Selected hydrologic data for Salt Lake Valley, Utah, October 1968 to October 1985
R. L. Seiler
1986, Open-File Report 86-249
This report contains hydrologic data collected in Salt Lake Valley from October 1968 to October 1985. The report area is bounded by the Wasatch Range on the east, the Oquirrh Mountains on the west, the Traverse Mountains on the south, and the boundary between Davis and Salt Lake Counties on...
Geohydrology and simulated response to ground-water pumpage in Carson Valley, a river-dominated basin in Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California
D. K. Maurer
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4328
A numerical model was used to simulate the effect of development of the groundwater reservoir in Carson Valley on Carson River outflow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater levels and storage. The basin-fill groundwater reservoir consists of: (1) confined and unconfined sedimentary deposits of Quaternary age that underlie the valley floor, and (2)...
Mines and prospects of the Butte 1° x 2° Quadrangle, Montana
James E. Elliott, Jeffrey S. Loen, K. K. Wise, Michael J. Blaskowski
1986, Open-File Report 86-632
The Butte quadrangle, in the Northern Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, has had a long, productive, and colorful mining history. Butte, the city from which the quadrangle takes its name, is located in the most famous mining district of the quadrangle. This district, the Butte or Summit Valley district, has...
Genesis and evolution of the Baid al Jimalah tungsten deposit, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Robert J. Kamilli
1986, Open-File Report 86-588
The Baid al Jimalah tungsten deposit flat 25°09 N., long 42°41' E.) is a swarm of steeply dipping, sheeted, tungsten-bearing quartz veins. It is spatially, temporally, and genetically associated with a 569 Ma, highly differentiated, porphyritic granite that intrudes late Proterozoic, immature sandstones of the Murdama group. The bulk of the...
Pacific Enewetak Atoll Crater Exploration (PEACE) program, Enewetak Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Part 1: Drilling operations and descriptions of boreholes in vicinity of KOA and OAK craters
Thomas W. Henry, Bruce R. Wardlaw, Betty Skipp, Richard P. Major, Joshua I. Tracey Jr.
1986, Open-File Report 86-419
From mid-1984 through mid-1985, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) engaged in an investigation of two craters formed from high-yield, near-surface nuclear bursts in the Marshall Islands at Enewetak Atoll (figures 1 and 2). Supported by the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), this cooperative venture is referred to by the acronym...
Floods of June-July 1982, in Iowa
A.J. Heinitz
1986, Open-File Report 85-151
Record flood-peak discharges occurred in June and July, 1982, in southwestern, south-central, and east-central Iowa. The record flood peaks resulted from rainfalls of 6 to 8 inches on soil saturated from persistent moderate to heavy rainfalls that began in May and continued through mid July. May was the wettest across Iowa...
Example evaluation of a permit application for a proposed hazardous-waste landfill in eastern Adams County, Colorado
E. R. Banta
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4131
A project was undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to demonstrate methods by which RCRA (Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) Part B permit applications might be evaluated. The purpose of the project was to prepare a report that would...
Analytical results and sample locality map for minus-60-mesh (0.25-mm) stream-sediment samples from the eastern part of the Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada
R. H. Hill, D. F. Siems, J. T. Nash
1986, Open-File Report 86-445
No abstract available....
Sediment accumulation in San Leandro Bay, Alameda County, California, during the 20th century -- A preliminary report
K.M. Nolan, C. C. Fuller
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4057
Major changes made in the configuration of San Leandro Bay, Alameda County, California, during the 20th century have caused rapid sedimentation within parts of the Bay. Opening of the Oakland tidal channel and removal of 97% of the marshlands formerly surrounding the Bay have decreased tidal velocities and volumes. Marshland...
Altitude and configuration of the water table in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas, 1960
Marilyn E. Pabst, Lloyd E. Stullken
1986, Open-File Report 82-429
The High Plains aquifer in Kansas is part of a regional aquifer system that extends into Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The aquifer in Kansas underlies an area of 31,000 square miles in the western and south-central part of the State. The aquifer is a...
Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1980 in the eastern Chukchi Sea
Arthur Grantz, Dennis M. Mann, Steven D. May
1986, Open-File Report 86-405
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected approximately 2,652 km of 24-channel seismic-reflection data in early September, 1980, over the continental shelf in the eastern Chukchi Sea (Fig. 1). The profiles were collected on the USGS Research Vessel S.P. Lee. The seismic energy source consisted of a tuned array of five...
Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, California, showing ground-water subunits and areas, location of wells, and water-level contours for spring 1984
W. R. Moyle Jr., Florence M. Glenn
1986, Open-File Report 86-498
No abstract available....
Bibliographies and location maps of aeromagnetic and aeroradiometric publications for the states east of the Mississippi River and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
Patricia L. Hill
1986, Open-File Report 86-525-D
Bibliographies and location maps of selected publications containing aeromagnetic and/or aeroradiometric data have been compiled for each state. These state indexes have been grouped together to form seven open-file reports: four for the conterminous United States (see index map below), one for Alaska and Hawaii, one for Puerto Rico and...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee– Tertiary aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, M. W. Bradley, Dolores Mulderink
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4011
The Tertiary aquifer system in Tennessee is composed of sands and clays of Quaternary and Tertiary age. The aquifer system occurs in west Tennessee from the Mississippi River east to the outcrop of the Porters Creek Clay. Groundwater in the Tertiary aquifer system is recharged at outcrops and through overlying...
Geohydrology of the southwest alluvial basins regional aquifer- systems analysis, parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas
D. W. Wilkins
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4224
The Southwest Alluvial Basins study is part of the National Regional Aquifer-Systems Analysis program. Twenty-two structural basins extend from the San Luis Basin in southern Colorado to the Presidio Basin in western Texas. Closed surface-water basins west of the Guadalupe Mountains and east of the Peloncillo Mountains are included in...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee: the East Tennessee aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, Dolores Mulderink, J. A. Macy, M. W. Bradley
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4091
The east Tennessee aquifer system occurs in the Valley and Ridge and the Blue Ridge provinces of Tennessee. These areas are underlain by rocks of Precambrian to Pennsylvanian age which have been structurally deformed and faulted during the Appalachian orogeny. Groundwater in the Valley and Ridge occurs primarily in solution...
Inventory of interbasin transfer of water in the Eastern United States
W. S. Mooty, H.H. Jeffcoat
1986, Open-File Report 86-148
Shallow ground-water flow, water levels, and quality of water, 1980-84, Cowles Unit, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
D.A. Cohen, R. J. Shedlock
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4340
The Cowles Unit of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, northwest Indiana, contains a broad dune-beach complex along the southern shoreline of Lake Michigan and a large wetland, called the Great Marsh, that occupies the lowland between the shoreline dunes and an older dune-beach complex farther inland. These lacustrine...
Water demands in Kansas, 1944-84
J. F. Kenny
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4038
The State of Kansas has administered water rights according to an appropriations doctrine since 1945. Water rights are issued by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources, for eight categories of beneficial use. Water rights data and limited information on reported water use are stored on a...
Plan of study for the Regional Aquifer-System Analysis, Columbia Plateau, Washington, northern Oregon, and northwestern Idaho
J. J. Vaccaro
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4151
The U.S. Geological Survey began a 4-year study of the regional aquifer system underlying the Columbia Plateau, in central and eastern Washington, northern Oregon, and northwestern Idaho in October 1983, as part of the Regional Aquifer System Analysis program. The study will describe the geohydrology, geochemistry, and quality of water...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee – The central basin aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, M. W. Bradley
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4002
A sand and gravel aquifer about 65 feet thick underlies Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northeastern lower Michigan. The water table ranges in depth from 10 feet to 25 feet below land surface. Mathematical models indicate that ground-water flow ranges from 0.8 feet per day in the eastern part of...
Description of sediment data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in small watersheds in coal-mining areas of the eastern United States, 1980-84
L. D. Arihood
1986, Open-File Report 86-309
Hydrologic data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 20 small watersheds in the surface-mining areas of the eastern United States from 1980 through 1984 as part of the Survey1 s coal-hydrology program. Each data set includes sediment-concentration, streamflow, and precipitation data collected at 5- or 15-minute intervals. One...
Assessment of low-flow water quality in the Du Page River, Illinois
W.O. Freeman, A.R. Schmidt, J. K. Stamer
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4344
The relations of several stream processes to concentrations of dissolved oxygen and other constituents during low-flow periods were evaluated for a 70.3-mile reach of the Du Page River in northeastern Illinois, using measured data and computer simulations. Reaeration rates and traveltimes were measured at various flow rates using a steady-state...
Bibliographies and location maps of aeromagnetic and aeroradiometric publications of the states west of the Mississippi River and east of approximately 104 degrees longitude
Patricia L. Hill
1986, Open-File Report 86-525-B
Bibliographies and location maps of selected publications containing aeromagnetic and/or aeroradiometric data have been compiled for each state. These state indexes have been grouped together to form seven open-file reports: four for the conterminous United States (see index map below), one for Alaska and Hawaii, one for Puerto Rico and...
Three-dimensional model simulation of steady-state ground-water flow in the Albuquerque-Belen Basin, New Mexico
J. M. Kernodle, W. B. Scott
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4353
As part of the Southwest Alluvial Basins study, model was constructed to simulate the alluvial aquifer system underlying the Albuquerque-Belen Basin. The model was used to simulate the steady-state flow condition assumed to have existed prior to 1960. Until this time there apparently were no long-term groundwater level changes of...
