Ground-water resources of Pavant Valley, Utah
R. W. Mower
1965, Water Supply Paper 1794
Pavant Valley, in eastern Millard County in west-central Utah, is in the Great Basin section of the Basin and Range province. The area of investigation is 34 miles long from north to south and 9 miles wide from east to west and comprises about 300 square miles. Agriculture, tourist trade,...
Water-resources reconnaissance of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
Donald R. Albin
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-J
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles in Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Chemical, semi-quantitative, spectrographic, heavy-mineral analyses of rock and water samples and a table of selected dry holes and producing wells from the Williston basin
N.M. Denson, James R. Gill
1965, Open-File Report 65-40
Geology and ground water of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon
D. H. Hart, R. C. Newcomb
1965, Water Supply Paper 1697
The Tualatin Valley proper consists of broad valley plains, ranging in altitude from 100 to 300 feet, and the lower mountain slopes of the drainage basin of the Tualatin River, a tributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon. The valley is almost entirely farmed. Its population is increasing rapidly,...
Geology and ore deposits of the central York Mountains, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska
C.L. Sainsbury
1965, Open-File Report 65-142
In the central York Mountains, carbonate rocks of Lower and Middle Ordovician age and aggregating at least 8,000 feet thick are thrust northward over slate and argillaceous limestone of pre-Ordovician age which were intruded by gabbro in pre-Ordovician time. Normal faults of four distinct systems cut the thrust plates, and...
An evaluation of aquifer and well characteristics of municipal well fields in Los Alamos and Guaje Canyons, near Los Alamos, New Mexico
Robert L. Cushman
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-D
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles In Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Geology of the Romanzof Mountains, Brooks Range, northeastern Alaska
Edward G. Sable
1965, Open-File Report 65-141
This remote 700 square mile area in the Brooks Range is topographically rugged and geologically diverse; it contains a granitic pluton, low-grade metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks, and mafic igneous rocks, as well as glacial features.Rocks of sedimentary origin include from oldest to youngest:1.Neruokpuk Formation Middle and Upper Devonian(?), more than...
Water-supply potential from an asphalt-lined catchment near Holualoa Kona, Hawaii
Salwyn S.W. Chinn
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-P
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles In Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Preliminary report on investigation of salt springs and seeps in a portion of the Permian Basin in Texas
P. R. Stevens, W. F. Hardt
1965, Open-File Report 65-153
The Permian Basin (fig. 1) comprises a large area in the southern midcontinent region and includes major portions of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Within this basin brine springs and seeps discharge more than 20,000 tons per day of sodium chloride (common table salt). This brine contaminates many streams...
Geology and hydrology of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana
Douglas C. Alverson
1965, Water Supply Paper 1576-F
The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation includes an area of 970 square miles in north-central Montana. At its north edge is the Milk River valley, which is underlain by Recent alluvium of the Milk River, glacial deposits, and alluvial deposits of the preglacial Missouri River, which carved and occupied this valley...
Relation of electrochemical potentials and iron content to ground-water flow patterns
William Back, Ivan Barnes
1965, Professional Paper 498-C
This study was undertaken to develop means of measuring oxidation potentials in aquifer systems and to use the measured values in interpreting the behavior of iron in ground water. Anne Arundel County, Md., was selected as the area of study because of the wide range of concentration of iron-nearly zero...
Natural controls involved in shallow aquifer contamination
M. Deutsch
1965, Groundwater (3) 37-40
Shallow aquifers, commonly the most important sources of ground water, are also those most susceptible to contamination. The mode of entry of contaminants to shallow aquifers is (1) directly, via wells or secondary openings in consolidated rocks, (2) percolation through the zone of aeration, (3) induced infiltration through the zone of saturation, and (4) interaquifer leakage...
Stratigraphy and heavy minerals of the bays formation, Bays Mountain synclinorium, northeast Tennessee
D. Cummings
1965, Geological Society of America Bulletin (76) 591-600
The Bays Mountain synclinorium is in the Valley and Ridge province in northeast Tennessee, southwest of Kingsport and west of Greeneville. The more clastic part of the Bays formation lies in the east section of the synclinorium. The thickness of the Bays decreases from about 870 feet on the east to about 600 feet on the west. Presumably, the red beds and...
Regional structure of the southeast Missouri and Illinois-Kentucky mineral districts
Allen Van Heyl, M. R. Brock, J. L. Jolly, C. E. Wells
1965, Bulletin 1202-B
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Water quality of the Swatara Creek Basin, PA
Edward F. McCarren, J.W. Wark, J.R. George
1964, Report
The Swatara Creek of the Susquehanna River Basin is the farthest downstream sub-basin that drains acid water (pH of 4.5 or less) from anthracite coal mines. The Swatara Creek drainage area includes 567 square miles of parts of Schuylkill, Berks, Lebanon, and Dauphin Counties in Pennsylvania.To learn what environmental factors...
Geology and hydrology of the West Milton area, Saratoga County, New York
Frederick K. Mack, F. H. Pauszek, John R. Crippen
1964, Water Supply Paper 1747
This report describes the geology, ground-water conditions, streamflow characteristics, and quality of water in the West Milton area, Saratoga County, N.Y. The West Milton area is in the east-central part of New York in the hilly region that forms a transition zone between the Adirondack Mountains and the Hudson-Mohawk valley...
Geology applied to study of coal mine bumps and mining methods at Sunnyside, Utah
Frank W. Osterwald, C. Richard Dunrud
1964, Open-File Report 64-122
Coal mine bumps are a serious hazard to life and property in the mines of east-central Utah. Research into geologic factors associated with these bumps indicates that the bumps are spatially and genetically related to structural and stratigraphic features. Some bumps are directly related to stress accumulation along faults, either...
Geology and ground-water resources of Richardson County, Nebraska
Philip A. Emery
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-W
Richardson County is in the extreme southeast corner of Nebraska. It has an area of 545 square miles, and in 1960 it had a population of 13,903. The county is in the physiographic region referred to as the Dissected Loess-covered Till Prairies. Major drainage consists of the Big Nemaha River,...
Water resources of the Green Bay area, Wisconsin
Doyle Blewer Knowles, F. C. Dreher, George Walter Whetstone
1964, Water Supply Paper 1499-G
The Green Bay area comprises an area of about 525 square miles in eastern Wisconsin at the south end of Green Bay. It includes the western three-fourths of Brown County and the eastern one-ninth of Outagamie County. In 1960, the population of the area was estimated at 124,000. The most prominent...
Ground-water resources of the Bengasi area, Cyrenaica, United Kingdom of Libya
William Watson Doyel, Frank J. Maguire
1964, Water Supply Paper 1757-B
The Benpsi area of Libya, in the northwestern part of the Province of Cyrenaica (Wilayat Barqah), is semiarid, and available ground-water supplies in the area are relatively small. Potable ground water from known sources is reserved for the present and future needs of the city, and no surface-water supplies are...
Ground-water resources of the lower Rio Grande Valley area, Texas
R. C. Baker, O.C. Dale
1964, Water Supply Paper 1653
The report contains information about the occurrence, quality, and use of ground water in the Lower Rio Grande Valley area which consists of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy Counties in southern Texas. The principal use of water in the area is for irrigation. The principal irrigated crops are cotton, winter vegetables,...
Evaluation of hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of Truckee Meadows area, Washoe County, Nevada
Philip M. Cohen, Omar J. Loeltz
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-S
Practically all the ground water of economic importance in the Truckee Meadows area, an alluviated intermontane basin in western Nevada is in the valley fill, which consists of unconsolidated and partially consolidated sedimentary deposits. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic consolidated rocks of the mountains bordering the valley contain some water in...
Seismic study of coal mine bumps, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah
C. Richard Dunrud, Frank W. Osterwald
1964, Open-File Report 64-45
A continuously recording seismic network was constructed in 1962 by the U.S. Geological Survey to locate epicenters and record incidence of bumps (bounces, rock bursts) that occur in the bituminous coal mines of the Book Cliffs coal field near Sunnyside, Utah. The coal is mined because of its value as...
Geology of the central and northern parts of the Western Cascade Range in Oregon
Dallas L. Peck, Allan B. Griggs, Herbert G. Schlicker, Francis G. Wells, Hollis M. Dole
1964, Professional Paper 449
This report pt·esents a description of the stratigraphy, structure, and petrology of the volcanic rocks of the central and northern parts of the Western Cascade Range of Oregon. The study is a part of a long-range cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oregon State Department of Geology...
Water resources of the Flint area, Michigan
Sulo Werner Wiitala, K.E. Vanlier, Robert A. Krieger
1964, Water Supply Paper 1499-E
This report describes the water resources of Genesee County, Mich., whose principal city is Flint. The sources of water available to the county are the Flint and Shiawassee Rivers and their tributaries, inland lakes, ground water, and Lake Huron. The withdrawal use of water in the county in 1958 amounted...
