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Summary Information on the State Geological Surveys & the United States Geological Survey Bulletin of the National Research Council (1932) / Chapter Skim
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North Carolina
Pages 84-85

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... PRESENT MAIN LINES OF WORK Current activities include the geologic mapping of several quadrangles in different parts of the State, the preparation of economic reports on gas and the limestone resources, respectively, and a memoir on graptolites of North America. Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey is maintained in the collection of mineral statistics, which are compiled and published in reports dealing with current developments in the mining and quarry industries.
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From page 85...
... About fifty per cent of the State is satisfactorily mapped topographieally. PUBLICATIONS Under the administration of the North Carolina Geological and Economie Survey, 1905-192d, twenty-two Bulletins, forty-seven Economic Papers, eleven Circulars, five special volumes, and ten Biennial Reports were published.
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