Garnet peridotites from Williams kimberlites, north-central Montana, U.S.A
B.C. Hearn, E. S. McGee
1983, Open-File Report 83-172
Two Williams kimberlites, 250x350m and 37x390m, in the eastern part of a swarm of 30 middle Eocene alnoitic diatremes in north-central Montana, USA, contain xenoliths of garnet-bearing lherzolites, harzburgites and dunites, in addition to spinel peridotites and upper and lower crustal amphibolites and granulites. Colluvial purple, red, and pink garnets...
Meteorological, water-temperature, and discharge data for the Mattole River basin, Humboldt County, California
R.D. Noble, Alan P. Jackman
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-81
To overcome a major difficulty in the testing of the validity of river-temperature models - the lack of adequate precise synoptic data for an entire river basin - synoptic meteorologic, water-temperature, and discharge data were obtained in the Mattole River Basin in northern California during the period June 10 through...
Hydrologic conditions in the Wheatland Flats area, Platte County, Wyoming
M. A. Crist
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4047
The area includes about 260 square miles in central Platte County that consists of Wheatland Flats and a border region. Wheatland Flats is an area of about 100 square miles that is bounded by Chugwater Creek on the east, the Laramie River on the north, and Sybille Creek on the...
Appraisal of water-quality conditions, lower Black River, Windsor County, Vermont
K. W. Toppin
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4116
Six hydroelectric power dams are planned along a 22-mile reach of the lower Black River in southeastern Windsor County, Vermont. Data were collected at 10 stations, during water years 1977-81, to appraise quality conditions before construction. Average specific conductance of Black River is 101 micromhos indicating low concentrations of dissolved...
Gravity survey of Dixie Valley, west-central Nevada
Donald H. Schaefer
1983, Open-File Report 82-111
Dixie Valley, a northeast-trending structural trough typical of valleys in the Basin and Range Province, is filled with a maximum of about 10,000 feet of alluvial and lacustrine deposits , as estimated from residual-gravity measurements obtained in this study. On the basis of gravity measurements at 300 stations on nine...
Water resources of the Rattlesnake Butte area, a site of potential lignite mining in west-central North Dakota
W.F. Horak
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4228
In much of western North Dakota, minable lignite beds and associated sand beds are valuable local aquifers. Strip mining disrupts the aquifers and could significantly impact the local hydrology, imposing hardships on local residents. This comprehensive water-resources study of a 147-square-mile coal area in west-central North Dakota was done to...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Fisher
Arthur W. Allen
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.45
The fisher (Martes pennanti) is the largest member of its genus and is found only i n North America (Powell 1982). Within the contiguous United States, indigenous and reintroduced populations presently inhabit portions of the Appalachian Mountains from New England south to West Virginia in the east; northern Wisconsin, Minnesota,...
The mineralogy of the Snake Creek-Williams Canyon pluton, southern Snake Range, Nevada
Donald Edward Lee, Eric H. Christiansen
1983, Open-File Report 83-337
The Snake Creek-Williams Canyon pluton of the southern Snake Range crops out over an area of about 30 km 2, about 60 km southeast of Ely, Nev. This Jurassic intrusion displays large and systematic chemical and mineralogical zonation over a horizontal distance of 5 km. Major-element variations compare closely with...
Drift-mine reclamation in Big Four Hollow near Lake Hope, Ohio; a preliminary data report
Vance E. Nichols
1983, Open-File Report 83-217
A subsurface clay dike and hydraulic seals were constructed in 1979 by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, to reduce acid mine drainage from an abandoned drift mine into Big Four Hollow Creek; Big Four Hollow Creek flow into Sandy Run, the major tributary to Lake Hope....
Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow heaths in eastern Maine, October 1981 through October 1982
Wallace J. Nichols
1983, Open-File Report 83-865
Hydrologic data collected on the Great and Denbow Heaths, Maine, include precipitation, pan evaporation, air temperatures, streamflow, and ground water levels. These data were collected for a peat bog hydrology study conducted in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey. The data network consisted of climate information from three rain gages,...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Wood duck
Patrick J. Sousa, Adrian H. Farmer
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.43
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop models for breeding and wintering habitats for the wood duck (Aix sponsa). The models are scaled to produce indices of habitat suitability between 0 (unsuitable habitat) and 1 (optimally suitable habitat). Habitat suitability indices are designed for use with Habitat Evaluation Procedures previously...
A search for stratiform massive-sulfide exploration targets in Appalachian Devonian rocks; a case study using computer-assisted attribute-coincidence mapping
Helmuth Wedow
1983, Open-File Report 83-352
The empirical model for sediment-associated, stratiform, exhalative, massive-sulfide deposits presented by D. Large in 1979 and 1980 has been redesigned to permit its use in a computer-assisted search for exploration-target areas in Devonian rocks of the Appalachian region using attribute-coincidence mapping (ACM). Some 36 gridded-data maps and selected maps derived...
Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow heaths in eastern Maine, October 1980 through September 1981
Wallace J. Nichols, J.A. Smath, J.T. Adamik
1983, Open-File Report 83-866
Hydrologic data collected on the Great and Denbow Heaths, Maine, include precipitation, pan evaporation, air temperatures, streamflow, groundwater levels, and water quality constituents. These data were collected for a peat bog hydrology study conducted in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey. The data network consisted of climate information from three...
The environmental history and present condition of Saudi Arabia's northern sand seas
John W. Whitney, D.J. Faulkender, Meyer Rubin
1983, Open-File Report 83-749
Saudi Arabia's northern sand seas are composed dominantly of stable dune systems, even though the modern climate is arid. The stable dunes are large and support a sparse semidesert vegetation. Active dunes are small and commonly confined to the crests of stable dunes; they comprise less than 5 percent of...
Geology of the Tulare Formation and other continental deposits, Kettleman City area, San Joaquin Valley, California, with a section on ground-water management considerations and use of texture maps
R. W. Page
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4000
The Tulare Formation and other continental deposits of Pliocene to Holocene age crop out over most of the area near Kettleman City in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The deposits range in thickness from 0 to more than 4,000 feet and overlie the upper Mya zone of the San...
Effect of the proposed Cooper River rediversion on sedimentation in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
G. G. Patterson
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4198
The rates of sedimentation and of resultant maintenance dredging in Charleston Harbor increased dramatically in the 1940s, following two major modifications to the harbor. One modification, the Santee-Cooper diversion project, caused a twentyfold increase in freshwater inflow to the harbor. The other modification was deepening of the navigation channels in...
Montana; basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in Geotherm
James D. Bliss
1983, Open-File Report 83-432
Changes in ground-water withdrawals, water levels, and quality of water occurred in the artesian aquifers of the Sevier Desert, Utah during 1963-81. Ground-water withdrawals increased from an average of 9,500 acre-feet (11.7 cubic hectometers) per year between 1951 and 1963 to an average of 27,500 acre-feet (33.9 cubic hectometers) per...
Computer program modifications of Open-file report 82-1065; a comprehensive system for interpreting seismic-refraction and arrival-time data using interactive computer methods
Hans D. Ackermann, Leroy W. Pankratz, Danny A. Dansereau
1983, Open-File Report 83-604
The computer programs published in Open-File Report 82-1065, A comprehensive system for interpreting seismic-refraction arrival-time data using interactive computer methods (Ackermann, Pankratz, and Dansereau, 1982), have been modified to run on a mini-computer. The new version uses approximately 1/10 of the memory of the initial version, is more efficient and...
Mineral resource potential map of the Benton Range Roadless Area, Mono County, California
James L. Donahoe, Edwin D. McKee, Richard L. Rains, Donald J. Barnes, Harry W. Campbell, David K. Denton Jr., Stephen R. Iverson, Rodney E. Jeske, Scott A. Stebbins
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1317-C
Tungsten-bearing rocks in the Benton Range Roadless Area occur in tactite lenses within the Paleozoic metasedimentary units that surround and are intruded by Triassic granodiorite of the Benton Range. High anomalous tungsten values were found in the southern part of the study area. Quartz-vein deposits with copper, lead, zinc, and...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Mottled duck
James C. Rorabaugh, Phillip J. Zwank
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.52
The mottled duck is a mallard-like resident species of the Gulf of Mexico coast, from the marshes of Pearl River on the Lou i si ana-Ht ss t ss ipp i border to the Al varado Lagoon near Veracruz, Mexico (Bell rose 1976). The highest densities of nesting mottl ed...
Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida
J. D. Fretwell
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4079
Ground water in the coastal parts of Citrus, Hernando, and Levy Counties is obtained almost entirely from the Floridan aquifer. The aquifer is unconfined near the coast and semiconfined in the ridge area. Transmissivity ranges from 20,000 feet squared per day in the ridge area to greater than 2,000,000 feet...
Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of Indonesia
Joseph P. Riva
1983, Circular 899
The estimates of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum in Indonesia at probability levels of 95 percent, 5 percent, and statistical mean are for oil (in billions of barrels): 5, 35, and 16; and for gas (in trillions of cubic feet): 13, 94, and 42. In Indonesia, petroleum occurs in five types...
A two-dimensional, finite-difference model of the high plains aquifer in southern South Dakota
K.E. Kolm, H. L. Case III
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4175
The High Plains aquifer is the principal source of water for irrigation, industry, municipalities, and domestic use in south-central South Dakota. The aquifer, composed of upper sandstone units of the Arikaree Formation, and the overlying Ogallala and Sand Hills Formations, was simulated using a two-dimensional, finite-difference computer model. The maximum...
Map showing characteristics of lode gold in the Medford 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Oregon-California
Norman J. Page, Maureen G. Johnson, Jocelyn A. Peterson
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1383-D
About 500 lode gold occurrences, prospects, and mines have been reported from the Medford 1o x 2o quadrangle, Oregon-California. Summary descriptions of individual lode gold deposits and districts which include those occurrences in the Medford 1o x 2o quadrangle have been published by Brooks and Ramp (1968) and Hotz (1971) and by others cited in...
Mineral resource potential map of the Raywood Flat Roadless Areas, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California
Jonathan C. Matti, Brett F. Cox, Stephen R. Iverson
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1563-A
Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical studies within the Raywood "Flat Roadless Areas, together with an investigation of mines and prospects within the further planning area, resulted in (1) identification of nonmetallic mineral resources at a marble mine in the further planning area and (2) recognition of a small area in the...
