GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSVAAL (1904)

With multiple folding color "Geological Sketch Map of the Transvaal" by Dr. G.A.F. Molengraaff (63 x 47 cm) and multiple folding plate "Transvaal - Geological Sections".

Contents:

PREFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION;
INTRODUCTION;
I. SOUTH AFRICAN PRIMARY SYSTEM, RAND SYSTEM, OR ARCHAEAN SYSTEM (Old Granite Stratified Rocks - Auriferous Deposits - Structure and Stratigraphy - Auriferous Conglomerates of the Witwatersrand - Various Ore Deposits - Eruptive Rocks - Outcrops and Age);
II. VAAL RIVER SYSTEM (Amygdaloidal Rocks of the Witwatersrand - General Character and Stratigraphy - Ore Deposits - Age);
III. TRANSVAAL SYSTEM:
1. BLACK REEF SERIES (Stratigraphy - Auriferous Beds);
2. DOLOMITE SERIES (Stratigraphy - Ore Deposits - Thickness and Age - Eruptive Rocks);
3. PRETORIA SERIES (Stratigraphy - Ore Deposits - Eruptive Rocks - Outcrops);
4. PLUTONIC SERIES OF THE BUSHVELD (Red Granite - Syenites - Norite and Magnetite - Ore Deposits - Amygdaloidal Rocks of the Bushveld - History of the Intrusions);
5. WATERBERG SANDSTONE;
IV. KARROO SYSTEM:
1. LOWER KARROO (Dwyka Conglomerate and Ecca Beds);
2. UPPER KARROO (Coal Horizon - Great Eastern Fault - Lebombo Rocks);
DEPOSITS MORE RECENT THAN THE KARROO SYSTEM (The Diamond);
WORKS OF REFERENCE;
APPENDIX.

"The English edition of this book is undertaken in the hope that it will bring within the easy reach of many busy men a general sketch of the Geology of the Transvaal. The original was contributed by Dr. Molengraaff to the Geological Society of France while unable to refer to many notes and publications bearing on the subject. Although he has added one new chapter and has more or less corrected and augmented the other chapters of this edition, no attempt has been made to give a full record of the geological researches made in the Transvaal since 1900."

(From the "Preface to English Edition" by J. H. R., Johannesburg, April 15, 1904)

Green cloth with gilt title to the front board and spine; Text in English; Collation complete - False title, Title page, viii, 90 pages, with multiple folding color map and folding plate; Binding is tight and firm, with usual shelf wear, little rubbed, extremities bumped and slightly scuffed to few points. Cloth little wrinkled, some traces of discoloration and tanned stains. Joints are whole and stable, hinges little weak, with a few incipient cracks, but remains stable. A slight annotation by pen to the front free endpaper, both free endpapers tanned. Text block with some yellowing, the front 9 pages including title and the last 5 pages with light foxing dots, as like as the both folding maps, but the rest of the text block only with occasional and very light foxing mostly to the white margins. A short tear to the Geological Map at the place where it's bound repaired by white tape from the rear. A few pages with dog-ears. A sound copy of this scarce title.

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