An evaluation of water-quality monitoring in the Brandywine Creek basin, Pennsylvania, 1973-78
J.J. Murphy, J.R. Ritter, A.E. Brown, J.P. Chiarella
1982, Open-File Report 81-1115
Data recorded from 1973 through 1978 by monitors on West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, and Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of the monitors in describing water-quality conditions. The data show that the stream at Modena and below...
Gulf of Mexico summary report 3 August 1982: A revision of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico and their onshore impacts: Gulf of Mexico summary report 2, August 1981
Kenneth J. Havran, J.D. Wiese, Karen M. Collins, Frederick N. Kurz
1982, Open-File Report 82-242
Now, and for the near future, the Gulf of Mexico will remain the most developed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) region in the United States and the world. Virtually all production from the U.S. OCS emanates from the Gulf of Mexico. In calendar year 1981, for the two primary categories of...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of eastern Maine coastal river basins
Richard A. Fontaine
1982, Open-File Report 78-556-H
The report contains drainage-area values for: lakes and ponds included in the MIDAS (Maine Informational Display Analysis System) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 square miles, dam sites, and locations where hydrologic data are available. Supplemental information includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Origin of the Mariano Lake uranium deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico
Neil S. Fishman, Richard L. Reynolds
1982, Open-File Report 82-888
The Mariano Lake uranium deposit, hosted by the Brushy Basin Member of the Jurassic Morrison Formation, occurs in the trough of an east-west trending syncline at the western end of the Smith Lake-Mariano Lake group of uranium deposits near Crownpoint, New Mexico. The orebody, which contains abundant amorphous organic material,...
Physical and hydrologic environments of the Mulberry coal reserves in eastern Kansas
J. F. Kenny, H.E. Bevans, A.M. Diaz
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4074
Strippable reserves of Mulberry coal underlie an area of approximately 300 square miles of Miami, Linn, and Bourbon Counties of eastern Kansas. Although subject to State reclamation law, current and projected strip mining of this relatively thin coal seam could alter and hydrologic environment of the study area. Drained by...
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...
Probabilistic estimates of maximum acceleration and velocity in rock in the contiguous United States
Sylvester Theodore Algermissen, D. M. Perkins, P.C. Thenhaus, S.L. Hanson, B.L. Bender
1982, Open-File Report 82-1033
Maximum horizontal accelerations and velocities caused by earthquakes are mapped for exposure times of 10, 50 and 250 years at the 90-percent probability level of nonexceedance for the contiguous United States. In many areas these new maps differ significantly from the 1976 probabilistic acceleration map by Algermlssen and Perkins because...
Effects of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic faulting on the geology and hydrology of the coastal plain near the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina
R.E. Faye, D.C. Prowell
1982, Open-File Report 82-156
Geologic and hydrologic investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey have defined stratigraphic and hydraulic anomalies suggestive of faulting within Coastal Plain sediments between the Ogeechee River in east-central Georgia and the Edisto River in west-central South Carolina. Examination of borehole cuttings, cores, and geophysical logs from test wells indicate that...
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...
Mineral resource potential map of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, southwestern Oregon
Norman J. Page, Michael S. Miller, David J. Grimes, Reinhard W. Leinz, Richard J. Blakely, Bruce R. Lipin, Michael P. Foose, Floyd Gray
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1240-E
Under the provisions of the Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and the Joint conference Report on Senate Bill 4, 88th Congress, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines have been conducting mineral surveys of wilderness and primitive areas. Areas officially designated as "wilderness," wild,"...
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...
Mineral resource potential map of the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-217), San Bernardino County, California
Jonathan C. Matti, Brett F. Cox, Eduardo A. Rodriguez, Curtis M. Obi, Robert E. Powell, Margaret Hinkle, Andrew Griscom, Charles Sabine, Gary J. Cwick
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1493-A
Geological, geochemical, and geophysical evidence, together with a review of historical mining and prospecting activities, suggests that most of the Bighorn Mountains Wilderness Study Area has low potential for the discovery of all types of mineral and energy resources-including precious and base metals, building stone and aggregate, fossil fuels, radioactive-mineral...
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...
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...
Geohydrology of the preglacial Genesee Valley, Monroe County, New York
Roger Milton Waller, T. J. Holecek, W.B. Stelz, J. L. Belli
1982, Open-File Report 82-552
This report is last in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on five maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a buried glacio-fluvial aquifer in Monroe County. The maps include surficial...
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...
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...
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...
Map of the Antelope Valley - East Kern Water Agency area, California, showing ground-water subunits, areas, and well hydrographs (1962-82)
Florence M. Glenn
1982, Open-File Report 82-917
No abstract available....
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the Bill Williams area, Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona - 1980
H. W. Sanger, G. R. Littin
1982, Open-File Report 82-87
The Bill Williams area includes about 3,200 mi2 in Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties in west-central Arizona. The west half of the area is in the Basin and Range lowlands water province, and the east half is in the Central high-lands water province (see index map). The Basin and Range...
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...
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...
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...
Earthquake history of the United States
Jerry L. Coffman, Carl A. Von Hake, Carl W. Stover
Jerry L. Coffman, Carl A. von Hake, Carl W. Stover, editor(s)
1982, Publication 41-1
This publication is a history of the prominent earthquakes in the United States from historical times through 1970. It supersedes all previous editions with the same or similar titles (see page ii) and, in addition to updating earthquake listings through 1970, contains several additions and corrections to previous issues. It...
