Structure, porosity and stress regime of the upper oceanic crust: Sonic and ultrasonic logging of DSDP Hole 504B
Robin Newmark, Roger N. Anderson, Daniel Moos, Mark D. Zoback
1985, Tectonophysics (118) 1-42
The layered structure of the oceanic crust is characterized by changes in geophysical gradients rather than by abrupt layer boundaries. Correlation of geophysical logs and cores recovered from DSDP Hole 504B provides some insight into the physical properties which control these gradient changes. Borehole televiewer logging in Hole 504B provides...
Aeromagnetic map of the Glacier Peak Wilderness and adjacent areas, Chelan, Skagit, and Snohomish counties, Washington
V. J. Flanigan, Mark Sherrard
1985, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1652-B
The Glacier Peak Wilderness encompasses 464,741 acres, including 483 acres of patented mining and millsite claims. Also included in the present study are nine areas adjoining the wilderness (see fig. 1), totaling 90,034 acres of recommended wilderness additions. All these lands are here collectively called the “study area.” Access to...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Horse Creek area, Sheridan and Moorhead coal fields, southeastern Montana
N. E. McClymonds
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4239
The Horse Creek area of the Sheridan and Moorhead coal fields, 16 miles east of the Decker Coal Mines near the Tongue River, contains large reserves of Federally owned coal that have been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study was conducted in the area to describe existing hydrologic...
Preliminary evaluation of magnitude and frequency of floods in selected small drainage basins in Ohio
J.R. Kolva
1985, Open-File Report 85-194
A previous study of flood magitudes and frequencies in Ohio concluded that existing regionalized flood equations may not be adequate for estimating peak flows in small basins that are heavily forested, surface mined, or located in northwestern Ohio. In order to provide a large data base for improving estimation of flood...
Evaluation of the effects of coal-mine reclamation on water quality in Big Four Hollow near Lake Hope, southeastern Ohio
V.E. Nichols
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4197
A subsurface clay dike and mine-entrance hydraulic seals were constructed from July 1979 through May 1980 by the Ohio Department if Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation to reduce acidic mine drainage from abandoned drift-mine complex 88 into Big Four Hollow Creek. Big Four Hollow Creek flows into Sandy Run--the major...
Selected climatological and hydrologic data, Raton basin, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, and Colfax County, New Mexico
Arthur L. Geldon, P.O. Abbott
1985, Open-File Report 84-138
The hydrology of the coal-bearing Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico was investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Data in the report were collected from 1977 to 1982, mainly in the watersheds of the Apishapa and Purgatoire Rivers; data from the Cucharas, Canadian, and Vermejo River watersheds are also...
Progress report on Black Mesa monitoring program, 1984
G. W. Hill
1985, Open-File Report 85-483
The N aquifer is an important source of water in the 5,400 square-mile Black Mesa area on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations. The project is designed to monitor long-term effects on the ground-water resources of the mesa as a result of withdrawals from the aquifer by a strip-mining operation....
Water resources of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
A.H. Handy, F. R. Twenter
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4103
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has abundant picturesque and useful water resources. These resources include 12 inland lakes that range in size from 6 to 765 acres, 10 small streams that flow to Lake Superior, 40 miles of Lake Superior lakeshore, and aquifers capable of yielding water to wells in most...
Geology and geochronology of granitoid and metamorphic rocks of late Archean age in northwestern Wisconsin
P.K. Sims, Z. E. Peterman, R. E. Zartman, F. C. Benedict
1985, Professional Paper 1292-C
Granitoid rocks of the Puritan Quartz Monzonite and associated biotite gneiss and amphibolite in northwestern Wisconsin compose the southwestern part of the Puritan batholith of Late Archean age. They differ from rocks in the Michigan segment of the batholith in having been deformed by brittle-ductile deformation and partly recrystallized during...
Availability and quality of ground water in the Piedmont Province of Virginia
John Duane Powell, Joseph M. Abe
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4235
The Piedmont Province of Virginia has an ample supply of groundwater, (perhaps as much as 1.5 billion gallons are in storage per sq mi) generally suitable for domestic and small supply needs. The source of this groundwater is precipitation, which is stored in the pore spaces of the regolith and...
Hydrology of coal-lease areas near Durango, Colorado
Tom Brooks
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4125
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management leases Federal lands and minerals for coal mining near Durango, Colorado. This report addresses the hydrologic suitability of those lands for coal leasing; the report describes the general hydrology of the Durango area and, more specifically, the hydrology of the Stollsteimer Creek study area...
Geohydrology and model analysis of stream-aquifer system along the Arkansas River in Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas
L. E. Dunlap, Richard J. Lindgren, C. G. Sauer
1985, Water Supply Paper 2253
A study was made, in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to determine geohydrologic conditions in an area comprising nearly 850,000 acres along the Arkansas River valley in Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas. The Arkansas River meanders atop and interacts hydraulically with the...
Permitted water use in Iowa, 1985
D. L. Runkle, J.L. Newman, E.M. Shields
1985, Open-File Report 86-302
This report summarizes where, how much and for what purpose water is allocated for use in Iowa with permits issued by the Department of Water, Air and Waste Management. In Iowa, from a total permitted water use of 855,175.45 million gallons per year, about 58 percent is from surface-water sources...
Dissolved constituents including selenium in waters in the vicinity of Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge and the west grassland, Fresno and Merced Counties, California
T. S. Presser, Ivan Barnes
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4220
Analyses were made for dissolved constituents including selenium (Se) in waters associated with subsurface agricultural drainage from the western San Joaquin Valley of California. In the vicinity of Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge and the Grassland wetlands area Se was found to be mobilized in water. As a consequence of this...
Effects of land use and surficial geology on flow and water quality of streams in the coal-mining region of southwestern Indiana, October 1979 through September 1980
William G. Wilber, Danny E. Renn, Charles G. Crawford
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4234
An assessment of streams in the coal-mining region of southwestern Indiana was done from October 1979 through September 1980 during stable stream flows to provide baseline hydrologic and water-quality information and to document the effect of several natural and human-induced factors on water quality in the region. Streams in southwestern Indiana...
Effects of potential surface coal mining on dissolved solids in Otter Creek and in the Otter Creek alluvial aquifer, southeastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4206
Otter Creek drains an area of 709 square miles in the coal-rich Powder River structural basin of southeastern Montana. The Knobloch coal beds in the Tongue River Member of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation is a shallow aquifer and a target for future surface mining in the downstream part of...
Quality of ground water in Monitor and Williams Townships, Bay County, Michigan
F. R. Twenter, T. R. Cummings
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4110
Migration of mineralized water from abandoned subsurface coal mines in Monitor and Williams Townships was thought by many residents to have affected the quality of domestic ground-water supplies in the area. To investigate the possibility, wells were installed to obtain geologic data and water samples for chemical analysis; analysis also...
Hydrologic data in small watersheds, coal-mining region, west-central Indiana, October 1980 to June 1983, and instrumentation and methods of collecting the data
D.E. Renn, R.F. Duwelius, C.R. Keeton, J.W. Tyler Jr.
1985, Open-File Report 85-402
Hydrologic data were collected in seven watersheds ranging in area from 0.11 to 4.87 square miles. Principal uses of land include farming in two of the watersheds, farming and forestry in one, farming and unreclaimed surface coal mines in one, reclaimed surface coal mines in two, and an unreclaimed surface...
Ground-water quality data from the northern Mississippi embayment; Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi
J. V. Brahana, T. O. Mesko, J.F. Busby, T. F. Kraemer
1985, Open-File Report 85-683
Groundwater quality data were collected from 42 selected wells in the McNairy-Nacatoch-Ripley and the lower Wilcox aquifers of the northern Mississippi embayment. The study is part of the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer System Analysis (GC RASA) study; the data will be used for geochemical modeling of mineral saturation and mass...
Simulated effects of increased recharge on the ground-water flow system of Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nevada-California
J.B. Czarnecki
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4344
A study was performed to assess the potential effects of changes in future climatic conditions on the groundwater system in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential mined geologic repository for high-level nuclear wastes. These changes probably would result in greater rates of precipitation and, consequently, greater...
The ground-water system and possible effects of underground coal mining in the Trail Mountain area, central Utah
Gregory C. Lines
1985, Water Supply Paper 2259
The ground-water system was studied in the Trail Mountain area in order to provide hydrologic information needed to assess the hydrologic effects of underground coal mining. Well testing and spring data indicate that water occurs in several aquifers. The coal-bearing Blackhawk-Star Point aquifer is regional in nature and is the...
Reconnaissance geology of the Harrat Hutaymah Quadrangle, sheet 26/42A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
J.S. Pallister
1985, Open-File Report 85-125
Harrat Hutaymah quadrangle is underlain mostly by Proterozoic rocks that are intruded and partly covered in the north by the Quaternary extrusive products of the Harrat Hutaymah basalt field. The Proterozoic basement of the quadrangle may be broadly divided into the older (circa 650 Ma and older) Laban dioritic complex...
Simulated effects of projected pumping on the availability of freshwater in the Evangeline Aquifer in an area southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas
George E. Groschen
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4182
This study is an investigation of the continued availability of freshwater in the Evangeline aquifer along the Texas Gulf Coast and the potential for degradation of the water quality by salinewater intrusion. Recharge to the aquifer occurs by the infiltration of precipitation in the outcrop area and by cross-formational flow...
Ground-water quality in the Santa Rita, Buellton, and Los Olivos hydrologic subareas of the Santa Ynez River basin, Santa Barbara County, California
S. N. Hamlin
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4131
Groundwater quality in the upper Santa Ynez River Valley in Santa Barbara County has degraded due to both natural and anthropogenic causes. The semiarid climate and uneven distribution of rainfall has limited freshwater recharge and caused salt buildup in water supplies. Tertiary rocks supply mineralized water. Agricultural activities (irrigation return...
Occurrence of natural radium-226 radioactivity in ground water of Sarasota County, Florida
R. L. Miller, Horace Sutcliffe
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4237
Water that contains radium-226 radioactivity in excess of the 5.0-picocurie-per-liter limit set in the National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations was found in the majority of wells sampled throughout Sarasota County. Highest levels were found areally near the coast or near rivers and vertically in the Tamiami-upper Hawthorn aquifer where...
