SHELBY COUNTY. 



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portion of the county, about four or five miles north of Timpson. Near the 

 Bettie A. Allen tract is a ridge capped with the iron ore deposit, from which 

 the following section was made: 



Fig. 18. 



SECTION OF IRON ORE DEPOSIT FOUR MILES NORTH OF TIMPSON. 



A. Soil sand with timber growth 6 feet. 



B. Iron sandstone 6 inches. 



C. Laminated iron ore 6 inches. 



D. Buff crumbly iron ore ... 3 feet. 



E. Geode iron ore Variable. 



F. Fragmental bowlders from No. 1, on hillside. 



G. Sandy clay to base of hill. 



CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF IRON ORES. 



No. 



Sesquioxide fim 

 of iron. blllca - 



Alumina. 



Phosphoric 

 acid. 



Water. 





Metallic 

 iron. 



665f 



666f 



667* 



669* 



50.72 40.45 

 64.23 21.20 

 32.74 10.90 

 71.14 16.50 

 58.23 22.90 

 51.94 33.70 

 58.86 25.30 

 42.49 13.90 

 45.96 34.00 

 40.29 42.80 



7.68 

 11.77 

 41.86 



9.36 

 10.77 

 10.46 



5.14 

 30.31 

 10.90 

 14.31 



0.25 

 0.80 

 0.09 



0.80 



1.80 



13.40 



« Trace. 

 . * Trace. 

 a l Trace. 



35.50 

 44.96 

 22.91 

 49.80 



832* 



833* 



Trace. 



7.35 



* b Trace. 



40.76 

 36.25 



834* 



835* 



836* 





10.13 



a & Trace. 



41.20 

 29.74 

 32.17 



837* 











28.20 







• 





Analyses by fL. E. Magnenat, *J. H. Herndon. 

 a Lime and sulphur, h Lime and magnesia. 



No. 665. 

 counties. 



No. 666. 

 counties. 



No. 667. 



No. 669. 



No. 832. 



No. 833. 



Localities. 

 Buff crumbly iron ore, four to five miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola 



Laminated iron ore, four to five miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola 



G-eode iron ore, four to five miles north of Timpson, Shelby and Panola counties. 

 Magnetic iron pebbles, from road in town of Timpson, Shelby County. 

 Laminated iron ore, seven miles south of Timpson, Shelby County. 

 Geodic iron sandstone, eight miles south of Timpson, Shelby County. 



