Geology Publications:  Bulletins

Numerous test holes were drilled and many chemical analyses were made. A summary is given of ore production and sold in the past and of the smelting operation in 1913 at Winborn.

Report of a Geological Reconnaissance of Parts of the Counties of Yazoo, Issaquena, Washington, Holmes, Bolivar, Tallahatchie, Coahoma, Mississippi, during the Months of October and November 1870, by Eugene A. Smith; History of the Mississippi Geological Survey, by Ephraim N. Lowe; Memorial to Ephraim N. Lowe (1864-1933), by William C. Morse; Address at Recognition Dinner honoring Dr. W. C. Morse and Prof. F. E. Vestal, Upon Their Retirements, by Frederic F. Mellen; Memorial to William Clifford Morse (1874-1962), by Franklin E. Vestal; Employment in the Mining Industry in Mississippi, by William T. Hankins; The Present Course of the Mississippi Geological Survey, by Frederic F. Mellen and William S. Parks; The Survey's Enabling Act; List of State Geologists; Index to Bulletins 1-99.

The report contains additional sections: Attala County Ceramic Tests, by Thomas E. McCutcheon; Attala County Subsurface Geology, by William H. Moore; and Water Resources of Attala County, Mississippi, by B. E. Wasson.

This is the fourth in a series of geologic studies made by the Survey along State Highways. Beds from the Upper Cretaceous to Middle Eocene are profiled and described.

Economic Potential of Alumina-rich Clays and Bauxite in Mississippi; Stratigraphic Implications from Studies of the Mesozoic of Central and Southern Mississippi; Land Snails from the Loess of Mississippi; Pleistocene Land Snails of Southern Mississippi and Adjacent Louisiana; Problem of Desiccation Sinking at Clarksdale; and Geological History and Oil and Gas Possibilities of Mississippi.

A study of available geological and geophysical data on an area in Lafayette County thought to be favored for the accumulation of commercial oil and gas deposits, and a review of the possibilities for Cambrian and pre-Cambrian oil and gas in Northern Mississippi.

A study of the outcropping formations, their characteristics, and economic importance. It contains a section on oil and gas production by Hugh Mc.D Morse; a section on subsurface stratigraphy, by William H. Moore; and a section on ground-water geology and subsurface structure, by Marshall K. Kern..

A study of the formations over which Highway 45 is constructed, prepared primarily for engineering purposes, in cooperation with the State Highway Department.

The report describes 26 species of heavy minerals and presents analytical data comparing these “heavies” to those of other areas. Origin and concentration of the “heavies” are also discussed.

A report on the stratigraphy, structure, economic geology, and ground-water resources. Minerals of possible economic importance are sand and sandstone, clay, lignite, iron ore, bauxite, and oil and gas. The part on groundwater resources includes discussions on the availability. Water-bearing units, public water supplies, quality of water, and water levels.