Geology, petrology, and chemistry of the Leadville Dolomite: host for uranium at the Pitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado
J. Thomas Nash
1979, Open-File Report 79-1566
Newly documented uranium ore in the Pitch Mine occurs chiefly in brecciated Mississippian Leadville Dolomite along the Chester reverse fault zone, and to a lesser extent in sandstone, siltstone, and carbonaceous shale of the Pennsylvanian Belden Formation and in Precambrian granitic rocks and schist. Uranium-mineralized zones are generally thicker, more...
Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Marquette County, Michigan
N.G. Grannemann
1979, Open-File Report 79-1339
Dependable water supplies are vital to the mining industry in the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan. Development of processes that concentrate and pelletize low-grade iron ore has permitted mining to expand during the past two decades. Water demand has increased both for iron ore concentration processes and for the area...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources– South Atlantic-Gulf region
D.J. Cedarstrom, E. H. Boswell, G. R. Tarver
1979, Professional Paper 813-O
Precipitation in the 270,000-square-mile South Atlantic-Gulf Region ranges from 44 to 80 inches, and the average runoff is about 15 inches. The ground-water discharge that forms the base flow of streams is conservatively estimated to be about 78,000 million gallons per day the equivalent of about 6 inches of precipitation....
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Lower Colorado region
E. S. Davidson
1979, Professional Paper 813-R
This report summarizes ground-water availability in the lower Colorado region and discusses the potential for greater ground-water development and increased efficiency of water use. The climate in the most highly developed southwestern part of the region is warm and dry and that in the northeastern part is cool and moist to...
Use of the STORM model for estimating the quantity and quality of runoff from the metropolitan area of Houston, Texas
Kidd M. Waddell, Bernard C. Massey, Marshall E. Jennings
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-74
The "STORM" model, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was selected from existing models and adapted to use available data to compute runoff from the Houston, Texas, area and to compute the loads and concentrations of biochemicaloxygen demand, dissolved solids, total phosphorus, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and...
Potential hydrologic effects of peat mining in the Red Lake Peatlands, north-central Minnesota— A project plan
Donald I. Siegel
1979, Open-File Report 79-1591
Peat is being considered for fuel in Minnesota. This study will investigate the potential effects of large-scale surface mining of peat on the hydrology and water quality of Upper Red Lake and the Tamarac River. The major aspects of the study are the characterization of the surface-water and groundwater hydrology...
Petrology and stratigraphy of Paleogene nonmarine sandstones, Cascade Range, Washington
Virgil A. Frizzell
1979, Open-File Report 79-1149
The Cascade Range of Washington north of 47? latitude is composed of probable Paleozoic and Mesozoic metamorphic rocks and Mesozoic and Tertiary plutonic rocks. Several Paleogene nonmarine arkosic sandstone units fringe and in part occur within the complex crystalline core. The early to middle Eocene Chuckanut Formation is present on...
A digital model for simulation of ground-water hydrology in the Houston area, Texas
Walter Richard Meyer, Jerry E. Carr
1979, Open-File Report 79-677
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Amenthes Quadrangle of Mars
K.H. Hiller
1979, IMAP 1110
The Amenthes quadrangle includes two main physiographic and geologic subdivisions. In the southern part of the quadrangle, densely cratered plateaus rise about 3 km above sparsely to moderately cratered plains. The low plains that form Elysium Planitia also build the eastern flank of the Isidis basin, which mostly lies...
Availability of supplemental water supplies at salmonid fish-propagation stations in Wisconsin
C. Albert Harr, R.P. Novitzki
1979, Open-File Report 79-1170
Supplemental water supplies are available at all the 12 fish-propagation stations. At seven of the stations water may be obtained by diverting or impounding streams. Ground water is available from glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers at all the stations and from sandstone aquifers at 7 of the 12 stations. Probable well yields...
Texas Instruments Model 59 hand-calculator program to calculate magnetic anomaly over 2-D prisms of up to 12 vertices
Donald N. Haines, David L. Campbell
1979, Open-File Report 79-1620
No abstract available. ...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Lower Mississippi region
J. E. Terry, R.L. Hosman, C. T. Bryant
1979, Professional Paper 813-N
The Lower Mississippi Region comprises an area of 102,400 square miles (265,200 square kilometers). Almost all this area is in the physiographic province known as the Gulf Coastal Plain. Three small areas on the northwest boundary of the region are in the Interior Highlands. The Lower Mississippi Region has an abundance...
A model of the strain response of Barre Granite to wetting and drying
William Z. Savage
1979, Open-File Report 79-768
No abstract available....
Formation and resulfidization of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Martin B. Goldhaber, Richard L. Reynolds, Robert O. Rye
1979, Open-File Report 79-1651
Core samples from a roll type uranium deposit in Live Oak County, south Texas have been studied and results are reported for Se, Mo, FeS2 and organic-carbon distribution, sulfide mineral petrology, and sulfur isotopic composition of iron-disulfide phases. In addition, sulfur isotopic compositions of dissolved sulfate and sulfide from the...
Vegetation map of the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
John R. Butler, J. Larry England
1979, IMAP 1141
This map has been prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic investigation of the southeastern Uinta Basin in cooperation with the Utah State Engineer and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The map defines the extent of dominant types of vegetation within the study area prior...
Seismic, magnetic, and geotechnical properties of a landslide and clinker deposits, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana
C.H. Miller
1979, Open-File Report 79-952
Exploitation of vast coal and other resources in the Powder River Basin has caused recent, rapid increases in population and in commercial and residential development and has prompted land utilization studies. Two aspects of land utilization were studied for this report: (1) the seismic and geotechnical properties of a landslide...
Columbia Glacier stake location, mass balance, glacier surface altitude, and ice radar data, 1978 measurement year
L.R. Mayo, D.C. Trabant, Rod March, Wilfried Haeberli
1979, Open-File Report 79-1168
A 1 year data-collection program on Columbia Glacier, Alaska has produced a data set consisting of near-surface ice kinematics, mass balance, and altitude change at 57 points and 34 ice radar soundings. These data presented in two tables, are part of the basic data required for glacier dynamic analysis, computer...
The corrosive well waters of Egypt's western desert
Frank Eldridge Clarke
1979, Water Supply Paper 1757-O
The discovery that ground waters of Egypt's Western Desert are highly corrosive is lost in antiquity. Inhabitants of the oases have been aware of the troublesome property for many decades and early investigators mention it in their reports concerning the area. Introduction of modern well-drilling techniques and replacements of native...
Flow routing in the Susquehanna River Basin, Part II: Lowflow frequency characteristics of the Susquehanna River between Waverly, New York and Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Donald L. Bingham
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-52
Six flow-routing models were developed, calibrated, and verified for the Susquehanna River between Waverly, New York, and Sunbury , Pennsylvania. The models give the Susquehanna River Basin Commission tools to estimate effects of water-resource developments upstream from Waverly upon four gaged sites and two ungaged sites within the study reach....
Field verification of reconstructed dam-break flood, Laurel Run, Pennsylvania
Cheng-lung Chen, Jeffrey T. Armbruster
1979, Open-File Report 79-1483
A one-dimensional dam-break flood routing model is verified by using observed data on the flash flood resulting from the failure of Laurel Run Reservoir Dam near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The model has been developed on the basis of an explicit scheme of the characteristics method with specified time intervals. The model...
Depositional environments of the uranium-bearing Cutler Formations, Lisbon Valley, Utah
John A. Campbell, Brenda A. Steele-Mallory
1979, Open-File Report 79-994
The Cutler Formation in Lisbon Valley, San Juan County, Utah, is composed predominantly of fluvial arkosic sandstones, siltstones, shales, and mudstones that were deposited by meandering streams that flowed across a flood plain and tidal flat close to sea level. Two types of channel deposits are recognized from their sedimentary...
North American Paleozoic land snails, with a summary of other Paleozoic nonmarine snails
Alan Solem, Ellis Leon Yochelson
1979, Professional Paper 1072
Land snails from the Paleozoic of North America are known from the coal fields of eastern Canada, from the Dunkard basin west of the Allegheny Mountains, and from the western margin of the Illinois basin. The earliest finds were made about 125 years ago; essentially no new information has been...
U.S. Geological Survey seismic engineering data report, 1974-75 records; strong-motion earthquake accelerograms digitization and analysis
A. G. Brady, V. Perez
1979, Open-File Report 79-929
This is the fourth of a series of reports planned to include the results of digitization and routine analyses of strong-motion earthquake accelerograms published by the U.S. Geological Survey. Serving as a model for this effort is the collection of data reports published by the Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory of...
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the southwest quarter of North Star School 15' quadrangle, Campbell County, Wyoming
IntraSearch Inc.
1979, Open-File Report 79-66
A study of the water resources of the Port Gamble Indian Reservation, Wash., has shown that there is probably a substantial quantity of good quality ground and surface water available to provide for further development of the reservation. Groundwater supplies are available from an artesian aquifer underlying the reservation near...
Preconstruction and postconstruction ground-water levels, Lock and Dam 1, Red River Valley, Louisiana
A. H. Ludwig
1979, Open-File Report 79-918
Proposed construction of a series of locks and dams in the Red River in Louisiana will cause a permanent increase in average river stage. The potentiometric surface of the shallow alluvial aquifer and the water table in the fine-grained material confining the aquifer will be affected. The purpose of this...
