Geology and ground-water resources of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, with a section on chemical quality of the ground water
Robert James Dingman, Ellis D. Gordon, H. A. Swenson
1954, Water Supply Paper 1259
The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation occupies about 1,000 square miles in west- central North Dakota. The Missouri and Little Missouri Rivers flow through the area and form part of its boundaries. Garrison Dam, which is under construction on the Missouri River 30 miles downstream from the east boundary of the...
Water resources of the Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania
Max Noecker, D.W. Greenman, N.H. Beamer
1954, Circular 315
The per capita use of water in the Pittsburgh area in 1951 was 2, 000 gallons per day fgpd) or twice the per capita use in Pennsylvania as a whole. An average of about 3, 040 million gallons of water was withdrawn from the streams and from the ground each...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in east-central Alaska, 1949
Helmuth Wedow, M.G. White
1954, Circular 335
In the summer of 1949, several mines and prospects in the Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, east-central Alaska, were examined for the possible presence of radioactive materials. Also tested were metamorphic and sedimentary rocks of pre-Cambrian and Paleozoic age crossed by the Elliott Highway, which extends from Fox, near Fairbanks, northwestward...
Botanical prospecting for uranium on La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, New Mexico
H. Starrett, Helen L. Cannon
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 471
A botanical sampling program has been completed by the U.S. Geological Survey on La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, N. Mex. A uranium-bearing coal in the Allison-Gibson members of the Cretaceous Mesaverde formation crops out in erosional remnants of the mesa.The coal is capped by a well-fractured 65-foot sandstone bed through...
U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and related reports through 1953
Jane H. Wallace, Virginia K. Blatcher, Harriet B. Smith
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 400
This report combines and brings up-to-date the information previously given in Trace Elements Investigations Report 325, "Numerical list of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Reports to April 30, 1953," and Trace Elements Investigations Report 301, "Topical index and bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and related reports." Part I is...
A field method for making a quantitative estimate of altered tuff in sandstone
R. A. Cadigan
1954, Trace Elements Investigations 174
The use of benzidine to identify altered tuff in sandstone is practical for field or field laboratory studies associated with stratigraphic correlations, mineral deposit investigations, or paleogeographic interpretations. The method is based on the ability of saturated benzidine (C12H12N2) solution to produce a blue stain on montmorillonite-bearing tuff grains. The...
Geology, of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota
Douglas M. Sheridan
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 231
The High Climb pegmatite, Custer County, S. Dak., belongs to the series of pegmatitic and granitic rocks that characterize the Harney Peak region of the southern Black Hills. It intrudes pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks consisting chiefly of quartz-mica schist. The country rock has been altered to a tourmaline-rich schist along part...
Geology of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, North Carolina
Donald Albert Brobst
1953, Open-File Report 53-26
This report describes the results of study and geologic mapping (1:12,000) in the 70-square-mile Plumtree area in the northeastern part of the Spruce Pine pegmatite district, on the Blue Ridge upland in western North Carolina. The district has been the chief domestic source of feldspar and sheet mica. The mining...
Preliminary report of the Centennial Range, Montana-Idaho
Frederick Sauli Honkala
1953, Open-File Report 53-123
Phosphate rock is present in the Phosphoria formation of Permian age in the Centennial Range of southwestern Montana and adjoining parts of Idaho. A Study was made to map the Phosphoria formation, study its stratigraphy, and to ascertain the reserves and mining problems. In the Centennial Range the Phosphoria formation...
Fluorspar deposits of the Eagle Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas
Elliot Gillerman
1953, Bulletin 987
The Eagle Mountains are in the southeastern part of Hudspeth County, Tex., about 17 miles southwest of Van Horn and 100 miles southeast of El Paso, Tex. The fluorspar deposits are in the northern and northeastern parts of the mountains, except for the Rocky Ridge deposits, which are near the...
Preliminary report on the Comet area, Jefferson County, Montana
George Earle Becraft
1953, Circular 277
Several radioactivity anomalies and a few specimens of sooty pitchblende and other uranium minerals have been found on the mine dumps of formerly productive base- and precious-metal mines along the Comet-Gray Eagle shear zone in the Comet area in southwestern Montana. The shear zone is from 50 to 200 feet...
Water supply of the Birmingham area, Alabama
W.H. Robinson, J.B. Ivey, G. A. Billingsley
1953, Circular 254
Sufficient water is available in the streams of the area surrounding Birmingham to supply any foreseeable demand; however, to utilize these streams impounding reservoirs and rather long supply lines will be required. Moderate supplies of ground water are available from wells, springs, and mines. The average water use in the...
Water resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota
Charles Henry Prior, Robert Schneider, W. H. Durum
1953, Circular 274
The water supply of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is adequate to satisfy present requirements and requirements for many years to come if the area continues to develop at about the present rate. The flow of -the Mississippi River at the Twin Cities is more than sufficient to meet the demands of...
Geology and mineral resources of the Gasquet quadrangle, California-Oregon
Fred W. Cater Jr., Francis Gerritt Wells
1953, Bulletin 995-C
No abstract available....
A mineralogic study of churn drill cuttings from a well through the Bone Valley formation, Hillsborough County, Florida
Robert Berman
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 314
Geology of the Knife River area, North Dakota
William Edward Benson
1953, Open-File Report 53-21
The Knife River area, consisting of six 15-minute quadrangles, includes the lower half of the Knife River valley in west-central North Dakota. The area, in the center of the Williston Basin, is underlain by the Tongue River member of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene) and the Golden Valley formation (Eocene)....
Carnotite resources of the Dolores bench, Montrose County, Colorado
Daniel Alfred Jobin
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 214
The Dolores bench is about 2 miles northwest of Uravan, Montrose County, Colo. From 1913 to November 1952 about 95,000 short tons of ore averaging 0.40 percent U3O8 and 2.0 percent V2O5 was mined from the Dolores bench. The production represents three periods of activity--1913-18, 1938-43, and 1948-52. The ore deposits...
Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah
Warren Irvin Finch
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 287
The Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine is located about 12 miles northwest of Moab, Utah, in the Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah. A study was made of the geology of the Shinarump No. 1 mine in order to determine the habits, ore controls, and possible origin of the...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the Fairbanks and Livengood Quadrangles, east-central Alaska, 1949
H. Wedow Jr., J.M. Stevens, G.E. Tolbert
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 197
Several mines and prospects in the Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, east-central Alaska, were examined for the possible presence of radioactive materials in the summer of 1949. Also tested were pre-Cambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and sedimentary rocks crossed by the Elliott Highway, which extends from Fox, near Fairbanks, northward about 70...
Radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela
Donald G. Wyant, William N. Sharp, Carlos Ponte Rodriguez
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 222
This report summarizes the data available on radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela accumulated by geologists of the Direccions Tecnica de Geolgia and antecedent agencies prior to June 1951, and the writers from June to November 1951. The investigation comprised preliminary study, field examination, office studies, and the...
Quercetin as colorimetric reagent for determination of zirconium
F. S. Grimaldi, C. E. White
1953, Analytical Chemistry (25) 1886-1890
Methods described in the literature for the determination of zirconium are generally designed for relatively large amounts of this element. A good procedure using colorimetric reagent for the determination of trace amounts is desirable. Quercetin has been found to yield a sensitive color reaction with zirconium suitable for the determination...
Geology of the Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison County Colorado
Mortimer H. Staatz, A.F. Trites
1952, Trace Elements Investigations 138
The Quartz Creek pegmatite district includes an area about 29 square miles in the vicinity of Quartz Creek in Gunnison County,. Colo. This area contains 1,803 pegmatites that are intruded into pre-Cambrian rocks. The rocks exposed in the district range in age from pre-Cambrian to Recent. The oldest pre-Cambrian rocks are...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation measured and sampled in 1951
Thomas McGiffin Cheney, J.A. Peterson, M.A. Warner, R.A. Smart, R.G. Waring, R.P. Sheldon
1952, Open-File Report 52-23
The first four of a series of reports giving detailed stratigraphic sections and analyses of samples of the Phosphoria formation in the western phosphate field as described and sampled by the U. S. Geological Survey will soon be published as Circulars 208 through 211. Because of the needs of industry...
Heavy-mineral analysis of sedimentary rocks of northern Alaska
Robert Hamilton Morris
1952, Open-File Report 52-102
The Navy Oil Unit of the United States Geological Survey has been investigating the geology of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, northern Alaska. As part of this program, heavy-mineral samples were prepared from cores of the test wells and core holes and studied to determine stratigraphic correlations. Using the following...
The coal deposits of the Alkali Butte, the Big Sand Draw, and the Beaver Creek fields, Fremont County, Wyoming
Raymond M. Thompson, Vincent L. White
1952, Circular 152
Large coal reserves are present in three areas located between 12 and 20 miles southeast of Riverton, Fremont County, central Wyoming. Coal in two of these areas, the Alkali Butte coal field and the Big Sand Draw coal field, is exposed on the surface and has been developed to some...
