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 :
- 1904 Coronadit together with William Hillebrand
- 1924 Violarit together with W. Myron Davy
Honors
- 1928 Penrose Gold Medal from the Society of Economic Geologists
- 1933 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America
- 1937 the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London
The mineral lindgrenite is named after Lindgren .
Web links
- MJ Buerger: Memorial of Waldemar Lindgren. Obituary, The American Mineralogist (PDF, 350 kB, English)
- Mining Hall of Fame Inductees Database: Lindgren, Waldemar. Short biography, National Mining Hall of Fame (English)
- Historical Gazette: Waldemar Lindgren. Short biography
- Mark Hannington, Peter Herzig, Ian Jonasson and Thomas Monecke: A Record of the Early Years of Waldemar Lindgren (1878–1882) at the Freiberg Mining Academy, Germany. ( Memento of June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Lindgren at the Bergschule Freiberg, Society of Economic Geologists Newsletter 43, October 2000 (English)
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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 |