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246: 111:; he advanced to full professor in 1912, a position he would hold for 37 years. Graton made important contributions in applying the science of geology to the practical job of finding ore. He was notably successful in "selling" geology to the mining industry, in an era when many companies doubted the value of employing mining geologists. He became professor emeritus in 1949. 310: 199:"Louis Caryl Graton" in Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933–67, the Graton-Sales volume, New York, AIME, 1968. LC Catalog # 68-24170. Includes bibliography. 175: 290: 285: 280: 126:. For Cerro and other industrial clients, he set up modern geological departments and trained staff geologists to high professional standards. 88:
goldfields. This began an association that lasted until Lindgren's death in 1939. While at the USGS, he studied ore deposits in the southern
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in 1950), among many other awards and honors. He left a significant legacy of scientific papers and reviews. His
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Reconnaissance of some gold and tin deposits of the southern Appalachians, with notes on the Dahlonega mines
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Contributions to economic geology, 1909, Part I, Metals and nonmetals except fuels--Copper,
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is included in the Graton-Sales memorial volume, cited below.
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as a graduate student, studying many of the famous mines of
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In 1909, Graton was appointed assistant professor of
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L.C. Graton

geologist
chemist
educator
assayer
Rockdale, Ontario
McGill University
Ontario
Quebec
Cornell University
Waldemar Lindgren
US Geological Survey
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Appalachians
New Mexico
California
mining geology
Harvard
consultant
Cerro Corporation
Board of Directors
economic geology
Society of Economic Geologists
Penrose Gold Medal
bibliography
Gratonite
"Penrose Gold Medal"
the original
US Geological Survey

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