[Maps by C. Rominger], 1873-1876.

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[Maps by C. Rominger], 1873-1876.

Series 5, folders 11, 12, and 15 of record group 71-12 consist of a maps by C. Rominger (Julius Bien, Lith., Karpinski 973, 947, 973). The first map is a geological map of Lower Peninsula (1876), and includes manuscript notes. The second map is a map of the Upper Peninsula Paleozoic rocks, by C. Rominger, copper-bearing rocks, by R. Pumpelly, iron-bearing rocks (Huronian), by T.B. Brooks, Laurentian rocks, by Brooks and Pumpelly (1873). The third map is a geological map of the Lower Peninsula (1876).

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State Archive of Michigan

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Rominger, Carl Ludwig

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Pumpelly, Raphael, 1837-1923

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Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923), American geologist and explorer, studied at the Royal School of Mines in Freiberg. He accepted a post in 1861 as a geologist for the Japanese government, and served two years in that position before traveling on through China, Mongolia, and Russia. He returned to the U.S. to study iron and copper deposits in Michigan and the Lake Superior district and from 1884-89 served as head of the New England division of the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1903 and 1904 he led exped...

Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900

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Thomas Benton Brooks was a Union army officer and aide-de-camp to Major-General Quincy Adams Gillmore. Brooks joined the army on August 9, 1861 as a First Lieutenant in the First New York Engineers. He was promoted to captain on January 21, 1862 and to major and aide-de-camp on August 17, 1863. He received the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel for meritorious service at the siege of Fort Pulaski, and the brevet rank of full colonel for service during the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1...

Bien, Julius, 1826-1909

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