Water levels in observation wells in Nebraska during 1955
C.F. Keech
1956, Open-File Report 56-70
The objective of the dbservation-well program in Nebraska is to provide an evaluation of the status of the ground-water supplies. Many uses for water-.level data are known but not all potential uses can be forseen. Among the important uses are the following:To indicate the status of ground water in storage...
Occurrence of selenium in sulfides from some sedimentary rocks of the western United States
Robert G. Coleman, Maryse Delevaux
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 632
Investigations of the minor- and trace-element content of sulfides associated with uranium ore deposits from sandstone-type deposits have shown that selenium commonly substitutes for sulfur. The Morrison formation and Entrada sandstone of Jurassic age and the Wind River formation of Eocene age seem to be seleniferous stratigraphic zones; sulfides deposited...
Abundance and distribution of uranium and thorium in zircon, sphene, apatite, epidote, and monazite in granitic rocks
Patrick M. Hurley, Harold W. Fairbairn
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 636
Analyses were made of uranium and thorium in ziircon, sphene, apatite, epidote, and monazite separated as accessory minerals from samples of granitic rock from widely scattered localities to indicate the abundance and distribution of these two elements among the five mineral phases. For any pair of mineral phases the distribution...
Preliminary report on the geology of San Nicolas Island, California
J. G. Vedder, J.E. Schoelhamer, M.C. Israelsky
1956, Open-File Report 56-126
The U. S. Geological Survey, at the request of the Director of Naval Petroleum Reserves, undertook a geologic investigation of San Nicolas Island, Ventura County California, in the spring of 1955. This preliminary report summarizes present knowledge concerning the general stratigraphy and structure of the island. Additional surface and underwater...
Magnetite deposits near Klukwan and Haines, southeastern Alaska
Eugene C. Robertson
1956, Open-File Report 56-101
Low-grade iron ore is found in magnetite-bearing pyroxenite bodies near Klukwan and Haines in Southeastern Alaska. An alluvial fan at Haines also contains magnetite-bearing rock of possible economic significance. The Haines-Klukwan area is underlain by rocks of Mesozoic Including epidote diorite, quartz diorite, and alaskite of the Coast Range batholith,...
Data on water wells in Cuddeback, Superior, and Harper Valleys, San Bernardino County, California
Fred Kunkel
1956, Open-File Report 56-73
X-ray powder data for uranium and thorium minerals
Clifford Frondel, Daphne Riska, Judith Weiss Frondel
1956, Bulletin 1036-G
An inferred relationship between some uranium deposits and calcium carbonate cement in southern Black Hills, South Dakota
Garland B. Gott
1956, Trace Elements Memorandum 1000
Evidence resulting from geologic mapping in the southern Black Hills indicates that the areas marginal to some of the larger carbonate-cemented sandstones constitute favorable geochemical environments for the localization of uranium deposits. To determine whether these favorable environments are predictable a limited experimental core-drilling program was carried out. An extensive...
Data on water wells in Lucerne, Johnson, Fry, and Means Valleys, San Bernardino County, California
Francis S. Riley
1956, Open-File Report 56-100
Drilling data in the Montfort, Rewey, Mifflin, Belmont, and Calamine quadrangles, Wisconsin
John Edward Carlson
1956, Open-File Report 56-23
Sixty-six churn drill holes aggregating 10,351 feet were drilled in the fall of 1955 in the zinc-lead district of southwestern Wisconsin (fig. 1). This drilling was part of a cooperative program of geologic mapping by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Geologic and Natural History Survey.The holes penetrate...
Bear River hydrometric data, tri-state investigations, 1955
A.H. Harris, W.N. Jibson
1956, Open-File Report 56-50
Bear River hydrometric data, tri-state investigations, 1954
A.H. Harris, W.N. Jibson
1956, Open-File Report 56-49
Floods of August 1955 in the Northeastern States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1956, Circular 377
The floods of August 1955 were an unprecedented disaster in a arge area of the northeastern United States. They rank among the most destructive in the country's his ory. Augmented by the antecedent hurricane sto m of August 11-15, the rainfall of August 17-20 accompanying hurricane Diane reached maximum val...
Reservoirs in the United States
N.O. Thomas, G. Earl Harbeck Jr.
1956, Water Supply Paper 1360-A
Reservoir storage facilities in the United States play an important part in the national economy. Storage facilities have enabled the country to utilize to a much fuller extent one of the most valuable natural resources: water. During recent years the construction of reservoirs has continued at a high rate. This...
Estimated use of water in Tennessee, 1949 (breakdown of data pertaining to Tennessee published in Circular 115)
W.R. Eaton
1956, Open-File Report 56-42
Sediment data for streams in northwestern California
F.C. Ames
1956, Open-File Report 56-1
Summary of ground-water data-collection stations in Florida
M. I. Rorabaugh
1956, Open-File Report 56-104
Surface-water resources of Polecat Creek basin, Oklahoma
L.L. Laine
1956, Open-File Report 56-75
A compilation of basic data on surface waters in Polecat Creek basin is presented on a monthly basis for Heyburn Reservoir and for Polecat Creek at Heyburn, Okla. Chemical analyses are shown for five sites in the basin. Correlation of runoff records with those for nearby basins indicates that the average...
Analysis of basic data concerning ground water in the Yuma area, Arizona
R. H. Brown, J. W. Harshbarger, H. E. Thomas
1956, Open-File Report 56-16
Geology of southeastern Ventura Basin, Los Angeles County, California
Edward L. Winterer
1956, Open-File Report 56-134
The Ventura Basin (see index map, fig. 1) has long been one of the important oil-producing districts of California. The eastern part of the Basin includes some of the oldest oil fields in the state and also several of those most recently discovered. Since 1937 several new fields have been...
X-ray powder data for uranium and thorium minerals
Clifford Frondel, Daphne Riska, Judith Weiss Frondel
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 575
The U.S. Geological Survey has in preparation a comprehensive volume on the mineralogy of uranium and thorium. This work has been done as part of a continuing systematic survey of data on uranium and thorium minerals on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Pending publication of...
Host rocks and their alterations as related to uranium-bearing veins in the United States
George W. Walker
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 638
This paper, dealing with the different kinds of host rocks and their alterations associated with uranium-bearing veins in the United States, is a chapter of a comprehensive report entitled , "Geology of uranium-bearing vein deposits in the United States," in preparation by George W. Walker, Frank W. Osterwald, and others....
Hydrology of Indiana lakes
Joseph Irving Perrey, Don Melvin Corbett
1956, Water Supply Paper 1363
Indiana's lakes are a valuable resource for both recreational use and their industrial potential. Some lakes are used for water supply. The natural lakes are glacial in origin and are most concentrated in northeastern Indiana. Many of the lakes were drained by the early settlers. The natural processes of sedimentation ad...
Sub-glacial volcanic eruptions
Donald Edward White
1956, Trace Elements Memorandum 1089
The literature on sub-glacial volcanic eruptions and the related flood phenomena has been reviewed as a minor part of the larger problem of convective and conductive heat transfer from intrusive magma. (See Lovering, 1955, for a review of the extensive literature on this subject.) This summary of data on sub-glacial...
Summary of reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in Alaska, 1945-1954, and an appraisal of Alaskan uranium possibilities
Helmuth Wedow Jr.
1956, Trace Elements Investigations 577
In the period 1945-1954 over 100 investigations for radioactive source materials were made in Alaska. The nature of these investigations ranged from field examinations of individual prospects or the laboratory analysis of significantly radioactive samples submitted by prospectors to reconnaissance studies of large districts. In this period no deposits of...
