Geology of the Dalton quadrangle, Georgia-Tennessee

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by  Munyan, Arthur C

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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
iv,a? 16. 1951 IQ
I hereby recommend that the thesis prepared under my
supervision by Arthur G. iviunvan_______________________________________
entitled Geology of the Dalton quadrangle, G eorgia-T ennessae______
be accepted as fulfilling this part of the requirements for the
degree of_____ Doctor of Philosophy___________________________________
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GEOLOGY OF THE DALTON QUADRANGLE
GEORGIA - TENNESSEE
A dissertation submitted to the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
of the University of Cincinnati
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
1951
by
Arthur C. Munyan
M. A. University of Cincinnati 1931
B. S. University of Kentucky 1930
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Abstract.............. . . .........................vii
Introduction ......... . . . . . . . . . . 1
Purpose of Investigation .................... 1
Field Work . . . . ........... 3
Acknowledgments ............................. 3
Methods of Map Preparation . .............. it-
Location . .............. 5
Physiography . . . ............ . . . . ... . . 1°
Stratigraphy ....... ......... . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cambrian System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
. Weisner Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rome Formation . . . . . .................
Conasauga Formation ..................... 33
■ Cambro-Ordovician.............. ^6
Knox . ............. £3
Lower Ordovician.............................. 66
Newala Formation...........................66
Middle Ordovician.............................. 71
Post-Knox Ordovician..................... 71
Blackford........................ 72
"Mosheim".......................... 79
"Lenoir".............................79
"Holst on11.............................60
"Ottosee"........................... 62
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"Athens11.............................89
"Sevier" . ............. . . . . . . 97
"Bays" . . . . . . . ......... 97
Tertiary (?) Alluvium..........................102
Recent Alluvium . . . ............. 109
Structure................ HO
General Statement........... 110
Major Local Structures.................. 113
Structures East of Cedar Ridge ...........113
Structures West of Cedar Ridge....... . . 121
Minor Folds and Faults . . . . . . . . . . . 129
General Considerations of Structure
in the Quadrangle.................. 1311-
Mineral Resources................................. 137
Introduction ................................ 137
Barite ......... 138
Clay.........................................lUO
Limestone and Dolomites..................... lWt
Manganese and Iron ...................... lU8
Tripoli ................................... l£2
Geologic History......... 13U
References......................................... 172
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Plates
Page
Plate I .............. 2b
Plate II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... '1+3
Plate III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Plate I V ......... 58
Plate V . . . . . . ......... . . . ............7b
Plate VI . . . . . . ... . ......... .".'101
Plate VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ilt3
Plate VIII . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Map Pocket
. Figures
Figure...1............................ 7
Figure 2 . . . . ............................. 511-
Figure...3 ....................... 99
Figure...b .............. 112
Figure 5 .............. ....................... 119
Figure 6 . ................................. 123 ■
Cross-sections ................................... Map Pocket
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Frontispiece, Looking east toward the
Cohutta Mountain front.
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