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Geologic Atlas of the United States : Hawley sheet, Massachusetts
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- Contents, three descriptive sheets and four maps: Geologic map of the United States, explanatory text -- Outlines of geology of the Green Mountain Region of Massachusetts / B. K. Emerson -- Hawley sheet, descriptive text / B. K. Emerson -- [Topography] -- Areal geology -- Economic geology -- Structure sections.At head of title: Department of the Interior ; United States Geological Survey ; J. W. Powell, Director.On cover: Index Map.Part of a planned set geologic folios, see Bibliography and index of the publications of the United States Geological Survey, 1893, p.306.This atlas does not appear in Publications of the Geological Survey, 1879-1961, 1964. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. References: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections copy has a ms. note by Emerson mounted inside front cover: "The Hawley sheet was printed but not published because it was decided that it would be to[o] expensive to print the geological maps on the scale of inch to the mile. A few copies were distributed." MA. .
