Mineral commodity profiles: Silver
W. C. Butterman, Henry E. Hilliard
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1251
Overview -- Silver is one of the eight precious, or noble, metals; the others are gold and the six platinum-group metals (PGM). World mine production in 2001 was 18,700 metric tons (t) and came from mines in 60 countries; the 10 leading producing countries accounted for 86 percent of the...
U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results
Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Philip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Schenk
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1182
No abstract available....
Alabama-Mississippi coastal classification maps - Perdido Pass to Cat Island
Robert A. Morton, Russell L. Peterson
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1151
The primary purpose of the USGS National Assessment of Coastal Change Project is to provide accurate representations of pre-storm ground conditions for areas that are designated high-priority because they have dense populations or valuable resources that are at risk from storm waves. Another purpose of the project is to develop...
Generalized geologic map of bedrock lithologies and surficial deposits in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park region, Tennessee and North Carolina
Scott Southworth, Art Schultz, Danielle Denenny
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1410
The geology of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GSMNP) region of Tennessee and North Carolina was studied from 1993 to 2003 as part of a cooperative investigation with the National Park Service (NPS). This work has been compiled as a 1:100,000-scale map derived from mapping done at 1:24,000 and...
Mineral commodity profiles: Germanium
W. C. Butterman, John D. Jorgenson
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1218
Overview -- Germanium is a hard, brittle semimetal that first came into use a half-century ago as a semiconductor material in radar units and as the material from which the first transistor was made. Today it is used principally as a component of the glass in telecommunications fiber optics; as...
Particle atlas of World Trade Center dust
Heather Lowers, Gregory P. Meeker
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1165
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a reassessment of the presence of World Trade Center (WTC) dust in residences, public buildings, and office spaces in New York City, New York. Background dust samples collected from residences, public buildings, and office spaces will be analyzed by multiple laboratories...
Flooding of the Androscoggin River during December 18-19, 2003, in Canton, Maine
Robert W. Dudley
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1176
The Androscoggin River flooded the town of Canton, Maine in December 2003, resulting in damage to and (or) evacuation of 44 homes. Streamflow records at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations at Rumford (USGS station identification number 01054500) and Auburn (01059000) were used to estimate the peak streamflow for...
Geologic and hydrogeologic framework of the Espanola basin -- Proceedings of the 4th annual Espanola Basin Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 1-3, 2005
Kevin C. McKinney
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1130
This report presents abstracts of technical studies that pertain to the hydrogeologic framework of theThis report presents abstracts of technical studies that pertain to the hydrogeologic framework of the Española basin, a major subbasin of the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift. Sediments and interbedded volcanic rocks that fill the...
Results of chemical and isotopic analyses of sediment and water from alluvium of the Canadian River near a closed municipal landfill, Norman, Oklahoma
George N. Breit, Michele L.W. Tuttle, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Scott C. Christenson, Jeanne B. Jaeschke, David L. Fey, Cyrus J. Berry
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1091
Results of physical and chemical analyses of sediment and water collected near a closed municipal landfill at Norman, Oklahoma are presented in this report. Sediment analyses are from 40 samples obtained by freeze-shoe coring at 5 sites, and 14 shallow (depth <1.3 m) sediment samples. The sediment was analyzed to...
Future petroleum supply - exploration or development?
Timothy R. Klett
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1274
The presentation is titled 'Future Petroleum Supply - Exploration or Development?' and provides a general overview of the magnitude and significance of reserve growth around the world. Reserve growth is defined as the increase in successive estimates of recoverable crude oil, natural gas, and natural-gas liquids and condensates in discovered...
Water-level altitudes 2005 and water-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers and compaction 1973-2004 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas
Mark C. Kasmarek, Natalie A. Houston
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1128
This report is one in an annual series of reports that depicts water-level altitudes and water-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers, and compaction in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston-Galveston region. The Houston-Galveston region comprises Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Waller, and Montgomery Counties and adjacent...
GWM-a ground-water management process for the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model (MODFLOW-2000)
David P. Ahlfeld, Paul M. Barlow, Anne E. Mulligan
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1072
GWM is a Ground?Water Management Process for the U.S. Geological Survey modular three?dimensional ground?water model, MODFLOW?2000. GWM uses a response?matrix approach to solve several types of linear, nonlinear, and mixed?binary linear ground?water management formulations. Each management formulation consists of a set of decision variables, an objective function, and a set...
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the Magothy aquifer, September 1975 and September 2003 in southern Maryland
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1007
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland for September 1975 and September 2003. The map, based on water level measurements in 51 wells, shows that during the 28-year period, the potentiometric...
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the Aquia Aquifer, September 1982 and September 2003 in southern Maryland
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreason, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1005
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia Formation of Paleocene age in Southern Maryland for September 1982 and September 2003. The map, based on water level measurements in 56 wells, shows that the potentiometric surface during the 21-year...
Project PROBE Leg II: Final report and archive of swath bathymetric sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS navigation data collected during USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003
Uri S. ten Brink, William Danforth, Christopher F. Polloni, Castle Eugene Parker, Toshihiko Uozumi, Glynn F. Williams
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1400
No abstract available....
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the upper Patapsco aquifer, September 1990 and September 2003 in southern Maryland
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1009
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in the Upper Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland for September 1990 and September 2003. The map, based on water level measurements in 32 wells, shows that during the 13-year period,...
Potentiometric surface of the Aquia Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreason, Judith C. Wheeler
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1004
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia Formation of Paleocene age in Southern Maryland during September 2003. The map is based on water-level measurements in 91 wells. The highest measured water level was 40 feet above sea level near the northern...
Ground-water quality in the Chemung River Basin, New York, 2003
Kari K. Hetcher-Aguila
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1329
Water samples were collected from 24 public-supply wells and 13 private residential wells during the summer of 2003 and analyzed to describe the chemical quality of ground water throughout the Chemung River basin, upgradient from Waverly, N.Y, on the Pennsylvania border. Wells were selected to represent areas of heaviest ground-water...
Data for selected gaging stations in the upper Red River of the North Basin in Minnesota, September 2001 through September 2003
William C. Damschen, Rochelle A. Nustad
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1150
Surface-water and water-quality data were collected to use in development of upper Red River of the North Basin Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). This report presents the data that were collected. During September 2001 through September 2003, data were collected at 13 selected gaging stations in the upper Red...
Correlation analysis of a ground-water level monitoring network, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Scott T. Prinos
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1412
The U.S. Geological Survey cooperative ground-water monitoring program in Miami-Dade County, Florida, expanded from 4 to 98 continuously recording water-level monitoring wells during the 1939-2001 period. Network design was based on area specific assessments; however, no countywide statistical assessments of network coverage had been performed for the purpose of assessing...
The stability of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in ground-water samples archived in borosilicate ampoules
Stephanie Dunkle Shapiro, Eurybiades Busenberg, Niel Plummer
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1392
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) Laboratory in Reston, Va., has been measuring concentrations of CFCs in ground-water samples since 1989 to estimate the year that a water sample was recharged to a ground-water flow system. The water samples have been collected in flame-sealed borosilicate ampoules. Typically for each...
Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Keith Brady, Charles A. Cravotta III,
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1148
Recent construction for Interstate Highway 99 (I?99) exposed pyrite and associated Zn-Pb sulfide minerals beneath a >10-m thick gossan to oxidative weathering along a 40-60-m deep roadcut through a 270-m long section of the Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation at Skytop, near State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Nearby Zn-Pb deposits hosted...
Organic petrography of coals from a coalbed methane test well, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Paul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1134
No abstract available....
Reconnaissance gas measurements on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Kenneth A. McGee, Tamar Elias, A. Jefferson Sutton, Michael P. Doukas, Peter G. Zemek, Terrence M. Gerlach
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1062
We report the results of a set of measurements of volcanic gases on two small ground level plumes in the vicinity of Pu`u `O`o cone on the middle East Rift Zone (ERZ) of Kilauea volcano, Hawai`i on 15 June 2001 using open-path Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The work was...
Role of rock/fluid characteristics in carbon (CO2) storage and modeling
Mahendra K. Verma
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1137
The presentation ? Role of Rock/Fluid Characteristics in Carbon (CO2) Storage and Modeling ? was prepared for the meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Houston, Tex., on April 6?7, 2005. It provides an overview of greenhouse gases, particularly CO2, and a summary of their effects on the Earth?s...
