Progress report on the geology and ground-water hydrology of part of the Oahe Unit, James River Division, South Dakota
Gerald A. Waring, W.H. Bush
1950, Open-File Report 50-104
The Oahe Unit, in the James River basin in eastern South Dakota, extends for about 100 miles north and south and is 20 to 80 miles wide, having the river as its east border. The Oahe irrigation project is planned to supply water to 750,000 to 1,500,000 acres of...
Water resources of the Cumberland area, Maryland-West Virginia
R. R. Bennett, F. F. LeFever, R. O. R. Martin, E. G. Otton
1950, Open-File Report 50-80
The area covered by this report consists of Garrett and Allegany Counties, the two most westernmost counties of Maryland, and Mineral County, West Virginia. The city of Cumberland, population 37,732 (1950 census), which is the economic and commercial center of the area, is on the North Branch pf the Potomac...
Geologic investigation at the site of the post office building, Welch, West Virginia
Harold Horatio Hawkins
1950, Open-File Report 50-36
Statement of Problem: Cracking in the interior and exterior walls of the post office building at Welch, West Virginia, developed in the summer of 1947. This cracking appeared about two months after the patching of similar cracks that had developed in 1946. The Public Buildings Administration was requested to investigate the...
A comparative study of mean-section and mid-section methods for computation of discharge measurements
Kenneth B. Young
1950, Open-File Report 53-277
In February, 1949, Mr. J. V. B. Wells, Chief of the Surface Water Branch, appointed a committee of three hydraulic engineers assigned to the Washington office to make a comparative study of the relative merits of the mean-section and mid-section methods of computing discharge measurements. this was done in order...
Geologic interpretations of seismic data: Braintree-Weymouth by-pass stations 29-56, Liberty Street grade separation in Braintree, Massachusetts
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-42
At the request of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, seismic and geologic studies were made for the projected Braintree-Weymouth By-Pass grade separation at Liberty Street in Braintree, Massachusetts. The work was performed in order to furnish data that would aid the engineers in preparing estimates of the quantity of...
Geology of the Dover magnetite district, New Jersey
P.K. Sims
1950, Open-File Report 50-15
This report has been prepared with two purposes in mind - to provide a better understanding of the magnetite deposits of the district and to present detailed petrologic and structural information that will aid in an understanding of the geology of the crystalline Highlands of Jew Jersey and adjacent states....
Notes to accompany preliminary geologic map of Fairfax, Virginia and (part) Seneca, Virginia-Maryland quadrangles
Allan P. Bennison, Charles Milton
1950, Open-File Report 50-11
Geologic map of Murphy quadrangle, Tennessee-North Carolina
Philip Burke King, C. W. Hayes
1950, Open-File Report 50-2
Coal investigations on the southwest margin of the Homer district, Kenai coal field, Alaska, in 1949
Edward Huntington Cobb
1950, Open-File Report 50-32
No abstract available....
Geology of the southern third of the Mullan and Pottsville quadrangles, Shoshone County, Idaho
S. W. Hobbs, R. E. Wallace, Allan Bingham Griggs
1950, Open-File Report 50-40
Nine preliminary aeromagnetic maps covering Aitkin County and parts of Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Mille Lacs, Pine, and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota
J. L. Meuschke
1950, Open-File Report 50-47
Geologic interpretations of seismic data, relocation of Route 116, Stations 7-135 in Cheshire, Mass.
Max E. Willard, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-52
Three segments of the proposed relocation of Route 116, stations 7 to 135, in Cheshire, Mass. require shallow cuts. For the purpose of obtaining information on the depths to bedrock, and on the nature of the overlaying materials, seismic and geologic studies were made of the segments in October 1949....
Photo-interpretation of vegetation along the southern part of the Alaska Highway; its use as an indicator of the kind of ground
Hugh Miller Raup, Charles Storrow Denny
1950, Open-File Report 50-5
Surficial geologic map of parts of Billerica, Wilmington, and Lexington quadrangles, Massachusetts
Robert O. Castle
1950, Open-File Report 50-31
Geologic map of the Wyandotte quadrangle, northeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Missouri
Claude Ellsworth Siebenthal, R.D. Mesler
1950, Open-File Report 50-50
Stratigraphic sections of the oil shale deposits in the western part of the Piceance Creek Basin, Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado
John Roswell Donnell, W.B. Cashion, W.M. Zilbersher, W.C. Gibson, M. G. Wolman
1950, Open-File Report 50-16
No abstract available....
Descriptive geology of Anchorage and vicinity, Alaska
Ernest Dobrovolny, Robert D. Miller
1950, Open-File Report 50-25
Western Molybdenum Company mine, Chewelah district, Stevens County, Washington
John Roberts Cooper
1950, Open-File Report 50-20
The Western Molybdenum Company mine was opened many years ago to obtain copper. The only production was several cars of crude copper ore shipped during World War I. An unsuccessful attempt to produce molybdenum was made in 1939-1941.The deposit consists of steeply dipping, northeast-striking veins in monzonite and marble, carrying...
Exploration of the Buckhorn Mica Pegmatite mine, Larimer County, Colorado
W. R. Thurston
1950, Open-File Report 50-22
Structural geology of the Terlingua quicksilver district, Texas
George Albert Thompson Jr.
1950, Open-File Report 50-9
Geologic mapping, supplemented by detailed investigations at the mines, has revealed new information about the geologic structure of the Terlingua quicksilver district, Texas. Attention is focused on the nature and origin of domes, grabens, and breccia pipes, structures that are unusually well developed in the area. The sedimentary rocks, of...
Geology and oil shale resources of the eastern side of the Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco and Garfield counties, Colorado
Donald Cave Duncan, Carl Belser
1950, Open-File Report 50-12
Three preliminary aeromagnetic maps of eastern St. Louis County, Minnesota
J. L. Meuschke
1950, Open-File Report 50-48
Metamorphism and the origin of the granitic rocks in the Northgate district, Colorado
Thomas August Steven
1950, Open-File Report 50-51
No abstract available....
Water supplies for industry
C. G. Paulsen, W.W. Hastings
1950, Open-File Report 50-88
Ground-water resources of western Whatcom County, Washington
R. C. Newcomb, J.E. Sceva, Olaf Stromme
1950, Open-File Report 50-7
