Subsurface exploration for stripping coal on Lower Deep Creek, Homer district, Kenai coal field, Alaska
Farrell F. Barnes, Daniel Sokol
1955, Open-File Report 55-6
The area described in this report is on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, near the mouth of Deep Creek, a stream of moderate size that enters Cook Inlet about 2 miles south of the village of Ninilchik (pl. 1). It is 37 miles by highway...
Selected list of periodicals and serials publishing rock and mineral analyses
Marjorie Hooker
1955, Open-File Report 55-70
Geology of two areas of pegmatite deposits in southeastern Alaska
C.L. Sainsbury
1955, Open-File Report 55-159
A pegmatite deposit about 600 feet in diameter crops on a high bluff less than one-half mile east of a small unnamed cove between Redfish and Byron Bays, on the west coast of Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska.The deposit which comprises several pegmatite bodies consists of quartz, albite-oligoclase, microcline and mica,...
Geology of the Fourmile pegmatite area, Custer County, South Dakota
Jack Allison Redden
1955, Open-File Report 55-145
The Fournile pegmatite area covers 32 sq. mi. in the western part of the Custer pegmatite mining district, Custer County, South Dakota. This area has been one of the major sources of sheet mica in the United States, especially between 1906 and 1911, and it has been a significant source...
Geology of the Du Noir area, Fremont County, Wyoming
William Richard Keefer
1955, Open-File Report 55-81
The Du Noir area includes about 250 square miles in the northwestern part of the Wind River Basin, Fremont County, Wyoming. It is bounded on the south by the Wind River and Warm Spring Creek, which flow along the northeast flank of the Wind River Mountains, and on the north...
Geology of the southeastern part of the Robinson Mountains, Yakataga district, Alaska
Don John Miller
1955, Open-File Report 55-114
This report gives the results of geologic investigations in the Yakataga district on the south coast of Alaska, including detailed geologic mapping in the southeastern part of the Robinson Mountains, and reconnaissance study of the stratigraphy and structure of adjoining areas. The geologic map that accompanies this report covers an...
Bedrock geology of the Narragansett Pier quadrangle, Rhode Island
David Ryden Nichols
1955, Open-File Report 55-124
No abstract available....
Geochemical exploration for antimony in southeastern Alaska
C.L. Sainsbury
1955, Open-File Report 55-158
Preliminary geochemical prospecting by the Geological Survey was carried out in 1952 in muskeg-covered ground at Caamano Point, Cleveland Peninsula, Alaska, in an effort to delimit areas of stibnite concentrations. It was conducted to aid, if possible, a prospecting project of the Defense Minerals Exploration. Samples were collected from soil...
Pyrite deposits at Horseshoe Bay, Latouche Island, Alaska
Francis Adrien Stejer
1955, Open-File Report 55-175
Horseshoe Bay (see fig. 1) is in the southwest part of Prince William Sound at latitude 60°01'N and longitude 147°57'W. It is on the west side of Latouche Island about two miles southwest of the old mining camp of Latouche. Pyrite deposits crop out about one-half mile from the head...
Status of ownership of part of the lands on which phosphate-bearing beds outcrop in southwestern Montana and northeastern Idaho
Emerson C. Willey, E. R. Cressman, H.W. Peirce, T. M. Cheney
1955, Open-File Report 55-197
This report and accompanying maps summarize the status or ownership or many phosphate bearing lands in southwestern Montana and northeastern Idaho. Ownership categories discussed are (1) phosphate rights owned by Federal Government, (2) phosphate rights not owned by Federal Government, and (3) ownership status uncertain....
Cowboy tungsten property, Pine Grove Hills, Lyon County, Nevada
Montis Ruhl Klepper
1955, Open-File Report 55-84
Quaternary stratigraphy of the La Sal Mountains, Utah
Gerald Martin Richmond
1955, Open-File Report 55-150
Ground-water reconnaissance in five Eskimo villages in the lower Kuskokwim-Yukon River area, Alaska
Roger Milton Waller
1955, Open-File Report 55-186
In response to a request from the Sanitation and Engineering Section of the Alaska Department of Health, a reconnaissance of the possibility of obtaining ground-water supplies for the five villages in the lower Kuskokwim-Yukon River area was made by the Geological Survey early in June 1955. The five Eskimo villages--Kwethluk,...
Preliminary report on the geology of the upper La Paz Valley of Bolivia
Ernest Dobrovolny
1955, Open-File Report 55-42
Occurrence of diatomaceous earth near Kenai, Alaska
George Plafker
1955, Open-File Report 55-139
Diatomaceous earth occurs in post-glacial lake deposits exposed along the shore of Cook Inlet north of the village of Kenai, Alaska. Diatomaceous earth is an unconsolidated earthy deposit formed by accumulation of the minute siliceous tests (skeletons) of diatoms, a type of algae. Diatomaceous earth is sometimes referred to...
Preliminary geologic evaluation of the Chena area, Alaska
John R. Williams
1955, Open-File Report 55-198
It seems fitting at this session of the Alaska Science Conference, the first to be held in the Fairbanks area, to give a preliminary summary of the practical results of a geologic investigation of the Chena area east of Fairbanks. The work was done by the Geological Survey in 1950....
Geologic maps and sections of the Nevada Scheelite mine, Regent district, Mineral County, Nevada
Robert F. Stopper, Konrad Bates Krauskopf
1955, Open-File Report 55-176
Photogeologic procedures in geologic interpretation and mapping
Richard G. Ray
1955, Open-File Report 55-144
In the past few years increasing use has been made of aerial photographs for geologic interpretation and mapping within the U.S. Geological Survey. As a specialized technique in interpretation and mapping, however, photogeologic procedures were extensively used (1947-1953) in the Survey's geologic mapping of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 in...
Pegmatites of the Middletown area, Connecticut
Frederick Stugard Jr.
1955, Open-File Report 55-177
The pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite mica since about 1865, Pegmatites in this and other areas have recently become the subject of renewed interest because pegmatites are the potential source of beryl, the ore mineral of beryllium. During 1948...
Fossils from bore holes on the Eastern Shore Peninsula, Virginia
Ruth Todd, Julia A. Gardner, I. G. Sohn
1955, Open-File Report 55-181
This report lists Foraminifera, Mollusca, and Ostracoda in five bore holes that penetrated a maximum of 445 feet of section in sediments of Pleistocene and Miocene age, and discusses the paleoecologic and stratigraphic significance of the fossils. It includes the contents of references 6, 16, and 18 of Virginia Division...
Electrical resistivity measurements in the Neillsville area, Wisconsin
H. Cecil Spicer, George J. Edwards
1955, Open-File Report 55-173
Sixty-eight electrical depth profiles were completed in the vicinity of Neillsville, Wis. to obtain information on the water-bearing beds in the glacial moraine and consolidated sedimentary rocks in the area. No productive aquifers were found but the best areas for test drilling are described. The basic theory and interpretation procedures,...
Structure contours on Lower Lakota sandstone, SW corner, Minnekahta quadrangle, South Dakota, fig. 4
Garland Bayard Gott, Edwin Van Horn Post
1955, Open-File Report 55-50
No abstract available. ...
Records of wells and springs, water levels, and quality of ground water in central Pierce County, Washington
Jack E. Sceva, Duane E. Wegner
1955, Open-File Report 55-160
Location and Extent of Area The area covered by this report (fig. 1) includes the part of Pierce County, ~ash. that lies west of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains and east of the main waterway of Puget Sound, and extends from the county line on the north to the Nisqually...
Preliminary report on the ground-water resources of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, North Carolina
H. E. LeGrand
1955, Open-File Report 55-92
Compilation of flood data in Arizona, 1862-1953
Winchell Smith, W. L. Heckler
1955, Open-File Report 55-170
