The Emma Bell deposit, Siskiyou Co., California: A possible low-grade source of chromite
B. R. Lipin, Nicholas Wetzel, S. M. Heinrich
1983, Open-File Report 83-816
The Emma Bell chromite deposit in Siskiyou County, California contains over 5 million tons of dunite averaging about 4 percent Cr2O3. Chromite is not evenly disseminated throughout the dunite, however. For the most part the deposit consists of many chromite-rich bands in sharp contact with, and separated by, common dunite...
Water resources data for Oregon, water year 1982. Volume 1: Eastern Oregon
L.L. Hubbard, T.D. Parks, D.L. Weiss, L.E. Hubbard
1983, Water Data Report OR-82-1
No abstract available....
Biostratigraphic correlation chart of some Upper Cretaceous rocks from the Lost Soldier area, Wyoming to west of Craig, Colorado
J.W. Bader, J. R. Gill, W. A. Cobban, B. E. Law
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1548
This chart depicts the time-stratigraphic relations of some Upper Cretaceous rocks along the eastern and southeastern margins of the Greater Green River Basin, south-central Wyoming and northwestern Colorado. The purpose of this report is to release a preferred set of correlations based upon marine mollusk biostratigraphy. The senior author, with...
Geology report for proposed oil and gas lease sale No. 90; continental margin off the southeastern United States
William P. Dillon
1983, Open-File Report 83-186
This report summarizes our general knowledge of the geology and petroleum potential, as well as potential problems and hazards associated with development of petroleum resources, within the area proposed for nominations for lease sale number 90. This area includes the U.S. eastern continental margin from Raleigh Bay, just south of...
Hydrology of area 21, Eastern Coal province, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
V.J. May
1983, Open-File Report 82-679
No abstract available....
Alteration and vein mineralization, Schwartzwalder uranium deposit, Front Range, Colorado
Alan R. Wallace
1983, Open-File Report 83-417
The Schwartzwalder uranium deposit, in the Front Range west of Denver, Colorado, is the largest vein-type uranium deposit in the United States. The deposit is situated in a steeply dipping fault system that cuts Proterozoic metamorphic rocks. The host rocks represent a submarine volcanic system with associated chert and iron-...
Index of faults of Cretaceous and Cenozoic age in the eastern United States
David C. Prowell
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1269
The information in this report was collected between 1974 and 1982 as part of the Reactor Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This program was initiated to delineate and assess geologic hazards that could be particularly detrimental to major constructions, especially nuclear reactors. Faults are of principal interest...
Hydrology of area 34, eastern region, interior coal province, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois
F. Quinones, K. L. York, R. O. Plebuch
1983, Open-File Report 82-638
No abstract available....
A hydrogeochemical survey in east-central Nevada
John B. McHugh, W. Roger Miller, Walter H. Ficklin
1983, Open-File Report 83-286
A hydrogeochemical survey utilizing waters from springs and wells was conducted in east-central Nevada. None of the trace elements commonly associated with mineralization were found to be highly anomalous in the study area. Slightly anomalous values for some elements were found in the southern valleys of the study area and...
Artificial recharge in the northern part of Chino ground-water basin, upper Santa Ana Valley, California
J. H. Koehler
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4122
This study was made to help management design and implement a recharge-recapture system for State Water Project water in Chino Basin. Nine test holes were drilled in the study area. Analyses of data from these test holes and drillers ' logs of water wells indicate the presence of clay deposits....
Aeromagnetic map of the Arnold Mesa Roadless Area, Yavapai County, Arizona
Willard E. Davis, Edward W. Wolfe
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1577-D
The Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts require the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to survey certain areas on Federal lands to determine their mineral resource potential. Results must be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and...
Tens of successive, colossal Missoula floods at north and east margins of channeled scabland
Richard B. Waitt
1983, Open-File Report 83-671
In deposits of Pleistocene glacial lakes in northern Idaho and Washington, beds comprising 20 to 55 varves (average = 35-40) separate each successive graded gravel or sand bed that was swiftly emplaced by a catastrophic flood from glacial Lake Missoula. The floodlaid beds are similar to rhythmic successions of 40...
High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles and sidescan-sonar records collected on eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound
Sally W. Needell, Ralph S. Lewis
1983, Open-File Report 83-334
No abstract available....
General characteristics and availability of Landsat 3 and heat capacity mapping mission thermal infrared data
C. Scott Southworth
1983, Open-File Report 83-123
Two satellite systems launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1978 carried sensors which operated in the thermal infrared (IR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum, The final IR radiation data provide spectral information about the physical properties of the Earth's surficial materials not duplicated in either the...
Mineral resource potential map of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Study Area, Huerfano and Las Animas counties, Colorado
Karin E. Budding, Steven E. Kluender
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1542-C
A geologic and geochemical investigation and a survey of mines and prospects have been conducted to evaluate the mineral resource potential of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Study Area, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, in south-central Colorado. The·study area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic to Tertiary age (Johnson, 1969)....
Connector well experiment to recharge the Floridan aquifer, east Orange County, Florida
Peter W. Bush
1983, Water Supply Paper 2210
An experimental connector well, screened in the shallow sand aquifer, finished with open hole in the Floridan aquifer and cased through the confining layer between the two aquifers, was drilled in east Orange County, Fla., to obtain information on the nature and function of the shallow aquifer as related to...
Nevada - basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in Geotherm; Part A
James D. Bliss
1983, Open-File Report 83-433-A
GEOTHERM, a computerized information system now off-line, was used to maintain data on the geology, geochemistry and hydrology of geothermal sites primarily within the United States. The system was proposed at the First Geothermal Implementation Conference in New Zealand in 1974 (Swanson, 1977) and was active until 1983. The primary...
Zinc, lead, and barite deposits and occurrences in Paleozoic rocks, east-central United States
Sandra H. Clark, Cathy L. Neeley
1983, Open-File Report 83-187
Ground water in the northern part of Clackamas County, Oregon
A.R. Leonard, C. A. Collins
1983, Open-File Report 80-1049
Northern Clackamas County is part of the rapidly growing Portland metropolitan area. Population of this 250-square-mile area increased about 50 percent between 1970 and 1976. The study area includes a small segment of the Willamette River alluvial valley near Canby, and extends northward to the Clackamas River and eastward to...
Surface water and climatologic data, Salt Lake County, Utah, water year 1981, with selected data for water years 1980 and 1982
H.F. McCormack, R.C. Christensen, D. W. Stephens, G. E. Pyper, J. F. Weigel, L.S. Conroy
1983, Open-File Report 83-694
This report contains precipitation, atmospheric-deposition, water- discharge and water-quality data collected in Salt Lake County as part of two investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey. The purpose of this report is to release data collected mainly during the 1981 water year. Selected data collected during the 1980 water year not...
Hydrology of area 20, Eastern Coal Province, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
E. F. Hollyday
1983, Open-File Report 82-440
No abstract available....
Garnet peridotites from Williams kimberlites, north-central Montana, U.S.A
B.C. Hearn, E. S. McGee
1983, Open-File Report 83-172
Two Williams kimberlites, 250x350m and 37x390m, in the eastern part of a swarm of 30 middle Eocene alnoitic diatremes in north-central Montana, USA, contain xenoliths of garnet-bearing lherzolites, harzburgites and dunites, in addition to spinel peridotites and upper and lower crustal amphibolites and granulites. Colluvial purple, red, and pink garnets...
Structure maps and seismic stratigraphy of the Yakataga segment of the continental margin, northern Gulf of Alaska
T.R. Bruns, W. C. Schwab
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1424
Multichannel seismic-reflection data show the late Cenozoic structure, seismic stratigraphy, and geologic history of the Yakataga segment of the continental margin, between Icy Bay and Kayak Island, northern Gulf of Alaska. The structure of the Yakataga segment consists of broad folds and associated thrust faults beneath the continental shelf and...
Petroleum geology and resources of southeastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize
James A. Peterson
1983, Circular 760
Petroleum deposits in southeastern Mexico and Guatemala occur in two main basinal provinces, the Gulf Coast Tertiary basin area, which includes the Reforma and offshore Campeche Mesozoic fields, and the Peten basin of eastern Chiapas State (Mexico) and Guatemala. Gas production is mainly from Tertiary sandstone reservoirs of Miocene age....
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Fisher
Arthur W. Allen
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.45
The fisher (Martes pennanti) is the largest member of its genus and is found only i n North America (Powell 1982). Within the contiguous United States, indigenous and reintroduced populations presently inhabit portions of the Appalachian Mountains from New England south to West Virginia in the east; northern Wisconsin, Minnesota,...
