TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
CHAPTER I. Pgea. 
Granitic Rocks—Mineral Contents—Basaltic Rocks—Trap Dykes and their Distribution —Flat-woods 
of Abbeville —Meadow-woods.—Black-jack lands of Chester—Mineral contents of the Trap Rocks, 61 
CHAPTER II. 
Stratified Rocks,—Gneiss —Hornblende Rock—Mica Slate——Limestone of the Gneiss—Limestone of 
the Mica Slate —Quartz Rock.—Iron Ores.—Magnetic Ores—Specular Ores—Brown Hematite.— 
CHAPTER III. 
Gold Formation.—Deposit Mines—Deposits of different ages.—On the Blue Ridge.—Tomassie Valley.— 
Of Tyger and Little River.—Gold Mines of York.—Fair Forest Mines.—Catawba and Lynch’s 
Creek Mines—Hale’s Mine.—Brewer’s Mine.—Smith’s Ford Mines—Mines of Abbeville—Of 
Greenville—Of Pickens- -- -- -- ss ee II A ST ee 2 eee 85 
CHAPTER Iv. 
Disintegration and denudation of the Primary and Metamorphic Rocks.—Palozoic Rocks—New Red 
Sandstone. ---- -.--------- ------ -- ----- 2 ono no enn rn nn nr nee nnn nee 98 
CHAPTER V. 
Grotocy or THE Upper Districts. Edgefield—Newberry.— Lexington — Fairfield — Kershaw.—Ches- 
field. —A bbeville —Laurens.—Union.—Chester.—Lancaster.— Y ork.— Spartanburg.— Greenville — 
Nndercongnunebickens = sss. = 9-8 2 eee enn en eee ene oa nee nese ee 104 
CHAPTER VI. 
Upper Secondary, or Cretaceous, System.—Tertiary Series.—EHocene.—Buhrstone Formation.-—Calcareous 
Beds of the Charleston Basin—On the Santee—On Cooper River—On Ashley—On Edisto.—On 
The Savannah.—Recapitulation* = - ..2.----------------- -=-=-- --------«------=----------- 132 
CHAPTER VII. 
Pracricat, or Economicat, Guotocy. General views of soils——Classification of soils—Physical proper- 
ties of soils—Composition of soils —Composition of Cultivated Plants——Manures.—Mineral manures. 
Caleareous manures—Marls of the State—Hffects of Calcareous Manures.—Rotation of Crops— 
Draining —Soils of the State——Lime Burning —Metallurgy—Manufacture of Iron.—Extraction of 
Gold from its ores.—Of the other Metals found in the State—Building Materials —Flag Stones.— 
Fire-proof Materials—Materials for Pottery—Materials for Mill-stones—Materials for Paints.— 
Materials for Glass-making.—Materials for whetstones and grindstones—Mineral Springs- --- -- -- - 212 
APPENDIX. 
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MeteorolopicallPables. 10255. Mee. oo i ee Se ee ee oo eee XXV 
Vanuxemsiieports-s-c22se6e62 2052.20 250 oe Re Bet se ee ee Xxxi 
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Analysis ofMarls from the vicinity. of Charleston 92.222.-.- besa l Sec. 2 2 2 ee XXXIV 
ff of Wolstor Edisto, [sland = 2 epee lo a ees Sse cv a 
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