Map of Peridotite for Diamond Mining

Hugh Dinsmore Miser’s U.S. Geological Survey map of the occurrence of peridotite near Murfreesboro (Pike County); 1921.

Geological map

Courtesy of Dean Banks and Crater of Diamonds Archive, Lee J. Wagner Collection

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Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Geology / Land and Resources / Mining / Science and Medicine / Science and Technology

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