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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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1. hjb00015.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Block field of Thunderhead Sandstone on the north side of U.S. Highway 441 west of the Loop. Circa 1950. Figure 44, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  15
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2. hjb00027.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Conglomerate in Thunderhead Sandstone. Normal quartz-feldspar conglomerate: prominent white pebbles are microcline;, more abundant quartz is gray. Circa 1950. Figure 19-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  27
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3. hjb00028.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Conglomerate in Thunderhead Sandstone. Quartzite-pebble conglomerate; larger pebbles are quartzite and quartz; smaller one are microcline; a few pebbles are granite. Altitude is 3,540 feet on the trail from Porters Flat to Trillium Gap. Circa 1950. Figure 19-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  28
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4. hjb00029.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. East bank of Big Creek half a mile above the bridge at Mount Sterling. Lenticular bedding in fine-grained ankeritic sandstone and darker argillaceous sandstone. Rich Butt Sandstone. Circa 1950. Figure 20-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  29
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5. hjb00030.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Big Creek due south of Cosby Knob. Current bedding and slump structure in fine sandstone (lighter) and argillaceous siltstone (darker) in the upper part of the Thunderhead Sandstone. Current flowed from left to right. Ruler is 6 inches long. Circa 1950. Figure 20-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  30
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6. hjb00031.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Upper part of Thunderhead Sandstone, Big Creek three-tenths of a mile beyond the end of the truck trail at Walnut Bottom. Conglomerate, Great Smoky Group. Well- rounded cobbles, mostly leucogranite, with pebbles of calcareous sandstone and quartzite, embedded in coarse carbonatic sandstone. Bedding dips 15 degrees to the right. Circa 1950. Figure 21-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  31
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7. hjb00032.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Boulevard Trail on the east side of Myrtle Point, Mount LeConte. Pisolites, Great Smoky Group. Flattened siliceous pisolites in sandy dolomite, Anakeesta Formation. Circa 1950. Figure 21-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  32
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8. hjb00033.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Styx Branch, south slope of Mount LeConte, 500 feet northwest of the junction with Alum Cove Creek. Dark slate, Anakeesta Formation. Bedding and slaty cleavage in dark chloritoidal slate. View is east-northeast at beds dipping 25 degrees southeast. Circa 1950. Figure 22-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  33
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9. hjb00034.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Alum Cave Creek about two-tenths of a mile below Styx Branch on the south side of Mount LeConte. Intraformational breccia, Anakeesta Formation. Intraformational fragments of argillaceous beds in coarse feldspathic sandstone. Dark layers of sandy argillite at the top. Circa 1950. Figure 22-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  34
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10. hjb00051.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Surface features of alluvial deposits. Alluvial fan at Cherokee Orchard, 3 miles southwest of Gatlinburg. View is west-southwest from the east side of the fan, where it is about 1 mile wide. Lower slopes of Bull Head are on the left. On the left skyline is Sugarland Mountain beyond the West Prong Little Pigeon River. Circa 1950. Figure 45-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 349-B. ID. Hadley, J.B.  51
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11. hjb00141.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Cleavage and bedding in the Anakeesta Formation on the cliff tops of Mount LeConte. April 1953. ID. Hadley, J.B. 141
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12. hjb00146.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Middle Prong Little Pigeon River above Emerts Cove. Ledges of Roaring Fork Sandstone with bedding dipping gently upstream (south). Circa 1948. ID. Hadley, J.B. 146
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13. hwb00023.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. The Sinks. May 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   23ct
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14. hwb00024.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Mount Le Conte and Emerts Cove. May 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   24ct
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15. hwb00026.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Emerts Cove and Little Pigeon River. May 1954 ID. Hamilton, W.B.   26ct
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16. hwb00027.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. West Prong Little Pigeon River, viewed from the bridge north of Gatlinburg. May 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   27ct
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17. hwb00032.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Laurel Falls. May 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   32ct
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18. hwb00041.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   41ct
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19. hwb00042.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   42
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20. hwb00043.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   43
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21. hwb00044.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   44
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22. hwb00045.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   45
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23. hwb00046.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. From Blanket Mountain. May 1954. Photos hwb00041 through hwb0046 form a panorama. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   46
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24. hwb00050.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Little Pigeon River and Emerts Cove. May 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   50ct
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25. hwb00055.gif Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Wears Cove. January 1954. ID. Hamilton, W.B.   55ct
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