Geologic appraisal of dimension-stone deposits

Currier, Louis W.

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“…Tests were frequently conducted prior to the opening of new quarries to evaluate the quality of construction stones [198]. The English limestones used for the construction of buildings in the United States of America [215]. Some of this work culminated in the publication of several American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards on dimension stones which are still in use today.…”

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“…The American Daniel W. Kessler, of the National Bureau of Standards (Figure 18), published a treatise on physical and chemical tests on building materials in 1919 [214]. In 1927, he also published a book on the physical properties of the main commercial limestones used for the construction of buildings in the United States of America [215]. Some of this work culminated in the publication of several American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards on dimension stones which are still in use today.…”

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Human activity has required, since its origins, stones as raw material for carving, construction and rock art. The study, exploration, use and maintenance of building stones is a global phenomenon that has evolved from the first shelters, manufacture of lithic tools, to the construction of houses, infrastructures and monuments. Druids, philosophers, clergymen, quarrymen, master builders, naturalists, travelers, architects, archaeologists, physicists, chemists, curators, restorers, museologists, engineers and geologists, among other professionals, have worked with stones and they have produced the current knowledge in heritage stones. They are stones that have special significance in human culture. In this way, the connotation of heritage in stones has been acquired over the time. That is, the stones at the time of their historical use were simply stones used for a certain purpose. Therefore, the concept of heritage stone is broad, with cultural, historic, artistic, architectural, and scientific implications. A historical synthesis is presented of the main events that marked the use of stones from prehistory, through ancient history, medieval times, and to the modern period. In addition, the main authors who have written about stones are surveyed from Ancient Roman times to the middle of the twentieth century. Subtle properties of stones have been discovered and exploited by artists and artisans long before rigorous science took notice of them and explained them.

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Bedrock geology of the Grand Lake area, Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties, Maine

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Spencer²,

Swift³

1965

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The Grand Lake area in eastern Maine generally has low relief and contains widespread glacial drift and many lakes and swamps. It is underlain chiefly by metasedimentary rocks of Silurian and Silurian (?) age and to a lesser extent by rocks of Ordovician and possible Cambrian age. Intrusive rocks of Devonian age underlie more than a third of the area. Northeast-trending grabens in the metasedimentary and igneous rocks have preserved unmetamorphosed rocks of Late Devonian through Pennsylvania!! age. A diabase dike, possibly 100 miles long, trends southwest; it is younger than the Devonian granitic intrusives.The predominant metasedimentary rocks are metasiltstone, impure quartzite, slate, and quartzite metaconglomerate. Thin units of rhyolitic metatuff, thin black metachert, limestone metaconglomerate, phyllite, and schist are present. The metasedimentary rocks are isoclinally folded; dips are steep in places beds are overturned and folds trend northeast. Most major folds plunge to the northeast. The total thickness of the stratigraphic section is estimated to be at least 10,000 feet.The plutonic rocks are chiefly quartz monzonitic granite, but a large body of gabbro-diorite is present in the southeastern part of the area. The contactmetamorphic aureoles are three-fourths of a mile or less in width and, compared with adjacent wallrock, are characterized by retrograded cordierite, traces of chalcopyrite, increased biotite content, magnetite, and small amounts of iron sulfides. Ghiastolite and sillimanite also occur in the gabbro-diorite contact aureole.Faults of two ages, pre-Devonian and post-Pennsylvanian, are probably present. Pre-Devonian faults trend northeast, and post-Pennsylvanian faults trend northeast and northwest.

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Bedrock geology of the Lake Tapps quadrangle, Pierce County, Washington

Gard¹

1968

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Geologic appraisal of dimension-stone deposits

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The Forerunners on Heritage Stones Investigation: Historical Synthesis and Evolution

The Forerunners on Heritage Stones Investigation: Historical Synthesis and Evolution

Bedrock geology of the Grand Lake area, Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties, Maine

Bedrock geology of the Lake Tapps quadrangle, Pierce County, Washington

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