THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES • • • • miSSISSIPPI geology
Bureau of Geology 2525 North West Street V olume 1, Number 3 Jackson, Mississippi 39216 March 1981
i SELECTED REFERENCES ON THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE Compiled by Anne Bellomy, Librarian WEST VIRGINIA /' ( . I Mississir..'>i Bu reau of Geology : r-·. / ...... ,' , KENTUCKY . _!I Anonymous, 1979, Broader expanse seen for Eastern I Overthrust: Oil Gas j our., V. 77, No. 42, p. 92. r p I~ Bartholomew, M.) ., et al. 1980, Geologic structure i and hydrocarbon potential along the Saltv ille and Pulaski thrusts in so uthwestern Virginia and (Continued on page 2)
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Sl..l..lftlo\N ...... ~... AOOPaper 615, 190 p. Harri s, A. G., L. D. Harri s, and j. B. Epstein, 1978, Oil and Chowns, T. M., and F. K. McKinney, 1980, Depositional gas data from Paleozoic rocks in the Appalachian facies in Middle-Upper Ordovician and Silurian rocks basin; Maps for assessing hydrocarbon potential of Alabama and Georgia; Geol. Soc. Am. '80 Atlanta- and thermal maturity (conodont color alteration field trip 16: Excursions in Southeastern Geology, isograds and overburden isopachs): U.S. Geol. Surv ., v. 2, p. 323-348. Falls Church, Va., Am. Geol. lnsti- Misc. Geol. Invest. Map 1-917-E, 4 sheets, scale tu te. 1:2,500,000. Cook, F. A., D. S. Albaugh, L. D. Brown, S. Kaufman, J. E. Harris, L. D., 1975, Oil and gas data from the lower Or- Oliver, and R. D. Hatcher, Jr., 1979, Thin-s kinned dovician and Cambrian rocks of the Appalachian tectonics in the crystal line so uth ern Appalachians; basi n: U. S. Geol. Surv., Misc. Geo l. Invest. Map COCORP se ismic-reflection profiling of the Blue 1-917-D, 3 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000. Ridge and Piedmont: Geo logy, v. 7, p. 563-567. Comments and replies in Geology, v. 8, p. 211 _216, ------, 1976, Thin-skinned tectonics and potential hydro- 402-404. ca rbon traps illustrated by a seismic profile in the Cook, F. A., L. D. Brown, and j . E. Oli ver, 1980, The Svalley and ridge province of Te nnessee: U. S. Geo l. so uthern Appa lachians and the growth of co nti- urv., j our. of Research, v. 4, no. 4, p. 379-386. nents: Scientific American, v. 243, no. 4, p. 156-168. Harris, L. D., and K. C. Bayer, 1979, Sequential develop- Den ni so n, J. M., 1976, Grav ity tectonic removal of cover of ment of the Appalachian orogen above a master Blue Ridge anticlinorium to form valley and ridge decollement - A hypothesis: Geology, v. 7, p. 568- province: Geo l. Soc. Am. Bull. v. 87, no. 10, p. 572. Comments and replies, v. 8, p. 211-216. 14 70-14 76. Harris, L. D., and R. C. Milici, 1977, Characteristics of thin - de Witt, W., j r., 1975, Oil and gas data from the upper skinned sty le of deformation in the southern Appal a- Paleozoic rocks in the Appalachian basin: U.S. Geol. chians, and potential hydrocarbon traps: U.S. Geol. Surv., Misc. Geo l. Invest. Map 1-917-A, 4 sheets, Surv., Prof. Paper 1018,40 p. scale 1:2,500,000. Hatcher, R. D., jr., 1978, Synthesis of the southern and de Witt, W., jr., and L. W. McGrew, 1979, Petroleum and central Appalachians, U.S. A. in Caledonian-Appala- natural gas in Mississippian rocks of the Appalachian chian orogen of the North Atlantic region, ed. Tozer, Basin: U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 1010, p. 441- E. T., et al. : Canada Geol. Surv., Paper No. 78-13, 450. p. 149-157. de Witt, W., j r., W. j . Perry, j r ., and L. G. Wall ace, 197 5, ------, 1978, Tectonics of the western Piedmont and Blue Oil and gas data from Devonian and Silurian rocks Ridge, southern Appalachians; Review and specula- in the Appalachian basin: U. S. Geol. Surv., Misc. tion: Am. jour. Sci., v. 278, p. 276-304. Geol. In vest. Map 1-917-B, 4 sheets, scale 1:2,500, Hatcher, R. D., jr., and). R. Butler, comp., 1979, Guide- OOQ. book for southern Appalachian field trip in the Drahovzal, j. A., and T. L. Neathery, eds., 1971, The Carolin as, Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia: Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Alabama Appala- 'db k h N.C.Geoi.Surv., Raleigh, N.C., 117p. chian s: Ala b ama G eo.I S oc. G u1 e oo , 9 t ann. field trip, 240 p. Hatcher, R. D., jr., D. E. Howell, and P. Talwani, 1977, Ellwood, B. B., j. C. Stormer, D. B. Wenner, j . A. Wh itney, Eas tern Piedmont fault system; Speculations on its and j. H. Reuter, 1980, Discussion of the hydro- ex tent: Geology, v. 5, p. 636-640. carbon potential of rocks underlying the southern Hatcher, R. D., Jr., V. Price, jr., and D. S. Snipes, 1973,
MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 2 Analysis of chemical and paleotemperature data 2427. from se lec ted carbonate rocks of the southern Appa ------, 1973b, Where and why of Pine Mount ain an d other lach ians: Southeastern Geology, v. 15, p. 55-70. major fault planes, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ten Hooks, W. G., ed., 1969, The Appalachian stru ctural front nessee: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 273-A, p. 353-371. in Al abama: Alabama Geol. Soc. guidebook, 7th ann. ------, 1975, Oil and gas data from the Upper and Middle fi eld trip, 69 p. Ordovician rocks in the Appalachian basin: U. S. Kidd, J. T ., and T. L. Neathery, 1976, Correlation between Geol. Surv ., Misc. Geol. Invest. Map 1-917-C, 3 sheets, Cambrian rocks of the southern Appalachian geosyn scale 1 :2,500,000. cline and the interior low plateaus: Geology, v. 4, Neathery, T. L., R. D. Bentley, M. W. Higgins, and I. p. 767-769. Zietz, 1976, Preliminary interpretation of aero Kidd, J. T ., and S. W. Shannon, 1977, Preliminary areal magnetic and aerorad ioactivity maps of the Ala geologic maps of the valley and ridge province, bama Pi edmont: Geology, v. 4, p. 375-381. Jefferson County, Alabama: Alabama Geol. Surv ., Rankin, D. W., 1975, The continental margin of eas tern Atlas Series 10, 41 p. North America in the southern Appalachians: the Kiefer, J. D., and J. M. Dennison, 1972, Palinspas tic map of opening and closi ng of the Proto-Atlantic Ocean: Devonian strata of Alabama and northwest Georgia: Am. Jour. Sci. , v. 275-A, p. 298-336. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., v. 56, no. 1,p. 161-166. Rodgers, J ., 1970, The tectonics of the Appalachians: Mcl emore, Wil liam H., 1972, Depositional environments of New York, Wiley lnterscience, 271 p. the Tuscumbia-Monteagle-Floyd interval in northwest Shaw, C. E., 1976, Large-scale recumbent fold ing in the Georgia and southeast Tennessee, in Chowns, T. M., Valley and Ridge province of Alabama: Geol. Soc. ed., Sedimentary env ironments in the Paleozoic rocks Am., Bull., v. 87, p. 407-418. Discussion by W. A. of northwest Georgia: Georgia Geol. Soc., Guid e Thomas and J. A. Drahovzal in Geol. Soc. Am., book 11, p. 69-73. Bull., v. 88, p. 1368-1371, 1977. Reply by Shaw Milici, R. C., 1975, Structural patterns in the southern p. 1372-1374. Appalachians; ev idence for a gravity slide mechanism Smith, J. W., 1979, Structure and tectonics of th e Appa for Alleghanian deformation: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., lachian Miogeosyncli ne near the junction of Ten V. 86, p. 13 16·1320. nessee, Kentucky, and Virgin ia : Southeastern Geo l ------, fie ld trip chairman, 1978, Field trips in the south ogy, v. 21, p. 83-89. ern Appalachians: Tennessee Div. Geol., Rept. ln v. Sobinow, E. S., and G. A. Boll inger, 1978, Seism ic studies 37, 86 p. (Companion volu me to Bull. 79) in central and eastern Tennessee: Seismol. Soc. Am. ------, 1980, Relationship of regional structure to oil and Bull., v. 68, no. 4, p. 1081 -1094. gas producing areas in the Appalachian Basi n: U.S. Tegland, E. R., 1978, Se ismic investigations in eastern Geol. Surv., Mi sc. Invest. Map 1-917-F, 5 sheets, Tennessee: Tennessee Div. Geol., Bull. 78, 68 p. scale 1:2,500,000. Thomas, W. A., 1973, Southwestern Appalachian struc Milici, R. C., G. Briggs, L. M. Knox, P. D. Sitterly, and tural system beneath the Gulf Coastal Plain: Am. A. T. Statler, 1979, The Mississippian and Penn Jour. Sci., v. 273-A, p. 372-390. sylvanian (Carbonife rous) systems in the United ---·-·----, 1974, Converging clastic wedges in the Mississippian States - Tennessee: U. S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper of Alabama in Carboniferous of the southeastern 111 0-G, 38 p. United States, ed. by G. Briggs: Geol. Soc. Am., Milici, R. C. , L. D. Harris, and A. T. Statler, 1979, An Special Paper 148, p. 187-207. interpretation of se ismic cross sections in the Valley ------, 1979, Mi ssissippian stratigraph y of Alabama in and Ridge of eastern Tennessee: Tenn essee Div. The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) Geol. , Oil and gas se ismic in vest. se r. 1, 2 sheets. systems in the United States - Alabama and Missis Milici, R. C., and A. R. Leamon, 1975, Cranmore Cove sippi : U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 1110-1, p. 11- Chattanooga fau lt system - model fo r the structure 122. of th e All egheny front in southern Tennessee: Geol Thomas, W. A., and J. A. Drahovzal, eds., 1974, The Coosa ogy,v.3,p.1 11 -113. deformed be lt in the Al abama Appalach ians: Ala Milici, R. C., and H. We dow, Jr., 1977, Upper Ordovician bama Geol. Soc. guidebook, 12th ann. fi el d trip, and Siluria n stratigraphy in Sequatchie Val ley and 98 p. parts of the adjacent Valley and Ridge, Tennessee: Thomas, W. A., and T. L. Neathery, 1980, Tectonic frame U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 996, 38 p. work of the Appalachian orogen in Alabama: Geol. Miller, R. L., 1973a, Structural setti ng of hydrocarbon Soc. Amer. '80 Atlanta- field trip 21, in Excursions accumulations in folded so uthern Appalachians: in so utheastern geology, v. 2, p. 465-526. Falls Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., v. 57, no. 12, p. 2419- Church, Va., Am. Geol. Institute.
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Wall ace, L. G., and W. de Witt, Jr., 1975, Maps showing selected deep we lls drilled for oil or gas in the Appa lachian Basin: U. S. Geol. Surv., Misc . Inves t. Map 1-936, 3 shee ts, scale 1:1,000,000. Webb, E. J ., 1972, Stratigraphic relationships of certain Mississippian age pools in southeastern Kentucky and northeas tern Tennessee, in Proceedings of Tech ni cal Session, Kentucky Oil and Gas Assoc., 34th and 35th ann. mtgs., 1970-1971 : Kentuck y Geol. Surv., ser. 10, Spec. Pub. 21, p. 50-58. MINERALS Wones, D. R., ed., 1980, Proceedi ngs of "The Caledonides in the USA": Sept. 5-9, 1979, Bl acksburg, Va .: Va. Polytech. ln st., Dep. Geol. Sci., Mem. , no. 2, ' Bryant Mather 329 p, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississi ppi 39180
Abstract CALENDAR OF EVENTS A preli minary list of Mississippi minerals was published in March - June 1981 1966 in the Bulletin of the Mississippi Gem and Mineral Socie ty. The present list incorporates additions and re March 18-20 - Southeastern Section, Geological Society visions that have come to my attention subsequentl y. of America, ann. mtg., Hattiesburg, Mi ss issippi. The 1966 list included 142 names; the present list has (Daniel A. Sundeen, Dept. of Geology, University 167 names of wh ich 107 are regarded as distinct mineral of Southern Mississipp i, Box 8196, Southern Station, species. Hattiesburg 39401. Ph one: 601 /264-2717) Introduction March 24-25 - Water we ll technology, symposium, Den ver. {Bud Heiss, Nati onal Water Well Association, So far as I am aware, the on ly previously compiled and 500 W. Wilson Bridge Road, Worthington, Ohio published list of Mississipp i Minerals is the preliminary 43085. Phone: 614/846-9355) list publ ished in the Mississippi Ge m and Mineral Society Bulletin (Mather, 1966). This list is almost certai nly in April 13-14 - South-central Secti on, GSA, ann. mtg ., complete and probably fails even to include all the names San Antonio, Texas. {Donald F. McGannon, Jr., of minerals, the occurrence of which has been recorded in Dept. of Geo logy, Trinity University, San Antonio published papers. Anyone having knowledge of the authen 7821 2. Phone: 512/736-7606) ticated occurrence in Missi ssippi of minerals not on this list is requ ested to let me know. To qualify as a "Missis May 6-8 - Highway geol ogy, an n. symposium & field trip, si ppi mineral" the mineral mu st have reached Mississi ppi Gatl inburg, Tennessee. (David L. Royster, Tennessee by natural processes, have been found an d identified. Dept. of Transportation, 2200 Charlotte Ave., Minerals found at the surface and th ose recovered from Nashvill e 37203. Ph one: 615/741-4775) the subsurface by mining and drilling; those brought here by the ac tion of wind and water; those arriv ing here from May 25-29 - American Geoph ys ical Uni on, spring mtg., space as meteorites, are all eligible. Baltimore (A GU headquarters, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, D. C. 20009. Phone: 202/462- Some of the names in the list are not, strictly speak ing, 6903) mineral names; being either: (a) Rock names, e.g., bauxite, chert, chalk, rock salt; (b) Names of mine raloids, e.g., May 31 - june 3 - American Association of Petroleu m coal, lignite, peat; {c) Mineral family names, e.g., fe ldspar, Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists garnet, pyroxene, amph ibole; (d) Mineral varietal names, & Mineralogists, ann. mtg., San Francisco, California. e.g., agate, jasper, selenite; or (e) Synonyms, e.g., vesuvian (AA PG Convention Department, Box 979, Tulsa ite = idocrase, titanite = sphene. Such names are included 74101. Phone: 918/584-2555) because they have been, or are being, used in contexts that suggest that they are mineral names and hence their absence
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might be regarded as an oversight. The list of references is 45,49) not intended to be a bibliography of works ln which refer ARAGON ITE: CaC0 (Ref: 57) ences to Mississippi minerals have been found. Many works 3 not listed were reviewed and were omitted since they in· Asphalt: Hydrocarbon, in limestones in north Mississippi eluded records of no minerals other than those for which (Ref: 41) references had already been recorded. Those names that AUGITE: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti) (Si,AI) 0 , pyroxene are regarded as representing valid mineral species are given 2 6 in capital "etters. These names are as given in Fleischer group (Ref: 18, 19, 44, 45, 54, 59) (1975).
ACM ITE : NaFeSi20 6, pyroxene group (Ref: 44) ACTINOLITE: Ca2 (Mg,Fe)5Si80 22 (0H)2 , amphibole group (Ref: 18) Acgerite = Aegerine = ACMITE (Re f: 44, 45, 54) Agate: banded var. of QUARTZ (Ref: 10, 25, 27) ALB ITE: NaAISi30 8, end member of plagioclase series (Ref: 44, 59) Alum: hydrous alkali aluminum sulfates (Ref: 25) Alunite: a group including JAROSITE (q.v.) Amphibole: a group (Ref: 40, 42) Analcite= ANALCIME: (Ref: 44, 45) ANALCIME: NaAISi 0 ·2H 0 , recorded as analcite. 2 6 2 X 0.5 ANATASE: Ti02 (Ref: 22) ANDALUSITE: At 2Si05 (Ref: 19, 22) Figure 1. Nodular anhydrite core taken from Williams ANDRADITE: Ca Fe+ 3 (Si0 h, garnet group; Melan· Bros. Eng. Co. No. 1-A Henry Kersh well in 3 2 4 Rankin County, Mississippi. The anhydrite ite = titan ian andradite, q .v. is from the Haynesville Formation, which is ANHYDR ITE: CaS04 (Ref: 2, 57, 59, 66) Jurassic in age. (Photo and sample courtesy of ) , David Dockery} ANKER ITE: Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(C03 2 Braunstein, 1950, states that much that has been so called is SIDERITE, BARITE : BaS04 (Ref: 7, 18, 66) ( Na,K)C~ ), q.v. BARKE VI KITE: (Fe,Mg,Ti) 5 (AI,Si)80 22 (OH2 , ANORTHITE : CaAt2Si20 8 end member of plagioclase amphibole group (Ref: 47) series, see ALBITE and plagioclase. Basaltic hornblende: amphibole group (Ref: 44) Apatite: A group of minerals including CHLORAPATITE, Basanite = Lydian stone = touchstone: black jasper (Ref: FLUORAPATITE, and 14 others (Ref: 18, 19, 44, 25, 27)
5 MARCH 1981 Chlorite: a group of minerals (Ref: 18, 20, 40, 44, 54, 59) CHLOR ITOI D: (Fe,Mn) AI Si 0 (0H) (Ref: 18) 2 4 2 10 4 CHROM IT E: FeCr 0 (Ref: 59) 2 4
CLI NOPTILOLITE: (Na,K,Ca) _ AI (AI,S i) Si 0 ·12 2 3 3 2 13 36 H20, zeolite group (Ref: 37) Coal : hydrocarbon (Ref: 32, 44)
COES ITE : Si02, should occur in any meteor crater, see Butler, 1962. COLLOPHANE: Apatite group (inc lu des much "petrified X 1 bone") (Ref: 10, 18) COPPER: Cu (Ref: 42) CORDIER ITE: Mg AI Si 0 (Re f: 31) 2 4 5 18 Figure 2. Bari te nod ule fo und in th e Bucatunna Clay CO RUNDUM : AI 0 (Ref: 22) near Ed wards, Mississippi. (Photo and samp le 2 3 courtesy of David Dockery) CRISTOBALITE : Si02, a constituent of opal, q.v. (Re f: 37)
Bauxite: a rock containing hydroxides of aluminum CUPR ITE : Cu 20, almost certainly is associated with native (Ref: 11 ,52) COPPER, q.v. Di all age: a fo liated pyroxene, near DIOPSIDE (Ref: 18) BEID ELLITE : (N a,Ca/2)0 .33 AI2 (AI,Si)4 0 10 (OH) 2 ·n (H 0), MONTMORILLONITE group (Ref: 55) 2 Bentonite: a rock, devitrified volcanic ash (Ref: 63)
BIOTITE : K (Mg,Fe) (AI,Fe)Si 0 (0H,F) , mica group 3 3 10 2 (Ref: 5, 18, 19, 20, 22, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 56, 59) Bitumen: see asphalt (Ref:41) BOEHMITE : AIO(OH), a constituent of bauxite, q.v.
BROOKITE: Ti02 (Ref: 59) Cairngormstone = smoky QUARTZ (Ref: 25) X 1.2
CALCITE: CaC03 (Ref: 9, 40, 44, 53, 57, 59, 66) _ _ CANCR INITE: (N a, K,Ca)6 8 (AI,Si) 120 24 (S04 ,C03 ,C1) 1 2 ·n H20 (Ref: 44) Figure 3. Calcite (cleave rhombohedron) showing twin Carnelian = red or brown QUARTZ (Ref: 25, 27) ning was fo und in the Glendon Limestone in an agricultural lime quarry north of Waynesboro, CE LESTITE: SrS0 (Ref: 57) 4 Mississippi. (Photo and sample courtesy of Chalk : a rock consisting largely of CaC03 (Ref: 40, 59) David Dockery) Chert: a rock consisting large ly of Si02 (Ref: 10, 25, 51) Chalcedony: a fine grained varie ty of QUARTZ (Ref: 9, DIASPORE : AIO(OH) , a constituent of bauxite, q.v. 10, 25, 44) (Ref: 18, 53)
CHALCOPYR IT E: CuFeS2 (Ref: 42) DIOPSIDE: CaMgSi20 6 , pyroxene group (Ref: 18, 19) CHLORAPATITE: Ca (P0 ) CI, a member of the apatite ) , 5 4 3 DOLOMITE CaMg(C03 2 (Ref: 2, 19, 40, 42, 57, 59, group, see apatite. 66)
MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 6 EPIDOTE: Ca (AI,Fe) Si 0 (0H), (Ref: 5, 18, 19, 22, ILLITE : (K,H 0)(AI,Mg,Fe) (AI,S i) 0 [ (O H) ,H 0 l, 2 3 3 12 3 2 4 1 0 2 2 44, 47, 59, 60) clay mica (Ref: 6, 12, 40)
EPSOMITE: MgS04 ·7H20; occurs in solution in sea water. ILMENITE : FeTi0 (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 44, 47, Feldspar: a group (Ref: 3, 6, 9, 39, 42, 49, 57) 3 59) FLUORAPATITE: Ca (P0 ) F, a member of the apatite 5 4 3 IRON : Fe, a principal constituent of iron meteorites group (see apatite). (Ref: 35) FLUORITE: CaF2 (Ref: 44) JAROSIT E: KFe (S0 ) (0H) , alunite group (on· display GALENA: PbS (Ref: 25, 59) 3 4 2 6 at 1964 Gem and Mineral Show, from Brandon, Garnet: a group of minerals (Ref: 5, 9, 18, 19, 20, 22, 40, Miss., with GYPSUM), (Ref: 37, 48) 44, 47, 49, 59) jasper: a variety of microcrystalline QUARIZ or chal GIBBSITE: AI(OH)3, a constituent of bauxite (q.v.) cedony containing iron oxide (Ref: 25, 27) (Ref: 53) jaspil ite: a rock consisting of layers of jasper and HEMA- GLAUCONITE: (K,Na) (AI,Fe+3 ,Mg) (AI,Si) 0 (0H) , 2 4 10 2 TITE (Ref: 1 0) mi ca group (Ref: 11, 20, 25, 40, 44, 51, 59) KAMACITE: alp ha NICK EL IRON, q.v. GOETHITE: alpha-FeO(OH), (Ref: 53, 59) Kaolin = KAOLINITE: (Ref: 25) GOLD: Au (Ref: 1, 25) KAOLINITE: AI Si 0 (OH) (Ref: 6, 10, 11 , 12, 20, 40, GRA PHITE : C (Ref: 44) 2 2 5 4 44, 45, 53, 59, 60)
GROSSULAR: Ca3AI2(Si04)3, garnet group. KYANITE : AI2Si05 (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 40, 47) Grossularite = GROSSULAR q.v. (Ref: 44) Labradorite: variely of plagioclase, q.v. Leucite: KAIS i 0 (Ref: 44) GY PSUM : CaS04 ·2H20 (Ref: 5, 26, 30, 59, 66) 2 6 HALI TE: NaC I (Ref: 2, 57, 59) Leucoxene: a general term fo r fin e-grain ed alteration HALLOYSITE: AI Si 0 (0H) (Ref: 53, 65) products of ILM EN ITE (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 2 2 5 4 HAUYNE (as hayunite): (Na,Ca) _ (AI Si )0 (S0 , 22, 47, 60) 4 8 6 6 24 4 S)l-2. Lignite: a hydrocarbon (Ref: 25, 44) Hayunite = HAUYNE (Ref: 45) Limonite: a general term fo r hydrous iron oxides, mostly GOETH IT E (q.v.), (Ref: 3, 5, 9, 18, 19, 30, 44, 51) HEMATITE : alpha Fe20 3 (Ref: 18, 19, 40, 60) see also turgite. Lydian stone = touchstone = basanite: black jasper (Ref: HORNBLENDE: (Ca,Na) _ (Mg,F e+2 ,Fe+3 ,A 1) (AI,Si) 2 3 5 8 25, 27) 0 (OH) , amphibole group (Ref: 5, 18, 19, 44, 22 2 MAGNET IT E: Fe+2 Fe +3o (Ref: 5, 18, 19, 40, 42, 44, 2 4 45, 54, 59) 45, 47, 49, 59, 60) Hornstone: Chert (Ref: 25, 27)
HYDROTROILITE: colloidal hydrous ferrous su lfide(?) MARCASITE: FeS2 (Ref: 10, 19) (Ref: 46) Melanite =Titan ian andradite: (Ref: 44, 45) MELANTERITE: FeS0 .7H 0 , the common alteration HYDROXYL-APATITE: Ca5(P04)3(0H), a member of 4 2 the apatite group , see apatite. product of PYRITE or MARCASITE.
HYP ERSTHE NE : (Mg,Fe)2Si20 6, pyroxene group (Ref: Metahalloysite = HALLOYSITE: (Ref: 53) 18, 19, 22) Mica: a group of minerals (Ref: 3)
IC E: H20, a form of water that occurs in Mississippi too MICROCLINE: KAISi30 8, fe ldspar group (Ref: 19, 40) often in the winter. Microperthite = Perthite: (Ref: 54) ldocrase = VESUVIANITE : (Ref: 59) MONAZITE: (Ce,La,Nd,Th)P04 (Ref: 15, 18, 19, 20, 22)
7 MARCH 1981 ORTHOCLASE : KAISi30 8 , fe ldspar group (Ref: 40, 44, 45, 53) Peat: Underdone lignite, q.v. Perthite: a rock composed of intergrown fe ldspar min erals.
Petrified wood: QUARTZ, chalcedony, OPAL (Si02 · nH20), (Ref: 10)
Figure 4. Marcasite rose from Demopo lis Chalk outcrop at Red Bud Creek between Starkvi lle and Arte sia, Mississ ippi. (Photo and sample courtesy of David Dockery) X 0.7
_ MONTMORILL ON ITE: (Na,Ca)0 33 (AI ,Mg) 2Si4 0 10(0H)2 ·nH 0 (Ref: 6, 12, 20, 30, 40, 44, 59, 60) 2 Figure 5. Petrified wood found in stream gravel from 5, south Mississippi. (Photo and sample courtesy MUSCOVIT E: KA I2 (AI ,S i3)010 (0H)2 (Ref: 18, 19, 40, 44, 47, 49), (see also sericite). of David Dockery) PIGEON ITE: (Mg,Fe,Ca)(Mg, Fe)Si 0 , pyroxene group NATRO LI TE: N ~(A I Si )o ·2 H 0 (Ref: 44) 2 6 2 3 10 2 (Ref: 19, 44) NEP HELIN E: (Na,K)AISi0 (Ref: 44, 45) 4 Plagioclase: a series in the feldspar group, cf ALB ITE, NICKE L - IRON: (Fe,Ni) (gamma Fe,Ni), including ANORTHITE, oligoclase (Ref: 40) KAMAC ITE (alpha Fe,Ni) ; TA ENITE, principal Psil omelane: a general term for massive manganese oxides, constituent of Oktibbeha Co. meteorite. cf wad, PYROLUS ITE. Oligoclase: a variety of plagioclase (Ref: 35, 54) PYR ITE: FeS2 (Ref: 5, 10, 18, 19, 25, 40, 42, 44, 46, OLIVINE : (M g Si0 -Fe +2Si0 ), (Ref: 44) 2 4 2 4 56, 59) Onyx: var. of QUARTZ (Ref: 25) PYROLUSITE : Mn02; the princ ipal cons ti tuent of wad, OPAL: Si0 ·nH 0 (Ref: 44) q.v. 2 2
MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 8 Pyroxene: a group (Ref: 44, 45, 59) Tripoli: a rock consisting primarily of fin e grai ned
QUARTZ: Si02 (Ref: 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 39, 40, QUARTZ (Ref: 63) 42,44,47,49,51,56,57,59) Turgite = HEMATITE with adsorbed water, see HEMA TITE . Rock salt = HALITE: (q.v.) , (Ref: 2) Vermiculite: a group (Ref: 12, 20) VESUVIANITE: Ca Mg AI (Si0 ) (Si 0 ) (0H) , RUTILE: Ti02 (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 39, 59) 10 2 4 4 5 2 7 2 4 Salt: (see HALITE), (Ref: 57) (Ref: 59) SAN IDIN E: feldsp ar group (Ref: 44, 45) VIVIANITE: Fe3+2(P0 4)2 ·8H 20, associated with-ligni te. · Sard: a variety of QUARTZ (Ref: 25) Sardonyx: banded sard (Ref: 25) Selenite = GYPSU M (Ref: 51) Sericite: usually = MUSCOVITE, mica group, (Ref: 44, 45, 56) Serpentine: a group (Ref: 44, 59)
SID ER IT E: FeC03 (Ref: 4, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20,27,42, 51)
SIDEROTIL : Fe+2S04 -5 H20 (Ref: 37); see also MELAN - TERITE.
SILLIM ANirE: AI2Si05 (Ref: 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 47) SIL VER: Ag (Ref: 1, 27) Smectite = MONTMORILLONITE : (Ref: 13)
SODALITE: Na4 AI3(Si04 )3CI (Ref: 44, 45) Sp hene = TITANITE: (Ref: 5, 19, 59)
SPINEL: MgAI20 4 (Ref: 19, 22) STAUROLIT E: (Fe,Mg,Zn)2AI9Si40 23 (0H), (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 4 7)
STIS HOVITE : Si02, should occur with COES ITE, see Butler, 1962.
STRONTIANITE: SrC03 (Ref: 57, 59) SULFUR : S (Ref: 59, 66) TAENITE: gamma NICKEL IRON, q.v .
TALC: Mg3Si40 10(0H)2 (Ref: 44) TITANITE: CaTiSi05 (see also sphene), (Ref: 5, 18, 19, 22, 44, 45, 47)
TOPAZ: AI2Si04(F,OH)2 (Ref: 19, 22) Touchstone = Lydian stone = basanite: black jasper (Ref: 25, 27) TOURMALINE : a group (Ref: 5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, X 1.4 44, 47)
TREMOLITE : Ca2Mg5 Si80 22 (0H) 2, amphibole group Figure 6. Selenite crystals from Bucatunna Clay out (Ref: 18, 22) crop ne ar Edwards, Mississippi. (Photo and TRIDYMITE: Si02, constituent of OPAL, q.v. (Ref: 37) sample courtesy of David Dockery)
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MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 10 31. johnson, Wendell B., 1966, Oral communication jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. V, p. 226-230. reporting finding of cordierite in Itawamba Coun· 50. Priddy, R. R., et al., 1955, Sedimen ts of Mi ssissippi ty. Sound and inshore waters: Miss. Geol. Surv. Bull. 32. Knight, Wilbur H., 1953, Muldon field, Monroe County, 82, 101 p. Mississippi: jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. V, p. 197-205. 51. Priddy, Rich ard R., 1960, Madison County Geology: 33. Kwon, H. F., 1969, Barrier islands on the northern Gulf Miss. Geol. Surv. Bull. 88, 123 p. of Mexico Coast: Sediment so urce and develop· 52. Reed, D. F., 1948, Bauxite deposits in Tippah and ment: Louisiana State Coastal Studies, Technical Benton Counties, Mississippi : U. S. Bureau Mines, Report 75, 51 p. Rept.oflnv.No. 4281, 15p. 34. Ludwick, j . C., 1964, Sediments in northeastern 53. Riggs, Karl A., and Dinesh N. Pandya, 1974, Min Gulf of Mexico: in Miller, R. L., ed., Papers in eralogy of some bauxitic deposits, Oktibbeha Marine Geology: New York, Macmillan Company, Couilty, Mi ssissippi: jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. XIX , p. 204-235. p. 105-107. 35. Mather, Bryant, 1960, Second progress report on 54. Riggs, Karl A., 1976, Mineralogy of subsurface Pre meteorites in Mississippi: Jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., cambrian granite, Lafayette County, Mississippi: v. VI, p. 178-180. jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. XXI, Supplement, p. 22. 36. -········, 1966a, Mississippi minerals · A preliminary 55. Ross, C. S., and L. W. Stephenson, 1939, Calcareous list: Rocky Echoes, Bull. Miss. Gem and Mineral she lls replaced by beidellite: American Mineralogist, Soc., v. VI, No.8, p. 1-6. v. 24, No.6, p. 392-397. 37. --······, 1966b, Two more Mis~issippi minerals: Rocky 56. Russell, Ernest E., 1960, Authigenic biotite in the Echoei, Bull. Miss. Gem and Mineral Soc., v. VI, Selma chalk: jour. Miss. Acad . Sci., v. VI, p. 202. No. 10, p. 5. 57. Saucier, K. L., and Alan D. Buck, 1963, Project Drib 38. -········, 1966c, Concretions from loess, Vicksburg: ble - petrographic examination and physical tests Rocky Echoes, Bull. Miss. Gem and Mineral Soc., of cores· Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi: USAEWES v. VI, No. 11 , p. 5. Tech. Rept. 6-614, jan. 39. Mather, Katharine, 1953, Petrography of Mississippi 58. Schlegel, Dorothy M., 1957, Gem stones of the United gravels and sands: jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. V, States: USGS Bull. 1 042-G, p. 202-253. p. 146. 59. Schlocker, julius, 1963, Petrology and mineralogy of 40. Mather, Katharine, Alan D. Buck, and Wilbur I. Luke, Tatum Dome, Lamar County, Mississippi: USGS 1960, Mica and clay minerals in a sample of Selma Technical Letter · Dribble 28, 28 Feb, Denver, chalk: jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. VI, p. 272-273. Colo., 120 p. 41. Mellen, Frederic Francis, 1959, Missi ssippi mineral 60. Shukla, Narendra R., and Karl A. Riggs,. 1974, Sedi· resources: Miss. Geol. Surv. Bull. 86, 100 p. mentology of the Ripley formation, Oktibbeha 42. Minihan, Ed, 1964, Placid Oil Company No. 1 Cook, County, Mississippi: jour. Miss. Acad . Sci., v. XIX, 35-6N -1W, Hinds Co., Mississippi: News Bulletin, p. 101 -103. v. XI, No.5, Miss. Geol. Soc., p. 7-9 . 61. Stow, S. H., S. E. Drummond, and C. D. Haynes, 1976, 43. Mitchell, R. S., and S.C. jordan, 1962, jarosite from Occurrence and distribution of heavy minerals, off. Cross County, Arkansas: Rocks and Minerals, v. shore Alabama and Mississippi : Soc. Mining En 289, jui-Aug, p. 356-357. gineers of AI ME, Trans., v. 260, p. 75-77. 44. Monroe, Watson H., 1954, Geology of th e Jac kson 62. Sun , Ming-S han, 1954, Heavy minerals of the jack area, Miss issippi : USGS Bull. 986, 133 p. sonian se dimen ts of Mississippi and ad jacent states: 45. Moody, C. L., 1949, Mesozoic igneous roc ks of nor jour. Sed. Pet., v. 24, No.3, p. 200-206. thern Gulf Coastal Plain: Bull., Amer. Assn. Petro 63 . Tarries, Th ames F., 1963, Smal ler particles in the leum Geo logis ts, v. 33, No.8, p. 1410-1428. Tombigbee sand of southwestern Monroe Co., 46. Moore, Willard S., 1962, Eh-pH relations in sulfide Mississippi : jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., v. IX, p. 198. depositio n in th e Mississippi Sound: Jour. Miss. 64. Upshaw, C. F., et al., 1966, Sediments and micro Acad. Sci., v. VIII, p. 100. fauna off the Coasts of Mississippi ! and adj acent 47. Needham, C. E., 1934, The Petrology of the Tombigbee states: Miss. Geo l. Surv. Bull. 106,127 p. sand of eastern Mississippi: jour. of Sed. Pet., v. 4, 65 . Vestal, F. E., and T. E. McCutcheon, 1943, Monroe p. 55-59. County min eral resources: Miss. Geol. Surv. Bull 48. Pitts, Sue, 1964, (J arosite): Bull. Miss. Gem and Min eral 57, 218 p. Soc., v. IV, No.4, p. 4. 66. Walker, Charles W., 1968, False cap rock overlying 49. Priddy, R. R., and Robert M. Crisler, 1953, Preliminary Gulf Coast Salt Domes: jour. Miss. Acad. Sci., surveys of sediments in parts of Mississippi Sound: v. XIV, p. 27-28.
11 MARCH 1981 REPORT ON THE RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WOODBINE AND TUSCALOOSA FORMATIONS Ern est E. Ru sse ll Department of Geo logy Mississippi State University The Gulf Coast Section of th e Society of Economic Paleon· characteristics of Woodbine-Eagleford sands in the Ku rten tologists and Mineralogists held the First Annual Research Field , Brazos County, Texas. After the presentations, Conference in Houston, Texas, November 30 to December there was an examination and discussion of the cores from 3, 1980. The first conference focused on a current topic th e areas mentioned. of great interest both to the geologist and th e nation Approximately 500 copies of programs and abstracts were the geology of the Woodbine and Tuscaloosa formations. printed for the confere nce; less than 200 remain. The ab The purpose of the conference was communication of stracts range in length from 200 words to more than 600 research results, exchange of information and ideas, and words. Some abstracts include diagrams. They are brief, stimulation of further research in the discovery and de· but informative. Whi le the supply lasts they can be obtain ve lopment of hydrocarbons particularly in the Woodbine ed from R. P. lingula, Exxon Co., USA, P. 0. Box 4279, Tuscaloosa of the Gulf Coast region. Ge ne Martin (Arco Houston, Te xas 77001 , fo r three dollars. Oil and Gas Co mpany} and Bob F. Perkins (The Univer· sity of Texas at Arlington} co-chaired the conference and were assisted by nine other committee members The Gul f Coast Section of the Society of Economic Pa le from Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi . Support for the onto logists and Mineralogists plans to conti nue research conference came from more than 35 companies, organiza· conferences on an annual basis and the conference for tions, and individuals. More than 300 persons were regis· 1981 is already in the plan nin g stage. It is the intent of tered fo r the conference. Twenty papers were presented the planning committee to select topics of current interest, on various aspects of the Tuscaloosa-Woodbine in both and to focus an entire conference on that topic. th e surface and subsurface, and there were two nights of core workshop. PRICE OF CRUDE Frank Harrison, jr., Lafayette, Louisiana, se t the tenor for Within the period from September 1980 to January 1981 the conference with a discuss ion of th e history and develop· the price of Gulf Coast sweet crude decreased from $38/ ment of the South Louisiana Tuscaloosa trend. Foll owing barrel to $36/ barrel (OG J · january 5, 1981.} were a se ries of papers on the Tuscaloosa outcrop of Ala· bama and Mississippi, on the discovery of th e deep Tusca loosa trend, petrography and diagenesis in th e Woodbine HIGHLIGHTS OF 1980 OIL AND GAS Tuscaloosa, depositional environments of the deep Wood EXPLORATION IN MISSISSIPPI bine-Tuscaloosa, log evaluation of wells in the Tuscaloosa trend of south Louisiana, seismic stratigraphy, and geo· Several new oil and gas fields were discovered in 1980. th ermal resources. The largest among the new gas discoveries were fo und in jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments. Toml inson The core workshops were introduced by papers from Ala n Interests, Inc. · No. 1 Caley T. j ones well in NW SE Sec Thomp son (Shell} on diagenesis of deep Woodbine-Tusca ti on 33-4N -5E of Ran kin County produced 7.240 MMCF loosa sandstones, and from Guy W. Smith (Chevron} on of gas per day from the Smackover, wi thout sti mulation, the sedimentology of the "19,800 Foot" Tuscaloosa through an adjustable choke with a flowing pressure of Sandstone from deep wells in the False River Field in 5820 pounds. The pay interval is said to be 422 gross Pointe Coupe and West Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana. fe et. Mobi l Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, James R. Turner (Braddock Exploration} and Susan Conger In c., had a Hosston discovery in Lawrence County. The (Gul f} discussed depositional environments and reservoir discovery well, No. 1 john H. Hauberg located NE SW
MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 12 Section 1-5 N-10E, flowed dry gas at the rate of 4.00 is the discovery well for Moselle Field and is producing MMCF of gas per day through a 10/64-inch choke with oi l from the Hosston. The discovery well tested 202 barrels tubing pressure of 4414 pounds. Uni on Oil Company of 41 -grav ity oil, 20.0 MCF of gas and 26 barrels of water of California opened Rodessa gas-condensate production per day. Craft Petroleum Company, Inc., opened Upper in Oak Ridge Field, Warren County. The discovery we ll , Tuscaloosa production in Flat Bra nch Field, Greene Coun No. 1 Billy R. Brown et al. , 20-11, NE SW Section 20- ty. The discovery well, No. 1 Stanley, NE NW Section 17N-5E, flo wed 3.146 MMCF of gas, 168 barrels of 56.2- 8-5N-8W, pumped 11 7 barrels of 25-gravity oil and 180 gravity condensate and 16 barrels of water per day through barrels of wa ter per day. In Franklin County, Gcrmany 15/64-in ch choke with tubing pressure of 2438 pounds. Gulmon completed No. 1 Ezell et al., SE SW Section 8-7N-3E, for Wilcox oil production in Middle Fork Field. New oi l discoveries were fo und mainly in Cretaceous The well flowed 80 barre ls of 29-gravity oil and 36 MCF and Eocene sediments. lnexco Oil Company- No.1 Homer of gas per day through a 7/64-inch choke wi th tu bi ng Brown, located SW NE Section 8-6N-13W in Jones County, pressure of 375 pounds.
NEW OCCURRENCES OF MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN THE MOODYS BRANCH FORMATION AT JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
John E. Robinson David T. Dockery Ill and Jac kso n, Mississippi Mi ss issippi Bureau of Geology
In tra duction Architectonica (Architectonica) meliconae n. sp.
Plate 1, figures SA, 58, 5C, 6A, 68, 6C, 6D New occurrences of three molluscan species arc recorded from th e Moodys Branch Formation at Jac kson, Missis The dorsa l surface consists of one and a half nuclear whorls sippi. These species include: (1) a new species of Architec and three and a half postnuclear whorls. A distinct line tonica - A. meliconae, (2) an unnamed species of Simnia , separates the smooth nuclear whorls fro m th e latter nodose and (3) Cochlespira bella po/ita Harris. A. meliconae and whorls. The early postnuclear whorls consist of three C. bella polita are closely related, respectively, to the nodose spiral cords with the subsutural cord being most Clai borne species A . rex tilina (Da ll) and Cochlespira bella prominent. After two and one half whorls, the subsutural Conrad s.s. The Simnia sp. is the fi rst record of the genus cord divides to form three cords. The subsutural one of in the Jac kson Group in Mississippi. Palmer and Brann, this series remains most prominent. After three and three 1966, record two species of Simnia "Neosimnia" in the fo urths whorl s, traces of an addi tional nodose sp iral cord Claiborne Group and one species in the Wil cox Group. appears between the third and fou rth cords from th e suture and becomes more pronounced with growth. The three central sp iral cords of the body whorl arc subor Systematics dinate to the subsutural cord and the two marginal cords.
The umbilical margin is coarsely nodose. The base is sculp Phylum MOLLUSCA tured by nodose revolving cords, which become progressive ly smaller from th e um bilicus to the prominent marginal Class GASTROPODA cord. A faint, secondary, nodose cord occurs betwee n the Subclass STREPTONEURA fou rth and fifth cords from the umbilicus. Order MESOGASTROPODA Superfamily ARCHITECTON ICACEA Gray, 1850 The peripheral margin is sq uared with a prominent upper Famil y ARCH ITECTON ICIDA E Gray, 1850 and lower marginal cord and two intervening secondary Genus ARCHITECTONICA Roeding in Bolten, 1798 cords.
13 MARCH 1981 This species is similar to Arclzitectunica (Architectonica) Genus COCHLESPIRA Conrad, 1865 ----ra-r-ilina-(-8 -alf,----1-8-9-2-}- iA-=it-s=S(;JU,aFe--sRo uldefed- mar=gi n and in its general ornamentation. It differs in hav ing fewer Coch/espira bella polita nodose revolving cords on the upper and lower surfaces. A. (A.) textilina (Dall ) occurs in th e Cook Moun tain Plate 1, figures 1, 3 Formation (Claibo rne Group) at Wautubbee, Mississippi.
1937. Cochlespira bella polita Harris, Paleont. Ame r., The type is from the Moodys Branch Formation at an v. 2, No.7, p. 46, pl. 9, fi g. 12. excavation on Town Creek behind th e Russe ll C. Davis Pl anetarium in Jackson, Mississippi. This species also 1966. Cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella polita (Harri s). Palmer occurs in the Mi nt Spring Formation of the Vicksburg and Brann, Bull. Amer. Paleont., v. 48, No. 218, Group (Lower Oligocene) near Cleary in Rankin County, p. 495. Mississippi. This subspecies differs from Cochlespira bella Conrad s.s. in the strength of the beaded ornamentation on the spiral Superfa mily CYP RAEACEA Rafinesque, 1815 cords. C. bella polita is slightly beaded on the carin a; the Fam ily OVULIDAE Flem ing, 1822 presu tural cord and the cords of the body whorl are smooth Genus S/MNIA Ri sso, 1826 except for growth lines. C. bella s.s. is strongly beaded on th e carina, presutu ral cord, and cords of the body whorl. Simnia sp. The type of C. bella polita is fro m the lower Jackson Group Plate 1, figure 4 on the Ouachita River in Louisiana (exact locality un known). The figured specimen is f rom the Moodys Branch Formation at Town Creek in Jackson, Mississippi (MGS This species is elongate with the center infl ated and taper locality 1) . C. bella s.s. occurs in the We ches Formation ing to the an terior and posterior ends. The anterior end and in Texas and the Cook Mountain Formation in Mississ ippi the outer lip are missi ng from the figure specimen. The (plate 1, figure 2) . columell a area is rounded in th e center and becomes some what flattened an teriorly. There is a sin gle spiral plication References at the posterior end. To the unaided eye, the exterior appears smooth, but under magnification, numerous, wavy, incised , longitudinal lines appear on the surface. Aldrich, Tru man Hemi ngway, 1921, New Eocene fossils from the sou thern gulf states: Bull. Amer. Paleont., This species resembles the living species Simnia uniplicata v. 5, No. 22, 24 p., 5 pl. (Sowerby, 1848) in th e ge neral outline of the shell , and in having only a si ngle plication at the posterior end of the Harris, Gilbert Denn ison, 1937, Turrid illustrations: Pale columella. Other species of Simnia occur ring in the Gul f ont.Amer.,v.2, No. 7, 122p.,14pl. Coast Eocene in cl ude: (1) Simnia regu/aroidea (A ld rich, 192 1) from the Bell s Landing Member, Tuscahoma Forma Johnson, Charles Willison, 1899, New and interesting tion in A Ia bam a, (2) Simnia texan a (J oh nson, 1899) species in th e " Isaac Lea Collection of Eocene Mol from the Stone City Beds, Sparta Formation in Texas, lu sca." Acad . Nat. Sci. Ph iladelphia, Proc., v. 51, and (3 ) Simnia subLruncala (Johnson, 1879) from th e p. 71-82, pl. 1-2. Cook Mountain Formation in Lou isiana. Of these three species S. regularoidea more closely resembles the Jackson Palmer, Katherine E. Hilton Van Wi nkle, 1937, The Cl ai Eocene species. bornian Schaphopoda, Gastropoda, and dibran chiate Cephalopoda of the southern United States: The figure spcci:r1en is from the Moodys Branch Forma Bull. Ame r. Paleont., v. 7, No. 32, pt. 1, 548 p., tion at Town Cree k in Jackson, Mississip pi (MGS locality pt. 2, 90 pis.
1) 0 Palmer, Katherine E. Hil ton Van Winkle, and Brann, Doris C., 1966, Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Order NEOGAS TROPODA Wenz, 1938 Mollu sca of the Southern and Eastern United States. Su border TOXOG LOSSA Troschel, 1848 Part II . Gastropoda: Bull. Amer. Paleont., v. 48, Superfamily CONACEA Rafinesque, 1815 No. 218, p. 471-1057.
MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY 14 3 x10
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Plate 1. Figure
1,3 Cochlespira bella polita Harris, 193 7. 1. Height 15 mm, width 5.8 mm ; Moodys Branch Formation, Town Cree k, Jackson, Mississippi. MGS speci men 635. 3. Height 2 mm, width 1.2 mm; Moodys Branch Formation, Town Creek, Jackson, Mississippi. MGS speci men 636.
2 Cochlespira bella (Conrad, 1865). Height 19 mm, width 7.2 mm; Cook Mountain Formation, Newton, Mi ssissippi (MGS locality 65). MGS specim en 572.
4 Simnia sp. Height (incomplete) 14.3 mm ; Moodys Branch Formation, Town Creek, Jackson, Mississippi. MGS speci men 637.
5,6 A rchitectonica meliconae n. sp. 5. Height 5.6 mm, width 9.7 mm; Min t Spring Formation, Cleary, Ranki n Co ., Mississippi. MGS specimen 638. 6. Height 3.2 mm, width 5.8 mm; Moodys Branch Formation, excavation of Town Creek behin d the Russe ll C. Davis Pl anetarium, Jackson, Mississippi. Holotype, Paleontological Research Institute No. 30044.
15 MARCH 1981 MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology Post Office Box 5348 Jackson, Mi ss issi ppi 39216
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