A field report on the stratigraphy and mineral resources of the county and the fitness of these mineral, especially clays, for certain uses.
Geology Publications
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Bulletin 37: The Geologic History of Magnolia State Park
An educational bulletin on the last remaining Gulf Coast natural bayou; the importance it and its plants and animal life in the natural state; and the excellence of the bayou as a site for a marine laboratory.
Bulletin 36: The Jackson Gas Field and the State Deep Test Well
The history of the Jackson gas field is especially interesting because Eugene W. Hilgard recognized and described the dome in 1860 at the same time that Colonel Drake was drilling the oil well in the world on Oil Creek in Pennsylvania. The report also describes in detail the beds penetrated in the deep test well.
Bulletin 35: The Geologic History of Legion State Park
An educational park bulletin giving the ancient and recent geologic history of an area modified by landslides.
Bulletin 34: The Little Bear Residuum
A report emphasizing the importance of recognizing a residual blanket.
Bulletin 33: The Geologic History of Tombigbee State Park
A geologic history of the park in Lee County near Tupelo.
Bulletin 32: Tishomingo State Park
A geological History of the area; a list and description of the plants of the area. A second, enlarged edition of the Botany section, 68 p., was published in 1945.
Bulletin 31: The Tupelo Tornado
The Tupelo Tornado
Bulletin 30: The Eocene Sediments of Mississippi
THE EOCENE SEDIMENTS OF MISSISSIPPI
Bulletin 29: A Preliminary Investigation of the Bleaching Clays of Mississippi
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE BLEACHING CLAYS OF MISSISSIPPI
