Mineral Resources of the Antelope Wilderness Study Area, Nye County, Nevada
Richard F. Hardyman, Forrest G. Poole, Frank J. Kleinhampl, Robert L. Turner, Donald Plouff, Joe S. Duval, Fredrick L. Johnson, David A. Benjamin
1987, Bulletin 1731-E
At the request of the U.S. Bureau of land Management, 83,100 acres of the Antelope Wilderness Study Area (NV-4)60-231/241) was studied. In this report the studied area is called the 'wilderness study area', or simply the 'study area.' No identified mineral or energy resources occur within the study area. The...
Hydrogeology and water quality of areas with persistent ground-water contamination near Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
D. J. Parliman
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4150
The Groveland-Collins area near Blackfoot, Idaho, has a history of either periodic or persistent localized groundwater contamination. Water users in the area report offensive smell, metallic taste, rust deposits, and bacteria in water supplies. During 1984 and 1985, data were collected to define regional and local geologic, hydrologic, and groundwater...
Brief descriptions of STATPAC and related statistical programs for the IBM Personal Computer; C, Source code and selected executable modules
W.D. Grundy, A.T. Miesch
1987, Open-File Report 87-411-C
Geology and hydrology of the Onondaga aquifer in eastern Erie County, New York, with emphasis on ground-water-level declines since 1982
W. W. Staubitz, Todd S. Miller
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4317
The Onondaga aquifer is a nearly flat-lying, 25- to 110-foot-thick, cherty limestone with moderately developed karst features such as sinkholes, disappearing streams, and solution-widened joints. Most groundwater moves through solution-widened bedding planes, although some moves through vertical joints. The yield of water from 42 wells ranges from 3 to 100...
Mineral Resources of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas, Nye County, Nevada
David A. John, J. Thomas Nash, Donald Plouff, John R. McDonnell Jr.
1987, Bulletin 1731-A
The Morey (NV-060-191) and Fandango (NV-060-190) Wilderness Study Areas are located in the northern Hot Creek Range about 25 mi north of Warm Springs, Nev. At the request of the Bureau of Land Management, 46,300 acres of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas were studied. In this report, the...
Calibration of a dissolved-solids model for the Yampa River basin between Steamboat Springs and Maybell, northwestern Colorado
R. S. Parker, D. W. Litke
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4190
The cumulative effects of changes in dissolved solids from a number of coal mines are needed to evaluate effects on downstream water use. A model for determining cumulative effects of streamflow, dissolved-solids concentration, and dissolved-solids load was calibrated for the Yampa River and its tributaries in northwestern Colorado. The model...
Discharge ratings for control gates at Mississippi River lock and dam 21, Quincy, Illinois
A.J. Heinitz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4155
The water levels of the navigation pools on the Mississippi River are maintained by the operation of tainter and roller gates at the locks and dams. Discharge ratings for the gates on Lock and Dam 21, at Quincy, Illinois, were developed from current meter discharge measurements made in the forebays...
Discharge ratings for control gates at Mississippi River lock and dam 20, Canton, Missouri
A.J. Heinitz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4149
The water levels of the navigation pools on the Mississippi River are maintained by the operation of tainter and roller gates at the locks and dams. Discharge ratings for the gates on Lock and Dam 20, at Canton, Missouri, were developed from current meter discharge measurements made in the forebays...
Discharge ratings for control gates at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 18, Gladstone, Illinois
A.J. Heinitz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4110
The water level of the navigation pools on the Mississippi River are maintained by the operation of tainter and roller gates at the locks and dams. Discharge ratings for the gates on Lock and Dam 18, at Gladstone, Illinois, were developed from current meter discharge measurements made in the forebays...
Discharge ratings for control gates at Mississippi River lock and dam 17, New Boston, Illinois
A.J. Heinitz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4165
The water levels of the navigation pools on the Mississippi River are maintained by the operation of tainter and roller gates at the locks and dams. Discharge ratings for the gates on Lock and Dam 17, at New Boston, Illinois, were developed from current meter discharge measurements made in the...
Effects of coal strip mining on stream water quality and biology, southwestern Washington
L. A. Fuste, D. F. Meyer
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4056
Strip mining for coal in southwestern Washington may be affecting the water quality of streams. To investigate these possible effects, five streams were selected for study of water quality in each of the two coal bearing areas: the Centralia-Chehalis coal district, and Kelso-Castle Rock coal area. In the Centralia-Chehalis coal...
A dual-porosity model for simulating solute transport in oil shale
K. C. Glover
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4047
A model is described for simulating three-dimensional groundwater flow and solute transport in oil shale and associated geohydrologic units. The model treats oil shale as a dual-porosity medium by simulating flow and transport within fractures using the finite-element method. Diffusion of solute between fractures and the essentially static water of...
Mineral resources of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
Jane E. Nielson, James G. Frisken, Robert C. Jachens, John R. McDonnell Jr.
1987, Bulletin 1713-C
The Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-267) is in northeastern San Bernardino County, California, near the boundary between California and Nevada. Mineral surveys were requested for 31,371 acres of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area. In this report the area studied is referred to as "the study area". Examination of...
Hydrologic and geologic factors affecting land subsidence near Eloy, Arizona
V.J. Epstein
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4143
At an extensometer site near Eloy, Arizona, 1.09 m of land subsidence caused by groundwater withdrawal were measured by leveling in 1965-83. The extensometer, which partially penetrates the compressible sediments, recorded 0.82 m of compaction during the same period. By use of a one-dimensional model, cumulative daily compaction values were...
Potential for pollution of the Upper Floridan aquifer from five sinkholes and an internally drained basin in west-central Florida
J.T. Trommer
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4013
Sinkholes are natural and common geologic features in west-central Florida, which is underlain by water soluble limestone deposits. Dissolution of these deposits is the fundamental cause of sinkhole development. Sinkholes and other karst features are more pronounced in the northern part of the study area, but sinkhole activity has occurred...
Flood hazards along the Toutle and Cowlitz rivers, Washington, from a hypothetical failure of Castle Lake blockage
Antonius Laenen, L.L. Orzol
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4055
A recent evaluation of groundwater and material in the blockage impounding Castle Lake shows that the blockage is potentially unstable against failure from piping due to heave and internal erosion when groundwater levels are seasonally high. There is also a remote possibility that a 6.8 or greater magnitude earthquake could...
Quantity and quality of urban runoff from the Chester Creek basin Anchorage, Alaska
T. P. Brabets
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4312
Urbanization has affected both the flow characteristics and water quality of streams in the Chester Creek basin, of Anchorage, Alaska. Peak flows are higher in the urban rather than rural parts of the basin, and the percent of effective impervious area has a significant effect on storm runoff volumes and...
The Beringian ancestry of Phenacomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and the beginning of the modern Arctic Ocean borderland biota
Charles Albert Repenning, E. M. Brouwers, L. D. Carter, Louie Marincovich Jr., T. A. Ager
1987, Bulletin 1687
No abstract available....
Modeling nutrient and dissolved-oxygen transport in the Truckee River and Truckee Canal downstream from Reno, Nevada
Jon O. Nowlin
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4037
Petrology and sedimentology of the Horlick Formation (Lower Devonian), Ohio Range, Transantarctic Mountains
Lucy McCartan, Margaret A. Bradshaw
1987, Bulletin 1780
The Horlick Formation of Early Devonian age is as thick as 50 m and consists of subhorizontal, interbedded subarkosic sandstone and chloritic shale and mudstone. The Horlick overlies an erosion surface cut into Ordovician granitic rocks and is, in turn, overlain by Carboniferous and Permian glacial and periglacial deposits. Textures,...
Geohydrology and simulated effects of withdrawals on the Miocene aquifer system in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area
D. M. Sumner, B. E. Wasson, S. J. Kalkhoff
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4172
Intense development of the Miocene aquifer system for water supplies along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has resulted in large water level declines that have altered the groundwater flow pattern in the area. Water levels in some Miocene aquifers have declined about 2 ft/year since 1940; declines exceed 100 ft (80...
Cost effectiveness of the U.S. Geological Survey's stream-gaging program in Wisconsin
J.F. Walker, L.L. Osen, P.E. Hughes
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4125
This report presents the results of a three-step evaluation of the stream-gaging program in Wisconsin. First, data uses and funding sources were identified for the 89 continuous-record gaging stations operated during the 1984 water year. Next, alternative methods of streamflow estimation were examined for three stations. A flow-routing model was...
Surface-geophysical investigations in Melton Valley, Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee
Patrick Tucci
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4184
Surface geophysical methods were found to be valuable for refining knowledge of the geohydrology of Melton Valley, an area used for burial of low-level radioactive waste at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. The valley is characterized by locally complex geologic structures in lithologies of interbedded shale and limestone. Radionuclides...
Hydrology of the White Tail Butte area, northern Campbell County, Wyoming
M.E. Lowry, J.G. Rankl
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4117
Quantity of runoff and peak discharge from one small basin in the White Tail Butte area, determined from a calibrated rainfall-runoff model, is less than the quantity computed using results of a regional study. The difference is caused by the extensive beds of exposed, permeable clinker in the area. Potentiometric...
The geologic history of the Moon
Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, Newell J. Trask
1987, Professional Paper 1348
More than two decades of study have established the major features of lunar geologic style and history. The most numerous and significant landforms belong to a size-morphology series of simple craters, complex craters, and ringed basins that were formed by impacts. Each crater and basin is the source of primary...
