Low temperature basalt alteration by sea water: an experimental study at 70°C and 150°C
W.E. Seyfried Jr., J. L. Bischoff
1979, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (43) 1937-1947
Basaltic glass and diabase were reacted with seawater at 70°C at 1 bar and 150°C at 500 bars to determine fluid composition and alteration mineralogy. All experiments were performed at a water/ rock mass ratio of 10. The changes in seawater chemistry depended on temperature and crystallinity of the...
Geomagnetic paleointensities by the Thelliers' method from submarine pillow basalts: Effects of seafloor weathering
Sherman Gromme, Edward A. Mankinen, Monte Marshall, Robert S. Coe
1979, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (84) 3553-3575
Measurements of geomagnetic paleointensity using the Thelliers' double‐heating method in vacuum have been made on 10 specimens of submarine pillow basalt obtained from 7 fragments dredged from localities 700,000 years old or younger. In the magnetic minerals, the titanium/iron ratio parameter x and the cation deficiency (oxidation) parameter x were determined by X‐ray diffraction...
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 8: Quinnipiac River basin
David L. Mazzaferro, Elinor H. Handman, Mendall P. Thomas
1978, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 27
The Quinnipiac River basin area in southcentral Connecticut covers 363 square miles, and includes all drainage basins that enter Long Island Sound from the Branford to the Wepawaug Rivers. Its population in 1970 was estimated at 535,000. Precipitation averages 47 inches per year and provides an abundant supply of water....
Distribution and character of upper Mesozoic subduction complexes along the west coast of North America
D. L. Jones, M.C. Blake Jr., E. H. Bailey, R. J. McLaughlin
1978, Tectonophysics (47) 207-222
Structurally complex sequences of sedimentary, volcanic, and intrusive igneous rocks characterize a nearly continuous narrow band along the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California, Mexico to southern Alaska. They occur in two modes: (1) as complexly folded but coherent sequences of graywacke and argillite that locally exhibit blueschist-grade...
Mineral resources of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, Montana
David A. Lindsey, J. D. Wells, R. E. Van Loenen, D. P. Banister, R.D. Welded, N. T. Zilka, S. W. Schmauch
1978, Open-File Report 78-327
This report describes the differential array, of seismometers recently installed at the Hollister, California, Municipal Airport. Such an array of relatively closely spaced seismometers has already been installed in El Centro and provided useful information for both engineering and seismological applications from the 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake. Differential ground motions,...
Hydrologic data for the Copper Basin area, a potential mining area in Yavapai County, Arizona
B. W. Thomsen, R.S. Stulik
1978, Open-File Report 78-413
Large low-grade ore bodies have been discovered in Copper Basin, and a large copper-mining operation is anticipated in the near future. Hydrologic data are being collected to provide the data base necessary to determine the effects of a potential mining operation on the water resources of the area. The area...
Ore deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado
T. S. Lovering, Ogden Tweto, T.G. Lovering
1978, Professional Paper 1017
The Gilman mining district, known also in the past as the Red Cliff district, is in the mountains of southeastern Eagle County, west-central Colorado. The district is the leading source of zinc in Colorado and one of the major base-metal mining districts in the State. As valued at the time...
Description of CRIB, the GIPSY retrieval mechanism, and the interface to the General Electric MARK III Service : CRIB, the mineral resources data bank of the U.S. Geological Survey--guide for public users, 1977
James Alfred Calkins, Eleanor K. Keefer, Regina A. Ofsharick, George T. Mason, Patricia Tracy, Mary Atkins
1978, Circular 755-A
The U.S. Geological Survey's Computerized Resources Information Bank (CRIB) is being made available for public use through the computer facilities of the University of Oklahoma and the General Electric Company, U.S.A. The use of General Electric's worldwide information-services network provides access to the CRIB file to a worldwide clientele. This...
Selected hydrologic data, 1931-77, Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs coal-fields area, Utah
K.M. Waddell, H.L. Vickers, Robbin T. Upton, P. Kay Contratto
1978, Open-File Report 78-121
The Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs coal-fields area in east-central Utah includes a significant part of the State's coal resources and is currently (1977) the most active coal-mining area in the State.This report presents data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic reconnaissance carried out during the period...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Souris-Red-Rainy region
Harold O. Reeder
1978, Professional Paper 813-K
A broad-perspective analysis of the ground-water resources and present and possible future water development and management in the Souris-Red-Rainy Region is presented. The region includes the basins of the Souris River within Montana and North Dakota; the Red River of the North in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota; and...
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...
Tin and related elements in sediments and beach sands from Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey
J. A. Domenico, W.C. Overstreet, A.E. Hubert, R. B. Tripp
1978, Open-File Report 79-1188
Sixty samples of sediments from stream beds, outwash plains, and beaches were collected in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey by Fred L. Klinger,U.S. Bureau of Mines, as part of the field work undertaken by the National Geographic-Smithsonian Pyrotechnological Expedition of 1968. Facilities for the analysis of the samples for tin and...
Progress toward a ground-water-quality monitoring network for Idaho
R.L. Whitehead
1978, Open-File Report 78-786
A ground-water-quality monitoring network is being designed for Idaho. The primary objectives of the network are to (1) determine the present quality of the State's ground water, (2) provide continual monitoring of groundwater quality for water-management purposes, and (3) serve as a warning system of undesirable changes in ground-water quality. Data...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Missouri basin region
O. James Taylor
1978, Professional Paper 813-Q
The Missouri Basin Region lies in the north-central part of the United States and southern Canada. It includes parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada; parts of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, and all of Nebraska in the United States. The region includes...
Petrology of Potomac Group sands in Fairfax County, Virginia
Roy C. Lindholm
1978, Open-File Report 78-512
The Potomac Group sands sampled in Fairfax County are dominantly microcline-rich lithic arkoses. Quartz averages 59%, microcline 25%, plagioclase less than 1% and lithic grains 16%. Most sands are texturally submature and medium grained. Microcline is somewhat more abundant in the deeper beds in the subsurface than in the shallow...
Understanding natural systems; a perspective for land-use planning in Appalachian Kentucky
Wayne L. Newell
1978, Bulletin 1438
An eight-county area at the headwaters of the Kentucky River has been designated the Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD) by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The objective of the project described in this report has been to provide materials to KRADD planners in a format and containing terminology usable by...
Description of individual data items and codes in CRIB
Eleanor K. Keefer, James Alfred Calkins
1978, Circular 755-B
The U.S. Geological Survey's Computerized Resources Information Bank (CRIB) is being made available for public use through the computer facilities of the University of Oklahoma and the General Electric Company, U.S.A. The use of General Electric's worldwide information-services network provides access to the CRIB file to a worldwide clientele. This...
Preliminary report on the clay mineralogy of the Upper Devonian Shales in the southern and middle Appalachian Basin
John W. Hosterman, Patricia J. Loferski
1978, Open-File Report 78-1084
The distribution of kaolinite in parts of the Devonian shale section is the most significant finding of this work. These shales are composed predominately of 2M illite and illitic mixed-layer clay with minor amounts of chlorite and kaolinite. Preliminary data indicate that kaolinite, the only allogenic clay mineral, is present...
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....
Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska
Russell G. Tysdal
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 880-A
The Prince William Sound region may be considered as made up of two extensive and distinctive mineral belts defined by the preponderance of either gold or copper deposits (Capps and Johnson, 1915). In the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, the division of the two belts is approximately along the Contact...
Test drilling for potash resources: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Site, Eddy County, New Mexico
C.L. Jones
1978, Open-File Report 78-592
Twenty-one borings to augment existing information on potash resources at the proposed site for a waste isolation pilot plant in eastern Eddy County, N. Mex., were drilled and logged in an 11-week period, mid-August to November 1976. The basic data developed from the borings are tabulated in the present report....
Electron-microprobe study of chromitites associated with alpine ultramafic complexes and some genetic implications
M. L. Bird
1978, Open-File Report 78-119
Electron-microprobe and petrographic studies of alpine chromite deposits from around the world demonstrate that they are bimodal with respect to the chromic oxide content of their chromite. The two modes occur at 54 ? 4 and 37 ? 3 weight per cent chromic oxide corresponding to chromite designated as high-chromium...
Chemical quality of water in abandoned zinc mines in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas
Stephen J. Playton, Robert Ellis Davis, Roger G. McClaflin
1978, Open-File Report 78-294
Onsite measurements of pH, specific conductance, and water temperature show that water temperatures in seven mine shafts in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas is stratified. With increasing sampling depth, specific conductance and water temperature tend to increase, and pH tends to decrease. Concentrations of dissolved solids and chemical constituents in mine-shaft water,...
Recent and projected changes in Dead Sea level and effects on mineral production from the sea
Stanley P. Sauer
1978, Open-File Report 78-176
Hydrologic data for the Dead Sea area were reviewed to assess the probable magnitude and rate of change of the water level of the Dead Sea. Historical average annual Dead Sea levels range from a minimum of 399.4 meters below sea level in about 1818 to a maximum of 388.6...
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...
