Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1952
R.P. Sheldon, E. R. Cressman, L.D. Carswell, R.A. Smart
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 378
The U.S. Geological Survey has measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation of Permian age at many localities in Wyoming and adjacent states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1951
Thomas McGriffin Cheney, Richard Porter Sheldon, R.G. Waring, M.A. Warner
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 377
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Wyoming and adjacent states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they are...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1949-50
R.P. Sheldon, R.G. Waring, M.A. Warner, R.A. Smart
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 363
As part of a comprehensive investigation of the phosphate deposits of the western field begun in 1947, the U.S. Geological Survey has measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation of Permian age at many localities in Wyoming and adjacent states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-50: part II
R. W. Swanson, E. R. Cressman, R. S. Jones, B.K. Replogle
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 362
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Pumping from wells on the floor of the Sevier Desert, Utah
W.B. Nelson, H.E. Thomas
1953, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (34) 74-84
Data collected at the Topaz Relocation Center provide an excellent record of the development and subsequent disappearance of a cone of depression caused by pumping. This Center occupied temporarily an area of natural ground‐water discharge on the floor of the Sevier Desert in west‐central Utah. Water for a population of 6500 was pumped from artesian wells which tapped aquifers...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1949: part I
R.P. Sheldon, M.A. Warner, M.E. Thompson, H.W. Peirce
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 364
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Montana, 1949-50: part I
E. R. Cressman, W.H. Wilson, C.W. Tandy, W.J. Garmoe
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 361
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized for many years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria Formation in Idaho, 1949: part II
D.F. Davidson, R.A. Smart, H.W. Peirce, J.D. Weiser
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 365
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Montana, 1951
James A. Peterson
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 375
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Montana and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years, but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as...
Reconnaissance for radioactive materials in northeastern United States during 1952
Francis A. McKeown, Harry Klemic
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 317
Reconnaissance for radioactive materials was made in parts of Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The primary objective was to examine the iron ore deposits and associated rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Highlands of New Jersey. In addition, several deposits known or reported to...
Radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela
Donald G. Wyant, William N. Sharp, Carlos Ponte Rodriguez
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 222
This report summarizes the data available on radioactive source materials in Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela accumulated by geologists of the Direccions Tecnica de Geolgia and antecedent agencies prior to June 1951, and the writers from June to November 1951. The investigation comprised preliminary study, field examination, office studies, and the...
Lake Bonneville: Geology of northern Utah Valley, Utah
C. B. Hunt, H.D. Varnes, H. E. Thomas
1953, Professional Paper 257-A
Lake Bonneville was a vast Pleistocene lake that covered 20,000 square miles in northwestern Utah and had a maximum depth of about 1,000 feet. It was a body of water comparable in size to modern Lake Michigan.Surveys of the unconsolidated deposits in the Lake Bonneville basin utilize the same methods...
Interpreting geologic maps for engineering purposes: Hollidaysburg quadrangle, Pennsylvania
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Report
This set of maps has been prepared to show the kinds of information, useful to engineers, that can be derived from ordinary geologic maps. A few additional bits of information, drawn from other sources, are mentioned below. Some of the uses of such maps are well known; they are indispensable...
Ground water in the Gila River Basin and adjacent areas, Arizona: a summary
Leonard Cameron Halpenny
1952, Open-File Report 172
This report is a resume' of the principal facts collected by the Geological Survey in the period 1890-1952 about the ground-water resources of the Gila River basin and certain other areas in Arizona. Since 1939 the Geological Survey has been making ground-water investigations on a continuing basis in cooperation with...
Results of exploration at Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Douglas M. Sheridan, John T. Collier, Richard S. Sears
1952, Trace Elements Memorandum 288
The U. S. Geological Survey, on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission, from July 1951 to February 1952, explored the Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, by means of auger- drilling, trenching, and bucket-drilling. This report presents an estimate of the inferred ore reserves obtained during this exploration. The inferred reserves are presented under...
Geophysical observations in parts of the Grants District, McKinley County, New Mexico
Kenneth L. Cook, Calvin K. Moss
1952, Trace Elements Investigations 244
Geophysical observations near Haystack Mesa in the Grants district, McKinley County, New Mexico, had the dual objective of investigating the unusual occurrence of negative aeromagnetic anomalies in close association with airborne radioactivity anomalies, and of investigating other geophysical methods which might assist directly or indirectly in the search for uranium ores in the Grants district....
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1951
B.J. Mason, Delmar W. Berry
1952, Report
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the United States Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources...
Graphic method for plotting field pumping-test data
G.A. LaRocque Jr.
1952, Open-File Report 52-91
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the Mountain States, 1952
E. W. Lohr, C. S. Howard, R.T. Kiser, J.D. Hem, H. A. Swenson
1952, Circular 203
The location of industrial plants is dependent on an ample water supply of suitable quality. Information relating to the chemical characteristics of the water supplies is not only essential to the location of many plants but also is an aid in the manufacture and distribution of many commodities.Public water supplies...
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the east south central states, 1952
E. W. Lohr, G. A. Billingsley, J.W. Geurin, W.L. Lamar
1952, Circular 197
The location of industrial plants is dependent on an ample water supply of suitable quality. Information relating to the chemical characteristics of the water supplies is not only essential to the location of many plants but also is an aid in the manufacture and distribution of many commodities. Public water...
Evaluation of streamflow records in Flathead River basin, Montana
R.T. Plunkett
1952, Circular 182
This report presents data which are, in general, supplementary to those of the surface-water investigations made in the past by the Geological Survey. Those investigations have consisted essentially of the operation of the many gaging stations on the Flathead River and tributaries. The data presented were obtained from a detailed...
Fourth progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and streamflow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
C.E. Burgess
1952, Open-File Report 52-21
This is a continuation of annual progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements made in the Santa Ynez Mountains between Refugio Canyon on the west to San Marcos Pass and the Painted Cave area on the east. This portion of Santa Barbara County has been designated as the "Tecolote...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Green River in Utah and Colorado
H. E. Thomas
1952, Circular 129
The Green River, rising in Wyoming and draining high mountains in that state, northeast Utah and northwest Colorado, is a major tributary of the Colorado River. In the late summer, after the snow has melted from these mountains, the flow in the Green River reaches its minimum for the year....
Pumice deposits in the Alaska Peninsula-Cook Inlet region
R.M. Moxham
1952, Open-File Report 52-103
Three principal areas of pumice deposition have been found in the Alaska Peninsula-Cook Inlet region: Katmai National Monument, Augustine Island, and the Veniaminof-Aniakchak area. Vast quantities of pumice were deposited in Katmai National Monument resulting from the eruption of Mt. Katmai and related volcanic action in 1912. The principal deposits in...
Water resources of the Lake Erie shore region in Pennsylvania
John William Mangan, Donald W. Van Tuyl, Walter F. White
1952, Circular 174
An abundant supply of water is available to the Lake Erie Shore region in Pennsylvania. Lake i£rie furnishes an almost inexhaustible supply of water of satisfactory chemical quality. Small quantities of water are available from small streams in the area and from the ground. A satisfactory water supply is one...
