Mineral resource potential map of the Muddy Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Clark County, Nevada
Robert G. Bohannon, Andrew M. Leszcykowski, Leon E. Esparza, Clayton M. Rumsey
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1458-C
The Muddy Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA 050-0229), Clark County, Nevada, has a high potential for mineral deposits of calcium borates and lithium. The known and potential mineral deposits are concentrated in the east-central and south-central parts of the study area (see map). Zeolites (in particular clinoptilolite) are present in...
Mineral resource potential map of the James River Face Wilderness, Bedford and Rockbridge counties, Virginia
C. Erwin Brown, Gertrude C. Gazdik
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1337-D
The rocks in the James River Face Wilderness are shales and quartzites that overlie a meta-igneous basement. They are folded into a large southwestward-plunging anticline that is cut off on the east and south by an extensive thrust fault that brings old basement rocks over the younger sedimentary rocks. Geochemical...
Mineral resource potential map of the Vermilion Cliffs-Paria Canyon instant study area, Coconino County, Arizona, and Kane County, Utah
Alfred L. Bush, Michael Lane
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1475-D
In general, the mineral potential of the study area is low; in the past the area has yielded only several hundred tons of uranium ore, and there have been a number of unsuccessful efforts to produce gold. The generally small uraniferous deposits are in the Chinle Formation, mostly in the basal...
Water resources data for Washington, water year 1980: Vol. 2 - Eastern Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report WA-80-2
Water Resources data for the 1980 water year for Washington consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report in two volumes contains records for water discharge at...
Geochemical survey of the Cohutta Wilderness and the Hemp Top Roadless Area, northern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee
Jacob E. Gair
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1415-B
The contiguous Cohutta Wilderness and Hemp Top Roadless Area are in the western part of the Blue Ridge physiographic province of northern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee (fig. 1). All of the study area is in Georgia except an irregular strip of land about 1 mi at its widest on the...
Geologic map of the Redwood Creek drainage basin, Humboldt County, California
Deborah Reid Harden, H.M. Kelsey, S.D. Morrison, T.A. Stephens
1982, Open-File Report 81-496
A 1:62,500-scale geologic map with 14 rock stratigraphic units and an accompanying explanatory text are used to describe the geology of the Redwood Creek drainage basin of northwestern California. A large part of Redwood National Park is located in the downstream part of this actively eroding drainage basin. The bedrock...
Water resources data, New York, water year 1981; Volume 1. Eastern New York excluding Long Island
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report NY-81-1
Water resources data for the 1981 water year for New York consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 105 gaging stations; stage only...
Geophysical survey of the Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area and contiguous areas, Beaverhead County, Montana and Clark and Fremont counties, Idaho
R.A. Martin
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1342-C
Parts of both the Targhee and Beaverhead National Forests are within the study area. Four contiguous parcels of land, totaling about 96,176 acres (38,922 ha) make up the area. The first of these encompasses about 46,126 acres (18,667 ha), is wholly in Montana, and includes an addition by the Bureau...
Generalized configuration of the top of the limestone unit of the lower part of the surficial aquifer, Duval County, Florida
Rick M. Spechler
1982, Open-File Report 82-336
The top of the limestone unit ranges from about 25 feet above sea level in western Duval County to about 75 feet below sea level locally in the eastern part of the county. The limestone, which is part of the surficial aquifer, is the principal source of water to shallow...
Analytical method codes and descriptions for well and outcrop samples: Eastern Gas Shales Project data system
T. S. Dyman, L.A. Wilcox, M.R. Foster
1982, Open-File Report 81-1047
The United States Geological Survey and Petroleum Information Corporation (PI) of Denver have created a large computerized file of sample data for the Eastern Gas Shales Project (EGSP) as a responsibility to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), Morgantown, West Virginia. The EGSP was initiated...
Geological studies of the COST nos. G-1 and G-2 wells, United States North Atlantic outer continental shelf
Chiye R. Wenkam
Peter A. Scholle, editor(s)
1982, Circular 861
The COST Nos. G-1 and G-2 wells (fig. 1) are the second and third deep stratigraphic test wells drilled in the North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf of the United States. COST No. G-1 was drilled in the Georges Bank basin to a total depth of 16,071 ft (4,898 m). G-1...
Geochemical analyses of panned heavy-mineral concentrates, stream sediments and rock samples from the East Yuba and West Yuba Roadless Areas, Plumas and Sierra Counties, California
Susan S. Page, Joel R. Bergquist
1982, Open-File Report 82-825
No abstract available....
Water resources of the Ochlockonee River area, northwest Florida
Charles A. Pascale, Jeffry R. Wagner
1982, Open-File Report 81-1121
The Ochlockonee River area comprises about 1,420 square miles in the panhandle of northwest Florida. In 1975, the population of the area was about 48,000. Water use averaged 11.4 million gallons per day; about half was pumped from wells and half from streams.The area receives 57 inches of precipitation per...
Johnstown-western Pennsylvania storms and floods of July 19-20, 1977
L. Ray Hoxit, Robert A. Maddox, Charles F. Chappell, Stan A. Brua
1982, Professional Paper 1211
Widespread thunderstorms associated with two major squall lines, moved across Pennsylvania between the afternoon of July 19 and morning of July 20, 1977. The western part of outflow boundary produced by the second line became almost stationary in western Pennsylvania and resulted in 6 to 9 hours of nearly continuous...
Preliminary assessment of potential volcanic hazards in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwestern Nevada
C. Dan Miller, D. R. Crandell, D. R. Mullineaux, R. Hoblitt, R. A. Bailey
1982, Open-File Report 82-583
No abstract available....
Summary of hydrologic testing in Tertiary limestone aquifer, Tenneco offshore exploratory well--Atlantic OCS, lease-block 427 (Jacksonville NH 17-5)
Richard H. Johnston, Peter W. Bush, Richard E. Krause, James A. Miller, Craig L. Sprinkle
1982, Water Supply Paper 2180
A summary of hydrologic testing in an offshore oil-test well (LB427) drilled for Tenneco, Inc., 55 miles east of Fernandina Beach, Florida, is presented. The interval tested (1,050 to 1,070 feet below sea level) is in a calcarenite that is equivalent to the Ocala Limestone (late Eocene) of onshore Florida...
Gulf of Alaska and Lower Cook Inlet summary report 3: Second revision of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Alaska (including Lower Cook Inlet) and their onshore impacts: A summary report, September 1980
Joanne Barnes Jackson, Frederick N. Kurz
1982, Open-File Report 82-20
Five Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sales have been held in the Gulf of Alaska subregion of Alaska. Lease Sale 39, in the northern Gulf of Alaska, was held on April 13, 1976, and it resulted in the leasing of 76 tracts. Lease Sale CI, held on October 27, 1977,...
Chemical and mineralogical variation in the Pioneer Batholith, southwest Montana
J. M. Hammarstrom
1982, Open-File Report 82-148
No abstract available....
Selected hydrologic data, Price River basin, Utah, water years 1979 and 1980
K.M. Waddell, J.E. Dodge, D.W. Darby, S.M. Theobald
1982, Open-File Report 82-916
The Price River basin in east-central Utah includes a significant part of the Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs coal-fields area (pi. 1) and currently (1980) is part of the most active coal-mining areas in the State.This report presents data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic...
Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada; a preliminary assessment
C. Dan Miller, D. R. Mullineaux, D. R. Crandell, R. A. Bailey
1982, Circular 877
No abstract available....
Water resources of Rockland Basin, southeastern Idaho
Rhea P. Williams, H.W. Young
1982, Open-File Report 82-755
Rockland basin comprises about 320 sq mi of the Snake River drainage in southeastern Idaho. Mountain ranges bordering the basin are composed predominantly of limestone and are complexly faulted. Major aquifers include Holocene alluvium, Quaternary-Tertiary volcanic rocks, and Tertiary sedimentary rocks. Groundwater occurs under water table conditions except where it...
Availability and quality of water from the Dakota aquifer, northwest Iowa
M. R. Burkart
1982, Open-File Report 82-264
The Dakota aquifer in northwest Iowa consists of sandstones in the Dakota Formation. It underlies most of the study area and is the most extensive source of ground water in the area. Individual sandstone beds are from less than 10 to more than 150 feet thick. The cumulative thickness of...
Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Lakota Formation and equivalent units in the northern Great Plains area of Montana
Gary Wayne Levings
1982, Open-File Report 82-563
The potentiometric surface of water in the lower Cretaceous Lakota Formation and equivalent units (Cut Bank Sandstone Member , Sunburst Sandstone Member, and Moulton Member of Kootenai formation; Third Cat Creek sandstone of Kootenai Formation; Pryor Conglomerate Member of Kootenai Formation) is shown on a base at a scale of...
Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Judith River Formation in the northern Great Plains area of Montana
Gary W. Levings
1982, Open-File Report 82-562
The potentiometric surface of the Judith River Formation is mapped at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series produced as part of a regional study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great Plains of Montana. The contour interval is 200 feet. Water...
Floods of May 1981 in west-central Montana
Charles Parrett, R. J. Omang, J. A. Hull, John W. Fassler
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-33
Extensive flooding occurred in west-central Montana during May 22-23, 1981, as a result of a series of rainstorms. Flooding was particularly severe in the communities of East Helena, Belt, and Deer Lodge. Although no lives were lost, total flood damages were estimated by the Montana Disaster Emergency Services Division to...
