The deposits of the useful minerals & rocks; their origin, form, and content . ^ Silurian. Upper and Jlid. Lower Devon. Devon. Carl on. Tertiary. Fig. 436.—Geological map of the Lahn-Dill ilistrict. Scale 1 : 530, and Kiihler. while the Lahn syncline reaches in the south-west almost to Laurenburg,and in the north-east to Giessen. The synclinal flanks of both lie uponoutliers of the Taunus and the Westerwald, which here abutt. Thisgeological position is illustrated in Fig. 436. 1074 OEE-DEPOSITS Both these synclines are known for their valuable haematite beds, whichoccur chiefly at t


The deposits of the useful minerals & rocks; their origin, form, and content . ^ Silurian. Upper and Jlid. Lower Devon. Devon. Carl on. Tertiary. Fig. 436.—Geological map of the Lahn-Dill ilistrict. Scale 1 : 530, and Kiihler. while the Lahn syncline reaches in the south-west almost to Laurenburg,and in the north-east to Giessen. The synclinal flanks of both lie uponoutliers of the Taunus and the Westerwald, which here abutt. Thisgeological position is illustrated in Fig. 436. 1074 OEE-DEPOSITS Both these synclines are known for their valuable haematite beds, whichoccur chiefly at the contact of Middle and Upper Devonian, where the. ^^ EHSl C^IJ IgSS] [XH flay- Sclislstein. Clay- Ha-matite Diabase. Displace-slate. slate. be( nients. Fig. 437.—Folded and faulted iron ore-beds in the Lahn syncline. Einecke and Kohler. opportunity for the formation of such ore-beds was particularly favourable,and a ferruginous horizon extending for a great distance and carryingprincipally haematite became formed. Many of these occurrences are u u


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