Radioactive mineral spring precipitates, their analytical and statistical data and the uranium connection
R. A. Cadigan, J.K. Felmlee
1982, Open-File Report 82-743
Major radioactive mineral springs are probably related to deep zones of active metamorphism in areas of orogenic tectonism. The most common precipitate is travertine, a chemically precipitated rock composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, but also containing other minerals. The mineral springs are surface manifestations of hydrothermal conduit systems which extend...
Geochemical reconnaissance for uranium occurrences in the Notch Peak intrusive area, House Range, Millard County, Utah
R. A. Cadigan, Keith Robinson
1982, Open-File Report 82-491
Samples collected from the contact metamorphic zone of the Notch Peak intrusive area, House Range, Millard County, Utah, indicate the occurrence of low-grade uranium and thorium ore. Maximum abundances in the altered mineralized rocks in the contact zone are 450 ppm uranium and 480 ppm thorium. Interpretation of factor analysis...
Diatremes of the Hopi Buttes, Arizona; chemical and statistical analyses
K. J. Wenrich, J. F. Mascarenas
1982, Open-File Report 82-740
Lacustrine sediments deposited in maar lakes of the Hopi Buttes diatremes are hosts for uranium mineralization of as much as 1500 ppm. The monchiquites and limburgite turfs erupted from the diatremes are distinguished from normal alkalic basalts of the Colorado Plateau by their extreme silica undersaturation and high water, TiO2,...
Progress report on geologic studies of the Ranger orebodies, Northern Territory, Australia
J. T. Nash, David Frishman
1982, Open-File Report 82-936
The Ranger No. 1 and No. 3 orebodies contain about 124,000 tonnes U3O8 in highly chloritized metasediments of the lower Proterozoic Cahill Formation within about 500 m of the projected sub-Kombolgie Formation unconformity. In both orebodies, oxidized and reduced uranium minerals occur chiefly in quartzose schists that have highly variable...
Postglacial volcanic deposits at Glacier Peak, Washington, and potential hazards from future eruptions; a preliminary report
J. E. Beget
1982, Open-File Report 82-830
Eruptions and other geologic events at Glacier Peak volcano in northern Washington have repeatedly affected areas near the volcano as well as areas far downwind and downstream. This report describes the evidence of this activity preserved in deposits on the west and east flanks of the volcano. On the west...
Massive sulfide deposits of the Southern Appalachians central Virginia volcanic-plutonic belt as a host for massive sulfide deposits
L. Avlides, J. E. Gair, S.L. Cranford
1982, Economic Geology (77) 233-272
Strata-bound massive sulfide deposits of the central Virginia Piedmont occur in a volcanic- plutonic belt composed of Lower Cambrian(?) metamorphosed volcanic rocks and locally of pre-Upper Ordovician, low potassium granitoid rocks. The belt, interpreted as an ancient island arc, begins about 50 km south of Washington, D. C, and extends...
Marine ice-pushed boulder ridge, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Peter W. Barnes
1982, Arctic (35) 312-316
A steep-faced boulder ridge up to 4m high by 300m long was encountered along the arctic coast east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the summer of 1979. Marine occurrences of similar ridges are rare. Since ice-push sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material in the construction of a ridge, recent onshore excursions of ice due to wind stress on the fast ice...
On the distribution of species occurrence
Martin A. Buzas, Carl F. Koch, Stephen J. Culver, Norman F. Sohl
1982, Paleobiology (8) 143-150
The distribution of species abundance (number of individuals per species) is well documented. The distribution of species occurrence (number of localities per species), however, has received little attention. This study investigates the distribution of species occurrence for five large data sets. For modern benthic foraminifera, species occurrence is examined from...
Guidelines for determining flood flow frequency: Bulletin #17B of the Hydrology Subcommittee
Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
1982, Bulletin 17B
In December 1967, Bulletin No. 15, "A Uniform Technique for Determining Flood Flow Frequencies," was issued by the Hydrology Committee of the Water Resources Council. The report recommended use of the Pearson Type III distribution with log transformation of the data (log-Pearson Type III distribution) as a base method for...
Recurrence, mortality, and dispersal of prairie striped skunks, Mephitis mephitis, and implications to rabies epizootiology
A.B. Sargeant, R. J. Greenwood, J.L. Piehl, W.B. Bicknell
1982, Canadian Field-Naturalist (96) 312-316
Detailed study of radio-equipped individuals of the Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) in a North Dakota population provided insight into possible mechanisms for spread of rabies during spring and summer. Annual recurrence rates of 138 skunks marked on a study area averaged 11% for adult males, 43% for adult females and...
Genetic implications of minor-element and Sr-isotope geochemistry of alkaline rock complexes in the Wet Mountains area, Fremont and Custer counties, Colorado
T.J. Armbrustmacher, C. E. Hedge
1982, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (79) 424-435
Concentrations of Rb, Sr, and REE (rare earth elements), and Sr-isotopic ratios in rocks of the Cambrian alkaline complexes in the Wet Mountains area, Colorado, show that rocks formed as end-products of a variety of magmas generated from different source materials. The complexes generally contain a bimodal suite of cumulus...
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of the Honolulu volcanics, Oahu: Implications for the oceanic mantle below Hawaii
D.A. Clague, F.A. Frey
1982, Journal of Petrology (23) 447-504
The Honolulu Volcanics comprises small volume, late-stage (post-erosional) vents along rifts cutting the older massive Koolau tholeütic shield on Oahu, Hawaii. Most of these lavas and tuff of the Honolulu Volcanics have geochemical features expected of near-primary magmas derived from a peridotite source containing Fo87–89 olivine; e. g. 100 Mg/(Mg...
Age and petrology of the Kalaupapa Basalt, Molokai, Hawaii ( geochemistry, Sr isotopes).
D.A. Clague
1982, Pacific Science (36) 411-420
The post-erosional Kalaupapa Basalt on East Molokai, Hawaii, erupted between 0.34 and 0.57 million years ago to form the Kalaupapa Peninsula. The Kalaupapa Basalt ranges in composition from basanite to lava transitional between alkalic and tholeiitic basalt. Rare-earth and other trace-element abundances suggest that the Kalaupapa Basalt could be generated...
The mobility of uranium and other elements during alteration of rhyolite ash to montmorillonite: A case study in the Troublesome Formation, Colorado, U.S.A.
R. A. Zielinski
1982, Chemical Geology (35) 185-204
An unusual occurrence of juxtaposed glassy and clay-altered ash was sampled to estimate the degree and type of element mobility during alteration of glass to montmorillonite. The results are particularly interesting in that major mobilization of uranium is indicated. Closely spaced samples of glassy and montmorillonitic ash were collected from...
Laboratory measurements of reservoir rock from the Geysers geothermal field, California
D.A. Lockner, R. Summers, D. Moore, J.D. Byerlee
1982, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts (19) 65-80
Rock samples taken from two outcrops, as well as rare cores from three well bores at the Geysers geothermal field, California, were tested at temperatures and pressures similar to those found in the geothermal field. Both intact and 30?? sawcut cylinders were deformed at confining pressures of 200-1000 bars, pore...
Geologic map of the Domeland Wilderness and contiguous roadless area, Kern and Tulare counties, California
J.R. Bergquist, A.M. Nitkiewicz, R. M. Tosdal
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1395-A
The Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts require the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to survey certain areas on Federal lands to determine their mineral-resource potential. Results must be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and...
Alewives and rainbow smelt in Lake Huron: midwater and bottom aggregations and estimates of standing stocks
Ray L. Argyle
1982, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (111) 267-285
The continued availability of adequate amounts of forage fish, primarily alewives Alosa pseudoharengus and rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax, is critical to the success of ongoing programs aimed at rebuilding lake trout Salvelinus namaycush populations and maintaining other salmonid stocks in Lake Huron. These forage species are distributed at middepths as...
Chemical and isotopic diversity in basalts dredged from the East Pacific Rise at 10°S, the fossil Galapagos Rise and the Nazca plate
Rodey Batiza, Richard Oestrike, Kiyoto Futa
1982, Marine Geology (49) 115-132
We present petrographic, chemical and isotopic data for fresh lava samples dredged from three regions: (1) the fossil Galapagos Rise; (2) an elongate volcano near this extinct spreading center; and (3) the East Pacific Rise at 10°S. The samples from the Galapagos Rise are among the first samples from...
Determination of rare earth elements in geological materials by inductively coupled argon plasma/atomic emission spectrometry
J.G. Crock, F.E. Lichte
1982, Analytical Chemistry (54) 1329-1332
Inductively coupled argon plasma/optical emission spectrometery (ICAP/OES) is useful as a simultaneous, multielement analytical technique for the determination of trace elements in geological materials. A method for the determination of trace-level rare earth elements (REE) in geological materials using an ICAP 63-channel emission spectrometer is described. Separation and preconcentration of...
Common tern colonies along the mid-Atlantic coast. I. Nestling chronology
D. C. Smith, R.M. Erwin, T. W. Custer, J.O. Fussell III
1981, Colonial Waterbirds (4) 160-165
1. Sixteen Common Tern colonies in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina were studied from May through July 1980 by four investigators. Nests were marked during egg laying and were monitored every 5-7 days until fledging of young. 2. Results from 1980 indicate that ambient temperature differences...
Metals and terrestrial earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
W. N. Beyer
1981, Book chapter, Workshop on the Role of Earthworms in the Stabilization of Organic Residues, Proceedings, Volume 1.
The toxicity of metals to earthworms and the residues of metals found in earthworms are reviewed. Meta 1 concentrations are rarely high enough to be toxic to worms, but copper may reduce populations in orchards heavily treated with fungicides and in soil contaminated with pig wastes. The metals in some...
Natural occurrence and significance of fluids indicating high pressure and temperature
E. Roedder
1981, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (13-14) 9-39
Most natural minerals have formed from a fluid phase such as a silicate melt or a saline aqueous solution. Fluid inclusions are tiny volumes of such fluids that were trapped within the growing crystals. These inclusions can provide valuable but sometimes ambiguous data on the temperature, pressure, and composition of...
Tonalites in crustal evolution
F. Barker, Joseph G. Arth, T. Hudson
1981, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (301) 293-303
Tonalites, including trondhjemite as a variety, played three roles through geological time in the generation of Earth’s crust. Before about 2.9 Ga ago they were produced largely by simple partial melting of metabasalt to give the dominant part of Archaean grey gneiss terranes. These terranes are notably bimodal; andesitic rocks...
Chemical analyses of selected agricultural soils of Missouri
Josephine G. Boerngen, Ronald R. Tidball
1981, Open-File Report 81-842
This report contains a compilation of chemical data for samples of the plow zone of agricultural soils that were collected in 1970 from each of the 114 counties of the State of Missouri. Most of the principal taxonomic soil types that occur in each county are represented by the 10...
Potential flood and debris hazards at Cottonwood Cove, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County, Nevada
Otto Moosburner
1981, Open-File Report 80-1216
At Cottonwood Cove, Nevada, most of the existing dikes at the recreation sites are effective in diverting and routing floodflows, up to and including the 100-year flood, away from people and facilities. The dikes across Ranger Residence Wash and Access Road Wash at the mouth divert floods up to the...
