A report on the stratigraphic and economic geology of the county and on the laboratory tests of the minerals; also a report on the microfossils (Foraminifera and Ostracoda) of the Jackson Formation – drawings by Mary L. Pegues.
Geology Publications
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Bulletin 48: The Claiborne
A purely stratigraphic report on the Claiborne Group from the Alabama line to the Mississippi River Bluffs.
Bulletin 47: Adams County Mineral Resources
A physiographic, stratigraphic, structural, and economic report on the county, in which the Cranfield area was described and recommended a year before the first successful oil well was drilled; a report on the tests of the economic minerals.
Bulletin 46: Mississippi Agricultural Limestone
A report on the limestones of the state suitable for agricultural fertilizer; largely a report of the author’s earlier studies.
Bulletin 45: Union County Mineral Resources
A report on the topographic, stratigraphic, and economic geology of the county and on the results of the tests of the minerals.
Bulletin 44: Forrest County Mineral Resources
A stratigraphic and economic study of Forrest County. This report was almost completed at the time of the author’s untimely death.
Bulletin 43: Warren County Mineral Resources
WARREN COUNTY MINERAL RESOURCES
Bulletin 42: Tippah County Mineral Resources
A stratigraphic and economic geology report of the county; results of the tests of the minerals – especially on the Porters Creek clay, which was tested for use as lightweight aggregate for concrete.
Bulletin 41: Lauderdale County Mineral Resources
LAUDERDALE COUNTY MINERAL RESOURCES
Bulletin 40: The Upper Cretaceous Deposits
A report on the stratigraphy and paleontology of the outcropping Upper Cretaceous beds in Mississippi.