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Maps showing industrial mineral resources of the Joplin 1° x 2° quadrangle, Kansas and Missouri

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2125-B
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Abstract

This map is part of a folio of maps of the Joplin 1° X 2° quadrangle, Kansas and Missouri prepared under the Conterminuous United States Mineral Assessment Program (CUSMAP). Other publications in this folio to date include U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2125-A (Erickson and others, 1990). Additional maps showing various geologic aspects of the Joplin quadrangle will be published as U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Maps bearing this same serial number with different letter suffixes (MF-2125-C, -D, and so on).


The industrial mineral resources of the Joplin 1° X 2° quadrangle are crushed stone, dimension stone, clay and shale, construction sand and gravel (including chat, or chert-rich tailings from metal mines), and asphaltic sandstone. At present only crushed stone, clay and shale, and construction sand and gravel are of economic importance; the remainder are considered hypothetical resources. The value of industrial mineral production during 1987, the most recent year of complete data as supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, was nearly $25,600,000. In terms of finished products such as cement and brick, the value is several times that amount. Figure 1 shows the annual value of industrial mineral production within the quadrangle from 1960 through 1987.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Maps showing industrial mineral resources of the Joplin 1° x 2° quadrangle, Kansas and Missouri
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 2125
Chapter B
DOI 10.3133/mf2125B
Year Published 1991
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Denver, CO
Description 1 Plate: 28.87 x 39.19 inches
Country United States
State Kansas;Missouri
Other Geospatial Joplin 1° x 2° quadrangle
Scale 500000
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