stage; 80 rods North of Southwest Corner of Section 35, Wayne Township, Jones County. '6. View in Champion Quarry, Stone City.' 7. View uistonecityquarry,stone City. 8. View iii RummelS Quarry, near Olin. 9. Drainage of Washington County. 10. Relation of Present to Pre-loessial Drainage. n. WassQnVflleLimestoneonEIlglishRiver Opposite Wassonville Milt 12. Augusta Limes:toneon~RockCreek, in Keokuk County. 13; Irregul.arBeds of Limestone in Saint Loriis; Verd,i Quarry; 14. Limestone Block RestingonS~ndstone Bands; Verdi Quarry. 15. Sub~loessial Sands; Washington.,,16. The Ledges; Des Moines River, Boone. County...' Differential Weathering of.the Ledge Sandstone. 18. General Geological Section Across, B()one COlinty Along the Des Moines, River.' 19. R~lation.s of Present a,nd Pre-Pleistocene Surfaces in Boone County. 20. CoalSeam'at Porter:Slope onjhedesmoines River, below Moingona. 21. Coal Seams at the BlythMfue.. 22.,View at White Smoke.Mine; oingona. 23. Bottom of Shaft at MilfordMit.te Top Works()f thew>]). J()hnsoriMbie. Se~tion~ McBirriieShait, Boonesborough;'" " 26. Coal Bedm R:t;ttchinsori.,:MiJienear Squaw-Creek, Zenorsvllie. 27. S~cti01iinShaft irl Arigli~'Min~., ' ", CoalBed:in DalbY,Shaft, Angus. Creep in DaTbYMine; Angus. Clay Pit oiboone ClayW:or'ks. 3L Cone-in-Cone from Des Moines River, near. Madrid: 32. Heavily Wooded R~vine in Loess.Region, Woodbury County. 33. Missouri Escarpment,nearHornick. ", Loess ElII East of Hornick. ' 'Dakota Formation, Sh()willg Clay~, Lignite and Sandstone Capped by Loes~;. Sargent's Bluff, Woodbury County, Sand Pit at Riverside;' Opposite Street RaHway Station. Dakota' Sa.nd~toneatth:e' foot of Prospect Hili. Sioux City Ledge ForniingWaterfall, Woodwarth's Gle~. 39. Drift at Waterfall, Woodwarth'sGlen. 40. COUIltry Road through the Loess Region..' 41. Drift Interbedded with Loess;: Riverside, Sioux City Geological Section froni.sargent's Bluff to Cedar Bluff. Clay Pit of the Sioux Paving Brick Company; Notth Riverside, Sioux Oity. 44. The Skyline South of Indianola.' -,

9 8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FIGURES., ',45. View Down,a Small Ravirie South,of Indianola. 46., 'Valley of Middle River; Summerset. 4'1.; Valley ofsou~h Rivernearlndianola~ 48:' The Ford,Sandstone. 49. S~ndstoile Cliff at Old Quarries in White Oak 'J:'0wnship, Warren County. 50.' Section alongwhitebreast Creek in Warren Cou:hty. 51.,Exposure at Summerset. 52. General View of Plateau Surface near Eldon Mine, ~O.' 2; Southwest of,centerville., ' 53. VaUey"oLManson Branch near Centerville. ' 54; Fifty-foot Limestorie fn Railw!LyCut near R,athbun. 55. Coal. Bed.. at Troublesome '.. Mine. '56. Bluff on Walnut Creek,Mystic. 57. Base of Centerville Block, Shaft No.1; Centerville. 58. Coal Seam atwhitebreast No. 19, Forbush. 59. Section of Albert ShaftiCincinnatL, 60., CpaLBed at Y Qung Mine; Milledgeville..' Chariton Coriglomerate, Coarse Grained Facies. 62. PebQl~ of Limestone from' Appano:JseBeds taken from Chariton Conglomerate Fault in Thistle Miile,'C~ncinnati., 64. Fissure in Seam iuthistlemine, Centerville., 65: Shales 'in Pit of the CerttervilleBrick and 'Tile,Co. Showing Disturbance' Due to Scandinavian Fault. 6g. Room: and Pillar Work in Mystic Coal.,,67. Semi-LongwallWorkings in Mystic Coal:,,' Be Cente'rvilie Block qoalco.,' Mine No.9. ' ' 69. 'El,don Mine No.2. ' ' 70. Floating, Rock near Clarksdale.,71. Lone Star Mine. 72. Coal Bed in Pearl City,Mine.

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