Waldemar Lindgren

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Waldemar Lindgren

Waldemar Lindgren (born February 14, 1860 in Kalmar , Sweden , † November 3, 1939 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was a Swedish - American geologist and mineralogist .

Life

He attended the Freiberg Mining Academy between 1878 and 1882, where he graduated as a mining engineer . In 1884 he began his 31-year career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There he worked on the exploration of ore deposits in the Rocky Mountains . In 1905 he co-founded the journal of the Society of Economic Geologists . Since 1909 Lindgren was a member of the National Academy of Sciences . In 1912 he became head of the geological department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In the same year he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1924 he was president of the Geological Society of America .

Fonts

Lindgren has published nearly 200 papers, not counting his discussion papers, reviews, and 1,000+ abstracts. Most of his publications deal with large ore deposits. Here is a selection of his best known and most cited works:

  • 1903: The water resources of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands. USGS Water-Supply Paper
  • 1905: The copper deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona. USGS Professional Paper
  • 1906: Geology and gold deposits of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado. USGS Professional Paper (with FL Ransome)
  • 1910: The ore deposits of New Mexico. USGS Professional Paper (with LC Graton, FC Schrader, JMHill)
  • 1911: The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California. USGS Professional Paper 73 online edition from Google Books.
  • 1913: Mineral Deposits. New York, McGraw-Hill. 1913 online edition from Google Books. New editions in 1919, 1928 and 1933.
  • 1919: Geology and ore deposits of the Tintic mining district, Utah. USGS Professional Paper (with GF Loughlin)

In addition, Lindgren is the first to describe the following minerals :

Honors

The mineral lindgrenite is named after Lindgren .

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personal data
SURNAME Lindgren, Waldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-American geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalmar , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1939
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts