Geological map of township lines in the northern peninsula of Michigan / surveyed by Wm. A. Burt, D.S., in the year 1845, for D. Houghton, under said Houghton's contract for surveys with reference to mines & minerals.

Map showing a section of the Upper Peninsula, from "Little Bay de Noquet" [Little Bay de Noc] and the area of the present-day city of Escanaba on Lake Michigan, north to the area of the present-day city of Marquette on Lake Superior. Coverage area includes portions of present-day Delta and Marquette...

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Uniform Title:Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 5.
Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 1.
Main Author: Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845
Corporate Authors: United States. Congress House (Issuing body)
United States. Congress Senate (Issuing body)
Edward Weber & Co (Lithographer)
Other Authors: Burt, William Austin, 1792-1858 (Surveyor)
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [United States House of Representatives] : [United States Senate], [1849]
Series:Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 5.
Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 1.
Subjects:
Geology > Michigan > Upper Peninsula > Maps.
Upper Peninsula (Mich.) > Surveys > Maps.
Escanaba River (Mich.) > Maps.
Little Bay de Noc (Mich.) > Maps.
Delta County (Mich.) > Maps.
Marquette County (Mich.) > Maps.
Geological maps.
Maps > Michigan > Upper Peninsula > 1845.
Maps > Michigan > Escanaba River > 1845.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Geological maps.
Maps
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
Physical Description:1 map : color ; 27 x 18 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:410,000
(W 87°34ʹ00ʺ--W 86°47ʹ00ʺ/N 46°35ʹ00ʺ--N 45°39ʹ00ʺ).
Format: Map
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Summary:
Map showing a section of the Upper Peninsula, from "Little Bay de Noquet" [Little Bay de Noc] and the area of the present-day city of Escanaba on Lake Michigan, north to the area of the present-day city of Marquette on Lake Superior. Coverage area includes portions of present-day Delta and Marquette counties. Shows most of the course of the "Esconawba River" [Escanaba River]. Shows areas of "clay slate granite," metamorphic rocks, granite, "Potsdam red sand rock," "calciferous sand rock," "Birds Eye & Trenton lime rock," and "Cincinnati blue lime rock." Shows Public Land Survey System township boundaries and some section lines.
Note:Relief shown by hachures.
Map extracted from Part III of "Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-first Congress," published as a United States House of Representatives executive document (Serial Set 571 H.exdoc.5/17), read December 27, 1849; and as a United States Senate executive document (Serial Set 551 S.exdoc.1/17), read December 24, 1849. The map appears opposite page 880 in both the House and Senate documents.
Map scale determined from section lines.
The Dead River is shown as "Ded River." The Ford River is shown as "Fort River."
Call Number:G4112.U6C5 1845 H6 Map
References:
Karpinski, L.C. Maps of Mich., 770.