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THE #/^kJ 



AMERICAN 

 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, &c. 



GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, &c 



Art. L A Sketch of the Geology, Mineralogy, 'and 



Scenery of the Regions contiguous to the River Connec- 

 ticut ^ zvith a Geological Map aiid Drawings of Organic 

 Remains ; and occasional Botanical Notices. Read be- 

 fore the American Geological Society at their Sitting; 

 Sept. llth, 1822; by the Rev. Edward Hitchcock, A.M. 

 of Conway, Massachusetts. 



PAKT II. 



Simple Minerals. 

 Metallick Veins and Beds. 



Before giving a list of the simple minerals found along 

 the Connecticut, it may perhaps be acceptable to the geolo- 

 gist, to present a short account of those veins and beds of 

 ore, that occur in the district, which either have been, o^ 

 may be wrought as mines. 



1. Southampton Lead Mine.* 



This is a vein containing sulphuret, carbonate, sulphate, 

 molybdate, muriate and phosphate of lead, with blende, py- 

 ritous copper, &c. The gangue is quartz, with sulphate 



* For a description of litis mine, by Professor Silliman, who examined it 

 in May 1810, see Bruce's Journal, Vol 1. p. 63. 



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