Background
Loughlin, Gerald Francis was born on December 11, 1880 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Francis and Adelia (Lane) Loughlin.
geologist United States Geological Survey
Loughlin, Gerald Francis was born on December 11, 1880 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Francis and Adelia (Lane) Loughlin.
Bachelor of Science in geology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1903. Doctor of Philosophy., Yale, 1906.
Assistant in geology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1903-1904, Yale, 1904-1906. Instructor geology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1906-1912.
With United States Geological Survey, 1912, as chief non-metals section, division mineral resources, 1917-1919, chief metals section, January-December 1919, and chief of division of mineral resources, 1919-1923, chief of section of geology of metalliferous deposits, 1923-1935, chief geologist, 1935-1944, special scientist since 1944.
Author: Clays of Connecticut (Connecticut Survey), 1906. Lithology of Connecticut (with J. Barrell), 1912. Gabbro and Associated Rocks Near Preston, Connecticut.Geology and Ore Deposits of Tintic Utah (with W. Lindgren), 1917. Oxidized Zinc Ores of Leadville, Colorado, 1919. Geology and Ore Deposits of Utah (with B. S. Butler), 1920.In charge preparation Mineral Resources of the United States (6 vols.), 1919-1924. Geology and Ore Deposits of Leadville, Colorado, 1926. Indiana Oolitic Limestone, Relation of Its Natural Features to Its Commercial Grading, 1929.Gold Reserves of the United States (with H. G. Ferguson and others), 1930. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cripple Creek District (with A. H. Koschmann), 1935. Geology and ore deposits of the Magdalena District, New Mexico (with A. H. Koschmann), 1943.Also papers on ore deposits. building stone and durability of concrete aggregates.
Member Society of Economic Geologists, American Mineral Society, American Institute Mining and Metallurgy Engineers, Geology Society America, Geology Society Washington, Washington Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Club: Cosmos.
Spouse Grace E. French, August 22, 1906, Everett, Massachusetts.