Mineral resources of the Cranberry Wilderness Study Area, Pocahontas and Webster counties, West Virginia
Charles R. Meissner Jr., John F. Windolph Jr., Peter C. Mory, Donald K. Harrison, Cornelia Clermont Cameron, Andrew E. Grosz, William J. Perry Jr., Frank Gardner Lesure
1978, Open-File Report 78-142
Cranberry Wilderness Study Area comprises 14,702 ha in the Monongahela National Forest, Pocahontas and Webster Counties, east-central West Virginia. The area is in the Yew Mountains of the Appalachian Plateaus and is at the eastern edge of the central Appalachian coal fields. Cranberry Glades, a peatland of botanical interest lies...
Water-quality assessment of the Middle Fork Anderson River watershed, Crawford and Perry counties, Indiana
Mark A. Ayers
1978, Open-File Report 78-71
Surface-water quality in the watershed is generally good except for problem-causing concentrations of bacteria, dissolved oxygen, and phosphorus at some sites along the main stem during low flow and manganese at most sites year-round.Dissolved-solids concentration ranged from 76 to 248 milligrams per liter. Concentrations at sites upstream from reservoirs were...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat area, Tooele, Juab and Millard counties, Utah
E.L. Bolke, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Open-File Report 78-312
The Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles (1,530 square kilometers) in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches (180 millimeters) and totals about 232,000 acre-feet (286 cubic hectometers). Fish Springs Wash is the major drainage in the area; and, along with numerous...
Progress report on Black Mesa monitoring program; 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 78-459
Monitoring activities of coal mine operations on Black Mesa were started in 1971 for the purpose of monitoring the effects of strip mining on the water resources of the area. Black Mesa is located in northeastern Arizona near the center of the Navajo Indian Reservation and is a prominent topographic...
Lithium in rocks from the Lincoln, Helena, and Townsend areas, Montana
Elizabeth F. Brenner-Tourtelot, Allen L. Meier, Craig A. Curtis
1978, Open-File Report 78-430
In anticipation of increased demand for lithium for energy-related uses, the U.S. Geological Survey has been appraising the lithium resources of the United States and investigating occurrences of lithium. Analyses of samples of chiefly lacustrine rocks of Oligocene age collected by M. R. Mudge near Lincoln, Mont. showed as much...
Drainage areas in Maine
D.J. Cowing, J.L. McNelly
1978, Open-File Report 78-556
No abstract available....
Correlations of coal beds in the Rock Springs Formation in measured sections on the east flank of the Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Henry W. Roehler
1978, Open-File Report 78-247
A water-quality assessment of the Busseron Creek watershed, Sullivan, Vigo, Greene, and Clay counties, Indiana
Stephen E. Eikenberry
1978, Open-File Report 78-13
Chemical quality of surface water in the 237-square mile Busseron Creek watershed is significantly affected by drainage from coal mines and municipalities. Drainage from coal mines is primarily a problem of higher than normal dissolved-solids concentration, whereas, drainage from municipalities is generally a problem of bacteria and phytoplankton. Generally, the...
Selected low-flow characteristics of streams in the vicinity of Warwick, Orange County, New York
Benjamin B. Eissler
1978, Open-File Report 78-811
Base flows were measured during 1971-76 at 10 partial-record sites and three continuous-record stations on major streams in and bordering the Town of Warwick. Discharge measurements at the partial-record sites were correlated with records from three suitable continuous-record gaging stations near the town to determine 7-day, 2-year low flows and...
Availability of fresh and slightly saline ground water in the basins of westernmost Texas
Joseph Spencer Gates, W. D. Stanley, H.D. Ackermann
1978, Open-File Report 78-663
Significant quantities of fresh ground water occur in the basin fill of the northern Hueco bolson and lower Mesilla Valley and in the Wildhorse Flat, Michigan Flat, Lobo Flat, and Ryan Flat areas of the Salt Basin; and may occur in Red Light Draw, Presidio bolson, and Green River valley....
Bibliography of the available data on the solubility of silica in water substance
Robert W. Potter, W.L. Marshall, R.O. Fournier, O.I. Martynova
1978, Open-File Report 78-731
The following bibliography represents the currently available experimental data for the solubility of silica in water substance as a function of temperature and pressure. These references were compiled by the silica subcommittee of Working Group IV at the 1977 meeting of LAPS in Moscow. The data summarized in these references...
Mineral resources of the Mill Creek, Mountain Lake, and Peters Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, Craig and Giles counties, Virginia and Monroe County, West Virginia
Frank Gardner Lesure, Bradford B. Williams, Maynard L. Dunn, William J. Perry
1978, Open-File Report 78-1076
The Mill Creek, Mountain Lake, and Peters Mountain Wilderness Study Areas comprise about 8200 ha of steep wooded slopes in the Jefferson National Forest in west central Virginia and adjacent West Virginia. Mill Creek area contains about 1800 ha and Peters Mountain area about 1600 ha in Giles County, Va....
Petrographic and chemical data on Mesozoic granitic rocks of the Eagle quadrangle, Alaska
Helen Laura Foster, Mary M. Donato, M. E. Yount
1978, Open-File Report 78-253
No abstract available....
Premetamorphic hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen vein, Hamme District, North Carolina, as indicated by mineral textures and minor structures
Michael P. Foose, John F. Slack
1978, Open-File Report 78-427
The Hamme Tungsten district is a 13-km long, 2-km wide, northeast-trending belt located in northern Vance County, North Carolina and southern Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Fig. 1). The district contains the largest quartz-wolframite-type vein deposits in the United States. Over 50 tungsten-bearing veins occur in this area (Espenshade, 1947), from which...
Preliminary geologic report on the Harris Lake area, northeastern Minnesota
M. P. Foose, Roger W. Cooper
1978, Open-File Report 78-385
Intense faulting and fracturing in the Harris Lake area) northeastern Minnesota are documented by detailed field studies. Faults are identified chiefly by the disruption of mappable layers within sequences of plagioclase and plagioclase-olivine cumulates. Most layers grade from olivine-rich bottoms to plagioclase-rich tops and were probably deposited by density currents....
Analytical results for 89 water samples from the Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona
Walter H. Ficklin, Wheeler Ashton, D. J. Preston, G.A. Nowlan
1978, Open-File Report 78-1092
Eighty-nine water samples were collected from the Papago Indian Reservation during 1977 and 1978 as a part of a mineral resource study. Each sample was analyzed for copper, zinc, molybdenum, arsenic, uranium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate, sulfate, chloride, fluoride, and silica. Temperature, pH, and specific conductance were also measured....
Hydrologic and geomorphic data from the Piceance Basin, Colorado, 1972-77
Donald G. Frickel
1978, Open-File Report 78-825
This report is a compilation of erosion measurements made at 121 channel sites and 45 hillslope sites during the period 1972-77 in the Piceance basin of northwestern Colorado. The data were collected as part of channel-morphology, sediment-transport, and erosion-rate studies being conducted in conjunction with development of the oil-shale resource...
Preliminary megafossil biostratigraphy and correlation of stratigraphic sections in the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province
Warren O. Addicott, G. R. Winkler, George Plafker
1978, Open-File Report 78-491
No abstract available....
Preliminary geologic map of the west half of Owyhee County, Idaho
E. B. Ekren, D. H. McIntyre, Earl H. Bennett
1978, Open-File Report 78-341
No abstract available....
Release of trace elements from a burning bituminous culm bank
Robert B. Finkelman
1978, Open-File Report 78-864
A burning bituminous coal waste-bank at Mather, PA was studied in order to determine if trace elements are being released into the environment in substantial concentrations. Samples of the minerals forming on the surface of the bank, the gases escaping from vents, and the water and sediment from a nearby...
Preliminary geologic map of the west half of the Pocatello 1° x 2° quadrangle, Idaho
Richard L. Armstrong, J. F. Smith Jr., H. R. Covington, P. L. Williams
1978, Open-File Report 78-533
No abstract available....
Relative concentrations of lanthanides in minerals of the bastnaesite group
Michael Fleischer
1978, Open-File Report 78-488
No abstract available....
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Carbon quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming
Texas Instruments Incorporated
1978, Open-File Report 78-44
Geochronologic data for the Arabian Shield
Lyman Thomas Aldrich, Glen F. Brown, Carl Hedge, Richard Marvin
1978, Open-File Report 78-75
The radiometric ages reported below were completed during the period 1957-1936. the rock samples were provided and examined petrographically by Glen F. Brown and his associates at the U.S. Geological Survey. The 25 Rb-Sr ages of biotites and feldspars and the 25 K-Ar ages of biotites, hornblendes, and total rock...
On the development of strong-motion instrument networks in the United States
R.B. Matthiesen
1978, Open-File Report 78-1024
This report outlines a plan for the distribution of strong-motion instrumentation throughout the United States. The present "national" network of strong-motion instrumentation has evolved through the merger of several programs initiated by different agencies and organizations with objectives ranging from research to regulation. It is the result of the coordination...
