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THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY.

Hulst[1] gives a résumé of the general geology of the Menominee district as explained by Brooks, and gives detailed sections of several of the mines. The descending succession at the Millie Ore Body and Chapin Mine is as follows:

Quartzite 140 feet.
Jasper
Quartzite
Quartzite and jasper
Quartzite, slate, and jasper
Slate
Quartzite and slate
Quartzite and jasper
Banded ore, containing
Millie Ore Body
300 feet.
Quartzite and slate 55 feet.
Slate
Jasper 170 feet.
Ore body
Gray slate 75 feet.
Ore 185 feet.
Gray slate
Jasper
Gray slate
Jasper G
Gray slate
Jasper
Ore
Gray slate
Limestone

The descending succession in the Pewabic Mine is as follows:

Jasper and ore, containing
Pewabic Ore Body
215 feet.
Gray slates 112 feet.
Quartz
Gray slate
Quartzite 77 feet.
Quartz and slate
Slate conglomerate 50 feet.
Red slate 77 feet.
Quartz and gray slate
Quartzite
Quartz and sand
Slate conglomerate
Quartz conglomerate 116 feet.
Red slate
Jasper
Red, gray slate
Limestone.
  1. The Geology of that Portion of the Menominee Range East of Menominee river, Nelson P. Hulst.In Proceedings Lake Superior Mining Institute for March, 1893, pp. 19-29.