by R.S. Edmundson, 6 x 9-inch soft-cover book, 137 pages, 7 plates include folded 25 x 38-inch color 1:126,720-scale (1 inch: 2 miles) geologic map, 1 figure, 8 tables, 1958. The last bulletin in a series of four published between 1944 and 1958 describing the geology and development potential of Paleozoic carbonate rocks in Virginia for industrial use. The report includes descriptions of limestone and dolomite deposits in the James River District (portions of Augusta, Bath, Alleghany, Rockbridge, Craig, and Botetourt counties) with an accompanying geologic map depicting major transportation routes. Descriptions of 73 geologic sections, and the results of chemical analyses and physical tests are documented . The older bulletins in the series for the New River-Roanoke District (Bulletin 62), Northern and Central Parts of the Shenandoah Valley (Bulletin 65), and the Clinch Valley District, in southwestern Virginia (Bulletin 66) are currently out-of-print..
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