This book is a comprehensive study of the geology of the phosphate rocks of Arkansas, with a particular focus on their economic importance. The authors, John Casper Branner and John Flesher Newsom, were leading geologists of their time and made significant contributions to our understanding of the mineral resources of Arkansas. This book remains an important reference for geologists and mining engineers to this day.

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