Second Annual Report of the Geological Exploration of the State of Pennsylvania, by Henry D. Rogers, State Geologist, Read in House of Representatives, February 1, 1838, printed by Packer, Barrett and Parke, Harrisburg, PA, 1838 — illustrated with a geological plate, and a fold-out table — 91 pages — measures 5 1/4" x 8 5/8"
Contents:
- To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Report of the State Geologist:
- Of the Seat of the
Operations of the Survey
- Mode of Conducting the Geological
Investigations
- An Outline of the Geological Structure and Mineral
Resources of the North-Eastern Half of the Appalachian Region of the
State:
- Formation No. I. Sandstone of the South Mountain
- Formation No. II.
Limestone of the Kittatinny Valley Iron Ores of the Kittatinny Valley
- Formation No. III. Slate of the Kittatinny Valley
- Formation No. IV.
Sandstones and Conglomerates of the Kittatinny, or Blue Mountain
- Formation No. V. Red and Variegated Sandstones and Shales of the Valley
North-West of the Kittatinny Mountain, and of Montour's Ridge
- Formation
No. VI. Blue Limestone along the Northern Base of the Kittatinny
Mountain and along both sides of Mountour's Ridge
- Formation No. VII.
Sandstone of the first Ridge North of the Kittatinny Mountain
- Formation
No. VIII. The Olive Colored Slate of the Valley between the Kittatinny
and Second Mountains
- Formation No. IX. Red Sandstones and Shales of the
South-Eastern Slope and Base of the Allegheny Mountain
- Formation No. X.
Sandstones and Conglomerates of the Second Mountain and or the
South-Eastern Summit of the Allegheny
- Formation No. XI. Red Shale of the
Anthracite Coal Regions
- Formation No. XII. Conglomerates and Sandstones
immediately below the Coal Measures of the Anthracite, the Broad Top
and the Allegheny Coal Regions
- Formation No. XIII. The Anthracite Coal
Measures
- General Observations
- Concluding Remarks
- Glossary