Map Showing Outcrop of the Coal-bearing Units and Land Use in the Gulf Coast Region

United States Geological Survey Open File Report 97-172

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Selected References

All Areas

Breyer, J.A., 1986, Tertiary coals of the Gulf Coast, in Gluskoter, H.J., Rice, D.D., and Taylor, R.B., eds., Economic Geology, U.S.: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America P-2, p. 573-582.

Cushing, E.M., Boswell, E.H., and Hosman, R.L., 1964, General geology of the Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 448-B, p. B1-B28.

Energy Information Administration, 1994, Form EIA-767, "Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report."

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1994, FERC Form 423, "Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants."

Galloway, W.E., Bebout, D.G., Fisher, W.L., Dunlap, J.B., Jr., Cabrera-Castro, R., Scoot, T.M., 1991, Cenozoic, in Salvador, A. ed., The Gulf of Mexico Basin: Geological Society of America, the Geology of North America, v. J, p. 245-324.

Hackman, B.S., and Meissner, C.R., Jr., 1983, Preliminary chart of the stratigraphic nomenclature of Paleocene and Eocene lignite-bearing and associated strata of the Gulf Coastal Plain-Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-310, 1 sheet.

Murray, G. E., 1961, Geology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Province of North America: Harper Brothers, Publishers, New York, 692 p.

Williamson, D.R., and Prior, W.L., 1987, Lignites of Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, in Finkelman, R.B., Casagrande, D.J., and Benson, S.A., eds., Gulf Coast lignite geology: Environmental and Coal Associates, p. 129-139.

References by State, geology modified from:

Alabama

Osborne, W.E., Szabo, M.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., comps., 1989, Geologic map of Alabama: [Tuscaloosa], Geological Survey of Alabama, Special Map 221, scale 1:500,000.

Arkansas

Guccione, M.J., Prior, W.L., and Rutledge, E.M., 1986, The Tertiary and Quaternary Geology of Crowley's Ridge: A guidebook: Guide Book for Southeastern and South-Central Sections, of the Geological Society of America meeting in Memphis, TN, April 5-6, 1986, Arkansas Geological Commission, Little Rock, AR, 39 p.

Haley, Boyd R., comp., 1976, Geologic map of Arkansas: Little Rock, Arkansas Geological Commission, and U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Haley, Boyd R., comp., 1993, Geologic map of Arkansas: Little Rock, Arkansas Geological Commission, and U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Meissner, C.R., 1984, Stratigraphic Framework and Distribution of Lignite on Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey Circular 28-B, 14 p.

Prior, W.L., Clardy, B.F., and Baber, Q.M., 1984, Arkansas Lignite Investigations, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey Circular 28-C, 214 p.

Spooner, W.C., 1935, Oil and Gas Geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain in Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey Bulletin 2, 516 p.

Wilbert, L.J. Jr., 1953, The Jacksonian Stage in southeastern Arkansas: Arkansas Resources and Development Commission, Division of Geology Bulletin 19, 125 p.

Georgia

Galloway, W.E., Bebout, D.G., Fisher, W.L., Dunlap, J.B., Jr., Cabrera-Castro, R., Scoot, T.M., 1991, Cenozoic, in Salvador, A. ed., The Gulf of Mexico Basin: Geological Society of America, the Geology of North America, v. J, p. 245-324.

Lawton, D. E., and Marsalis, W.E., comps., 1976, Geologic map of Georgia: Atlanta, Georgia Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Zapp, A.D., 1965, Bauxite deposits of the Andersonville District, Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199G, 37 p.

Illinois

Cushing, E.M., Boswell, E.H., and Hosman, R.L., 1964, General geology of the Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 448-B, p. B1-B28.

Kentucky

McDowell, R.C., Grabowski, G.J., Jr., and Moore, S.L., comps., 1981, Geologic map of Kentucky, sheet 1 of 4: [Lexington], Kentucky Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:250,000.

Olive, W.W., 1980, Geologic maps of the Jackson Purchase Region, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1217, scale 1:250,000.

Olive, W.W., and Finch, W.I., 1969, Stratigraphic and mineralogic relations and ceramic properties of clay deposits of Eocene Age in the Jackson Purchase Region, Kentucky and in adjacent parts of Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1282, 35 p.

Louisiana

Breyer, J.A., Archer, A.W., and McCabe, P.J., 1993, Sequence stratigraphy of coal-bearing strata: Field Trip Guidebook and short course supplement: Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1993, 48 p.

Doney, H.H., 1987, Recent and current research on Wilcox lignite in northern Louisiana, in Finkelman, R.B., Casagrande, D.J., and Benson, S.A., eds., Gulf Coast lignite geology: Environmental and Coal Associates, p. 170-200. (Also in Finkelman and Casagrande, 1986, p. 156-186).

Frederiksen, N.O., and Warwick, P.D., 1995, Palynology of Paleocene lignite beds and associated detrital strata from Louisiana and Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-208, 22 p.

Pope, D.E., 1981, Composite columnar section of Louisiana, in Nault, M.J, and Rassam, G.N., Bibliography and index of Louisiana Geology 1961 to 1979: Louisiana Geological Survey, Resources Information, N. 4, p. 148.

Snead, J.I., and McCulloh, R.P., comps., 1984, Geologic map of Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Mississippi

Bicker, A.R., comp., 1969, Geologic map of Mississippi: [Jackson], Mississippi Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000 [and unpublished digital files thereof].

Dockery, D.T., III, 1996, Toward a revision of the generalized stratigraphic column of Mississippi: The Department of Environmental Quality, Jackson MS, Mississippi Geology, v. 17, no.1, p. 1-9.

Williamson, D.R., 1976, An investigation of the Tertiary Lignites of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey Information Series MGS-74-1, 147 p.

Missouri

Anderson, K.H., comp., 1979, Geologic map of Missouri: [Rolla], Missouri Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Farrar, W., 1934, Reconnaissance geologic map of a portion of southwest Missouri: 50th Biennial Report of the Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1935, Appendix I, Plate VI, scale 1:253,440.

Farrar, W., and McManamy, L., 1936, Geologic map of Stoddard County: 59th Biennial Report of the Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1937, Appendix VI, Plate II, scale 1:126,720.

Garstang, M., comp., Geology of the Chaffee, Scott City, Oran, and Morely Quadrangles, Mo.: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Open-File Map OFM-81-51-G1, scale 1:62,500.

Tennessee

Miller, R.A., Harderman, W.D., Fullerton, D.S., comps., 1966, Geologic map of Tennessee, west sheet: [Nashville], Tennessee Department of Conservation, Division of Geology, scale 1:250,000.

Parks, W.S., and Carmichael, J.K., 1990, Geology and ground water resources of the Memphis Sand in Western Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4182, 30 p.

Parks, W.S., and Russell, E.E., 1975, Geologic map showing Upper Cretaceous, Paleocene, and lower and middle Eocene units and distribution of younger fluvial deposits in western Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-916, scale 1:250,000.

Texas

Barnes, V.E., comp., 1992, Geologic map of Texas: Austin, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, four sheets, scale 1:500,000.

Sellards, E.H., Adkins, W.S., and Plummer, F.B., 1966, The Geology of Texas, Volume I, Stratigraphy: The University of Texas Bulletin, no. 3232, 1007 p.

Mexico

Associacion Mexicana de Geologos Petroleros, 1952, Carta geologica de la Republica Mexicana, haja (sheet) Reynosa, scale 1:500,000.

Consejo de Recursos Minerales, 1994, Cuencas carboniferas del noreste de Mexico Estados Coahuila, Nuevo Leon y Tamaulipas, zona fronteriza Mexico - Estatos Unidos de Norteamerica: unpublished report, Saltillo, 45 p.

Galicia, E. F., 1991, Geology and reserves of coal deposits in Mexico, in Salas, G.P., ed., Economic Geology, Mexico: Boulder, The Geological Society of America (Decade of North American Geology), Geology of North America, V.P.-3, p. 131-160.

Secretaria de Programacion y Presupuesto, 1989, Cart Geologica (Monterrey), Direccion General de Geografia del Territorio Nacional, San Antonio Abad, Mexico, scale 1:1,000,000.

Note: Additional smaller scale mapping was used in some cases to modify data compiled from cited maps, notably 1:24,000 scale quadrangle mapping which was used for inferring the Jackson-Claiborne contact in Kentucky. Areas covered by surficial units as mapped by the cited references are not always indicated on this map.

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