Aeromagnetic map of the Wet Beaver Roadless Area, Yavapai and Coconino counties, Arizona
R.A. Martin
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1558-C
The Wet Beaver Roadless Area includes 9,890 acres (15.4 mi2) of the Coconino National Forest and is in T. 15 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 E., Yavapai and Coconino Counties, central Arizona. Camp Verde, the nearest major population center, is about 13 mi southwest of the road less area. The...
Aeromagnetic map of the Rattlesnake Roadless Area, Coconino and Yavapai counties, Arizona
R.A. Martin
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1567-C
The Rattlesnake Road less Area covers 32,870 acres between long 11°37'30" and long 111°47'30" W. and between lat 34°40' and lat 34°45' N., Coconino and Yavapai Counties, in central Arizona. Sedona and 0ak Creek, the nearest population centers, are located, respectively, at the northwest corner and along the west boundary...
Hydrogeologic and water-quality characteristics of the Red River-Winnipeg aquifer northwestern Minnesota
J. F. Ruhl, D. G. Adolphson
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4111
The Red River-Winnipeg aquifer of Ordovician age occupies a depression in the Proterozoic crystalline bedrock of northwestern Minnesota. The Winnipeg Formation, which underlies the Red River Formation, consists of two units: A lower shaley mudstone and an upper medium-grained sandstone. The Red River Formation consists of a lower dolomitic, dark-gray...
Geohydrology of and potential for fluid disposal in the Arbuckle Aquifer in Kansas
J. E. Carr, H.E. McGovern, Tony Gogel, J.H. Doveton
1986, Open-File Report 86-491
The Arbuckle aquifer is an extensive aquifer that contains mostly saline water and that immediately overlies Precambrian ' basement ' rocks throughout Kansas, except for major uplift areas where it has been removed by erosion. In the southeast part of the state, it is a major freshwater aquifer. The upper...
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....
Distribution and altitude of the top of saline ground water in the southeastern Coastal Plain
Roger W. Lee, Sydney S. DeJarnette, Rene A. Barker
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4109
A map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the approximate distribution of saline water (greater than 10,000 mg/L as NaCl) in the Southeastern Coastal Plain. The primary distribution of saline water is in Cretaceous sediments and may be characterized as an extensive body of fluid whose upper surface generally...
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...
Potentiometric-surface map of the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, Powder River structural basin, Wyoming, 1973-84
Pamela B. Daddow
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4305
Previous water level maps of shallow aquifers in the Powder River structural basin in Wyoming were based on water levels from wells completed in different stratigraphic intervals within thick sequences of sedimentary rocks. A potentiometric surface using water levels from a single aquifer had never been mapped throughout the basin....
Map showing slope movements in the Oak Forest Quadrangle, Greene County, southwestern Pennsylvania
J. S. Pomeroy
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1794
This map is the first example in the eastern United States of a 1:24,000-scale 7.5– minute quadrangle map that identifies areas with slope—stability problems in detail. Such a map enables the user to make a rapid evaluation of the potential for mass movement. Furthermore, detailed slope movement inventory of this...
Summary geochemical maps for samples of rock, stream sediment, and nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrate, Cypress Roadless Area, Kern County, California
M.A. Chaffee, D.L. Fey, R. H. Hill, S. J. Sutley
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1532-B
The Cypress Roadless Area comprises approximately 3 square miles (1,949 acres) of Sequoia National Forest, Kern County, California. The area is at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 30 miles east-northeast of Bakersfield, and 2.5 miles and 3.5 miles south-southeast of the communities of Bodfish and Lake Isabella,...
Geophysical maps of the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona
G. A. Abrams
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1873-A
The Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Arizona, lies along part of the crest and northeast flank of the Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, near the southeast corner of Arizona (fig. 1). The U.S. Bureau of Land Management requested mineral surveys of about 11,921 acres of the approximately 15,000 acre...
Structure contour map of the top of the Castlegate Sandstone, eastern part of the Uinta Basin and the western part of the Piceance Creek basin, Utah and Colorado
R. C. Johnson
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1826
No abstract available. ...
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...
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...
Bibliographies and location maps of aeromagnetic and aeroradiometric publications for the states east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
Patricia L. Hill
1986, Open-File Report 86-525-C
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...
Ground water in the Long Meadow area and its relation with that in the General Sherman Tree area, Sequoia National Park, California
J. P. Akers
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4178
Westward movement of ground water from the Long Meadow area of Sequoia National Park, California, to the General Sherman Tree area is prevented by an eastward hydraulic gradient and low fracture permeability of a granodiorite ridge separating the two areas. Clay beds present in the alluvium in the Long Meadow...
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...
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...
Hydrologic effects of withdrawal of ground water on the West Fargo aquifer system, eastern Cass County, North Dakota
C. A. Armstrong
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4279
The West Fargo area is underlain by glaciofluvial deposits, which comprise the West Fargo aquifer system* These deposits range in thickness from 5 to 227 feet. The West Fargo aquifer system extends from the vicinity of Argusville, Cass County, to at least as far south as Richland County. The aquifer...
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...
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...
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...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee– The Cretaceous aquifer system of west-Tennessee
J. V. Brahana, Dolores Mulderink, M. W. Bradley
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4039
The Cretaceous aquifer in Tennessee is composed of sand and clay of Cretaceous age. The aquifer occurs in west Tennessee from the Mississippi River east to the Tennessee River. Groundwater in the Cretaceous aquifer is recharged at outcrops and through overlying permeable deposits. The overlying Porter 's Creek clay acts...
Potentiometric surface, ground-water withdrawals, and recharge area for the Lisbon aquifer in Alabama, fall 1982
John S. Williams, Michael Planert, Sydney S. DeJarnette
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4120
The U.S. Geological Survey began a nationwide program in 1978, termed Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA), to study a number of the major aquifer systems that provide a significant part of the country 's water supply. One of the aquifer systems chosen for study was the thick and extensive sequence of...
Geological and geochemical data for seamounts and associated ferromanganese crusts in the Ratak Chain, Marshall Islands
W. C. Schwab, J.R. Hein, A. S. Davis, L.A. Morgenson, C.L. Daniel, J.A. Haggerty
1986, Open-File Report 86-338
In 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a reconnaissance cruise L9-84-CP aboard the R/V S.P. LEE along the northern Ratak Ridge, Marshall Islands (Fig. 1). Preliminary geochemical results from the cruise show that ferromanganese crusts (Mn crusts) on the submarine slopes of seamounts, and islands may have potential for...
