Report of Progress - Geological Survey of CanadaGeological Survey of Canada, 1878 Contents of each report may be found in "List of publications of the Geological survey of Canada. 1906." |
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a-half Albert shales Albertite angle anticlinal apatite appear argillites band basaltic beds belt Brook Buckingham calcareous calcspar Carbonate Carboniferous character coal coarse coast colour compact felsite conglomerate contain copper Creek crystalline limestone crystals deposits described diorite distance Division dolomite east eastward epidote exposures extensive feet feldspar feldspathic felsite fine-grained formation fossils fragments Fraser Geological gneiss gold granite graphite greenish grey hematite hills hornblende Iltasyouco inches iron Island Lake Laurentian layers lignite limestone Lower Carboniferous marl matter mica micaceous miles millstone grit mineral mining Mountain nearly Nechacco north-westward northward occur Ottawa overlying places plumbago porphyritic portion probably pyrites quartz quartzite range red syenite Report of Progress road rocks salt sandstone schists seams seen shales shore side Silurian slates slaty specimens strata stream surface syenite synclinal Tertiary thickness Township trough upper valley veins volcanic westward