A rare color phase of the song sparrow
E. Arnold, S.H. Low
1950, Atlantic Naturalist (6) 23
Uranium in pegmatites
Lincoln R. Page
1950, Economic Geology (45) 12-34
Uranium and rare-earth minerals are common accessory minerals in pegmatite deposits. No domestic pegmatites have been found that are rich enough to support an economic mining operation for uranium alone; however, small quantities of uranium minerals may be recovered as by-products of feldspar or mica mining. Madagascar is the only...
Summary of Kinoshita's kuroko deposits of Japan
John J. Collins
1950, Economic Geology (45) 363-376
Summarized translation of a report by Kameki Kinoshita, published in Japanese in 1943, on kuroko deposits (black ore deposits) of Japan. "Kuroko means two things. One is the common mixture of sphalerite, galena, and barite which is ordinarily black to grayish white, depending on the proportion of barite. The other...
Hawaiian petrographic province
G. A. Macdonald
1949, GSA Bulletin (60) 1541-1596
The lavas of the Hawaiian Islands range from mafic picrite-basalts and melilite-nepheline basalts to salic trachytes. Olivine basalt, by far the most abundant type, is regarded as representing the parent magma of the Hawaiian province. Closely associated with the olivine basalts are basalts, and picrite-basalts with many large phenocrysts of...
Submarine geology of Bikini atoll
K.O. Emery
1948, GSA Bulletin (59) 855-860
The program of investigations made in connection with the atomic bomb tests in the summer of 1946 at Bikini Atoll provided a rare opportunity for obtaining information on the physiography and sediments of atolls. The outer slopes around Bikini Atoll rise from a depth of...
Heavy metals in altered rock over blind ore bodies, East Tintic District, Utah
Thomas Seward Lovering, V.P. Sokoloff, Hal T. Morris
1948, Economic Geology (43) 384-399
Standard chemical tests and spectroscopic analyses of altered Tertiary lavas that occur above blind ore bodies in the East Tintic district, Utah, have failed to show any evidence of the mineralization in the underlying dolomites. A new technique involving dithizone was used in the field to test ammonium acetate extracts...
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Niihau, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon A. Macdonald
1947, Bulletin 12
Niihau lies 171/2 miles southwest of Kauai. Its area is 72 square miles, and its highest point has an altitude of 1,281 feet. The population is about 180, chiefly Hawaiians. The annual rainfall at Kiekie, the ranch headquarters, generally ranges between 18 and 26 inches. The chief industries are the...
Quartz crystal in Brazil
W. D. Johnston Jr., R.D. Butler
1946, GSA Bulletin (57) 601-650
The peak production of Brazilian quartz crystal was reached in 1943 when 2411 metric tons were exported. Minas Gerais, Goiaz, and Bahia are the principal producing states. Minor quantities are obtained from Espirito Santo and Northeastern Brazil.Primary veins and pegmatites yield secondary deposits of eluvial, colluvial, and alluvial origin. The...
Activity of Parícutin volcano from April 12 to May 3, 1946
George C. Kennedy
1946, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (27) 410-411
The activity of Parícutin varied greatly during the period April 12 to May 3. The strong eruptive activity that began in mid‐March, marked on March 17 by the formation of a new boca with a short‐lived volcancito and by external changes in the form of the cone, continued until April...
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon A. Macdonald
1946, Bulletin 9
Hawaii, the largest island in the Hawaiian group, is 93 miles long, 76 miles wide, and covers 4,030 square miles. Mauna Loa Volcano is 13,680 feet high and Mauna Kea is 13,784 feet high. Plate 1 shows the geology, wells, springs, and water-development tunnels. Plate 2 is a map and...
Zinc-copper deposits near Moth Bay, Revillagigedo Island, southeastern Alaska
G. D. Robinson
1944, Open-File Report 44-88
Moth Bay is a narrow inlet on the north side of the entrance to Thorne Arm, a large bay near the southern end of Revillagigedo Island, southeastern Alaska (see insert, fig. 1). It is about 16 miles by water southeasterly from Ketchikan, the nearest port. Moth Bay is locally known...
The fluorspar deposits of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland
Ralph Erskine Van Alstine
1944, Economic Geology (39) 109-132
Fluorspar from Newfoundland, eighth ranking producer of the world, comes entirely from the St. Lawrence district. Here pre-Cambrian lavas and pyroclastics, Cambrian sedimentary rocks, Ordovician (?) volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and a Paleozoic alaskite-granite comprise the bedrock.Epithermal fluorite veins occupy steeply dipping fault fissures in granite, rhyolite porphyry, and lamprophyre....
Bachman's sparrow in Maryland
R. E. Stewart, B. Meanley
1943, The Auk (60) 605-606
The Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis bachmani) is known to be quite rare and irregular in distribution in the northern part of its range. Because of this the northern limits of its range have been rather ill-defined. According to the A. 0. U. Check-List, Fourth Edition: 343, 1931, this bird ranges...
Igneous rocks of the Highwood Mountains, Montana: Part VI. Mineralogy
E.S. Larsen, C.S. Hurlbut, Bennett Frank Buie, C.H. Burgess
1941, GSA Bulletin (52) 1841-1856
The minerals of the igneous rocks of the Highwood Mountains are described. The primary hornblende of the quartz latites is basaltic and it has been partly replaced by a common green hornblende. Hornblende is rare in the alkalic rocks. Augite is an abundant mineral of the alkalic rocks; in the...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1939
1939, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1938
1938, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1937
1937, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1936
1936, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1935
1935, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Rare chemical constituents of amelia (Virginia) pegmatite dikes, and their mineral sources
Jewell J. Glass
1934, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (15) 234-237
Students of Igneous phenomena have long since become familiar with the occurrence of rare minerals in pegmatitic bodies. The great local concentration of rare elements in pegmatite minerals provides a remarkably good opportunity for the Investigation of deep-seated rock constituents, for it is reasonable to suppose that these same elements...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1934
1934, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Determination of the common and rare alkalies in mineral analysis
R. C. Wells, R.E. Stevens
1934, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition (6) 439-442
Methods are described which afford a determination of each member of the alkali group and are successful in dealing with the quantities of the rare alkalies found in rocks and minerals. The procedures are relatively rapid and based chiefly on the use of chloroplatinic acid, absolute alcohol and ether, and...
Guidebook of the western United States: Part F - The Southern Pacific lines, New Orleans to Los Angeles
Nelson Horatio Darton
1933, Bulletin 845
The Southern Pacific Railroad from New Orleans to Los Angeles, a distance of about 2,000 miles, passes through a region exhibiting a great variety of geographic and industrial conditions. The climate, especially the amount of precipitation, is the most influential factor in causing this variety. The low Coastal Plain of southern...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1933
1933, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
Geology and ore deposits of the Pioche district, Nevada
L.G. Westgate, Adolph Knopf
1932, Professional Paper 171
LOCATION AND SURFACE FEATURES The Bristol Range, Highland, and Ely Range quadrangles make up the larger part of a. rectangular area 35 miles north and south by 24 miles east and west, which lies 19 miles west of the Nevada-Utah line and about 250 miles southwest of Salt Lake...