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12. Miocene or Pliocene. — ^Tertiary of the upper Amazon, the coast and 

 lake beds of Mhias, Sao Paulo, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. Catinga limestones, 

 Bahia. 



II. Eocene. — Maria Farinha, Olinda, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Piabas, 

 Maranhao, Natal, and the coast. 



10. Cretaceous. — Sergipe, Bahia, Serra do Araripe, Ceara, Parahyba. 

 Parecis beds of Matto Grosso. Bauru of Sao Paulo (Wealden) Marahu Bahia. 

 Sao Bento series of Santa Catharina. 



9. Igneous Rocks. — Pre-Cretaceous igneous, alkaline rocks and their 

 associates, including nephelene syenite, foyaite, tinguaite, phonolite, syenite, 

 trachyte, gabbro, diabase, diabase-basalt, and the Triassic "trap" of the 

 southern states. 



8. Triassic. — Maracaju of southern Matto Grosso; Botucatu of Sao 

 Paulo; Rio do Rasto of Santa Catharina; Santa Maria, Rio Grande do 

 Sul with Scaphonyx. 



7. Upper Permian. — Passa Dois series of Santa Catharina, Stereosternum 

 and Mesosaurus beds with cherty concretions of Sao Paulo. Piauhy, Bahia 

 (Aricy); Estancia beds of Sergipe, Maranhao e Goyaz (Psaronius beds), 

 Matto Grosso. 



6. Lower Permian. — Tubarao series of Santa Catharina; coal beds of 

 southern states with Glossopteris flora; glacial beds, Orleans conglomerate. 

 Serra Grande series of Piauhy and Ceara of Small. Salita Limestones, Bahia 

 Limestones of Rio das Velhas. 



5. Carboniferous. — Marine beds of Rio Uatuma, Frechal e Pedra do 

 Barco in Amazonas; Itaituba, Trombetas, Maecuru and Curua, Para; Lavras 

 quartzites of Bahia. 



4. Devonian. — Erere (above), Maecuru and Curua in Amazon vaUey. 

 Ponta Grossa shales in Parana; Chapada in Matto Grosso; Caboclo shales, 

 Bahia. 



3. Silurian. — Rio Trombetas, state of Para. Tombador in Bahia Cu- 

 yaba slates, etc. 



2. Early Paleozoic. — Itacolumite ? Iron manganese and schists of Minas 

 Geraes; quartzites of Serra de Jacobina and elsewhere in Bahia. Lisboa's 

 Bodoquena of Matto Grosso. 



I. Archean. — Brazilian complex: gneiss, schists, granite. 



Quicksilver in igi8. By F. L. Ransome. Mineral Resources of 

 the United States, 1880. U.S. Geological Survey. 

 There were no events of conspicuous importance or unusual interest 

 in the quicksilver industry in 1918, but Dr. Ransome's annual review of 

 the industry for that year is noteworthy not only as an excellent con- 

 cise review of the industry, but because it contains a twelve-page list 



