The Geology of Ontario: With Special Reference to Economic Minerals (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Geology of Ontario: With Special Reference to Economic MineralsThe following sketch of the Geology of Ontario being intended for the use of persons who may not be familiar with the technical terms of Technical terms. Geological science, the writer has endeavoured to avoid these as much as possible, but where it has been necessary to employ them their meanings have been briefly given. For the same reason, some elementary geological explanations have been incorporated, and a short glossary of technical words added at the end of the report, to save the non-scientific reader the trouble of referring to geological manuals or text-books. On the other hand, while this report will contain many new facts for geological readers, they must expect to find them stated in simple language. The limits imposed on the writer have permitted only a brief reference to each part of the subject, but it has been his endeavour to allot the space impartially to all. If, therefore, those who may be most interested in any one branch should find the description of it too short to satisfy them, they must consider the claims of all the others. It is hoped that, should the demand warrant it, a fuller report may be issued at a future time.Owing to the uncertainty which has heretofore prevailed in reference to the northern boundary of the province, it will be necessary in attempting a Bounds of the geological description of Ontario to state at the outset how far we understand w my our territory to extend in that direction. For the purposes of description we will assume that the Albany river is the northern boundary all the way to the sea, and that a meridian line from James bay to the head of lake Temiscaming, and the Ottawa river thence to Point Fortune, constitute the eastern boundary.In order to facilitate our description and to prevent repetition we will here present a table, showing in 'their proper order all the divisions of the rocks of the province. [see next' page.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.