Aeromagnetic survey of the east coast of the United States, Georges Bank area 38-68
John Charles Behrendt, Kim D. Klitgord
1979, Open-File Report 79-1358
Aeromagnetic survey of the east coast of the United States, Georges Bank area 38-66
John Charles Behrendt, Kim D. Klitgord
1979, Open-File Report 79-1357
Resource report for proposed OCS lease sale no. 70, St. George Basin, shelf area, Alaska
Michael S. Marlow, J.V. Gardner, T.L. Vallier, H. McLean, E. W. Scott, M.B. Lynch
1979, Open-File Report 79-1650
St. George basin is a long (300 km), narrow (30-50 km) graben whose long axis strikes northwestward, parallel to the continental margin of the southern Bering Sea. Located near the Pribilof Islands, and beneath the virtually featureless Bering Sea shelf, the basin is filled with more than 10 km of...
The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska
Helen Laura Foster, N. R. D. Albert, Andrew Griscom, T. D. Hessin, W. D. Menzie, D. L. Turner, Frederic H. Wilson
1979, Circular 783
The geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and Landsat imagery of the Big Delta quadrangle, 16,335 km 2 in the Yukon-Tanana Upland of east-central Alaska, were investigated, and maps and reports were prepared by an interdisciplinary research team for the purpose of assessing the mineral potential. The quadrangle is dominantly a complex terrane...
Background information to accompany folio of geologic, mineral resource, geochemical, aeromagnetic, and gravity maps of the Hillsboro and San Lorenzo quadrangles, Sierra and Grant Counties, New Mexico, with sections on geochemistry and geophysics
David Carl Hedlund, K. C. Watts, Henry V. Alminas, Jeffrey C. Wynn
1979, Circular 808
The Hillsboro and San Lorenzo 15-minute quadrangles of southwestern New Mexico have been mapped at a 1:48,000 scale and selected mineralized areas within these quadrangles have been mapped in greater detail. This area of about 550 mi2 (1,424 km2) is within the southern part of the Black Range and includes...
Water resources of the Nisqually Lake area, Pierce County, Washington
H. E. Pearson, N. P. Dion
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-101
This report presents data assembled during a July 1975 to August 1977 study of the water resources of an area within, and adjacent to, a part of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation that prior to 1917 was included in the Nisqually Indian Reservation. Because the area is within or near...
Water resources of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington
W. E. Lum II
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-112
The study summarized in this report was made to provide Suquamish Tribal leaders with information on the reservation's surface- and ground-water resources. The Tribal leaders need this information to help them manage and protect their water resources against overdevelopment. The quantity of ground water that is estimated to be available...
Spatial variation in total element concentration in soil within the Northern Great Plains coal region and Regional soil chemistry in Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming and Montana
R. C. Severson, R.R. Tidball
1979, Professional Paper 1134-A,B
PART A: To objectively determine the changes in chemical character of an area subjected to mining and reclamation, prior information is needed. This study represents a broadscale inventory of total chemical composition of the surficial materials of the Northern Great Plains coal region (western North and South Dakota, eastern Montana,...
Connector well experiment to recharge the Floridan Aquifer, East Orange County, Florida
P. W. Bush
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-73
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, Florida, to obtain information on the nature and function of the shallow aquifer as related to...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources– South Atlantic-Gulf region
D.J. Cedarstrom, E. H. Boswell, G. R. Tarver
1979, Professional Paper 813-O
Precipitation in the 270,000-square-mile South Atlantic-Gulf Region ranges from 44 to 80 inches, and the average runoff is about 15 inches. The ground-water discharge that forms the base flow of streams is conservatively estimated to be about 78,000 million gallons per day the equivalent of about 6 inches of precipitation....
Geology and phosphate resources of the Hawley Creek area, Lemhi County, Idaho
Peter Oberlindacher, Robert David Hovland
1979, Open-File Report 79-1283
Phosphate resources occur within the Retort Phosphatic Shale Member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation in the Hawley Creek area, near Leadore, in east-central Idaho. About 12 square miles (31 km2 ) of the Retort Member and enclosing rocks were mapped at a scale of 1:12,000 to evaluate the leasable Federal...
Geologic map of the greater Denver area, Front Range urban corridor, Colorado
Donald E. Trimble, Michael N. Machette
1979, IMAP 856-H
This digital map shows the areal extent of surficial deposits and rock stratigraphic units (formations) as compiled by Trimble and Machette from 1973 to 1977 and published in 1979 under the Front Range Urban Corridor Geology Program. Trimble and Machette compiled their geologic map from published geologic maps and unpublished...
Structure contour map of buried Precambrian basement-rock surface, eastern part of the Rolla 1° x 2° quadrangle and adjacent areas, Missouri
E. B. Kisvarsanyi
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1001-A
No abstract available....
Water resources data for Washington, water year 1978, Vol. 2 - Eastern Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Water Data Report WA-78-2
Water resources data for the 1978 water year for Washington consist 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 volume contains records for water discharge at 248 gaging stations;...
A one-dimensional, steady-state, dissolved-oxygen model and waste-load assimilation study for East Fork White River, Bartholomew County, Indiana
William G. Wilber, James G. Peters, Charles G. Crawford
1979, Open-File Report 79-1072
The Indiana State Board of Health is developing a State water-quality management plan that includes the establishing of limits for wastewater effluents discharged into Indiana streams. A digital model calibrated to conditions in East Fork White River was used to develop alternatives for future waste loadings that would be compatible...
Single-Channel Seismic-Reflection Profiles and Side-Scan Sonar Records Collected During June 8-14, 1977, in the Middle Atlantic Shelf Area
David C. Twichell
1979, Open-File Report 79-580
A cruise aboard the R/V OCEANUS (Cruise 027) was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey during June 8-14, 1977evaluate the presence, extent, and activity of potentially mobile bedforms on the Middle Atlantic Continental Shelf, eastern United States. Based on information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during·a geophysical survey in...
Floods of December 1978 in Kentucky
J.N. Sullavan, F. Quinones, Richard Foster Flint
1979, Open-File Report 79-977
In 1978, severe flooding throughout the State of Kentucky occurred from December 3-10 as a result of intense precipitation from two storms. The storms of December 3-5 and December 7-10 produced record peak discharges in several areas throughout central and eastern Kentucky, resulting in damages of nearly 50 million dollars...
Mineral resources of the Big Frog Wilderness Study Area, Polk County, Tennessee and Fannin County, Georgia
John F. Slack, Gertrude C. Gazdik, Maynard L. Dunn
1979, Open-File Report 79-1209
The proposed Big Frog Wilderness is comprised of approximately 1820 hectares (18.2 km2) of mountainous terrain in the Cherokee and Chattahoochee National Forests south of the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia. Rocks of the study area are greenschist-facies metasandstone, meta-arkose, metagraywacke, and dark slate of...
Water budget and mathematical model of the Coconino Aquifer, southern Navajo County, Arizona
Larry J. Mann
1979, Open-File Report 79-348
The main source of water in the 3,400-square-mile area of southern Navajo County is the large volume of ground water in storage in the Coconino aquifer, which consists of the Coconino Sandstone, the uppermost part of the underlying Supai Formation, and the overlying Kaibab Limestone. The amount of water withdrawn...
Relation between proposed developments of water resources and seepage from the All-American Canal, eastern Imperial Valley, California
Omar J. Loeltz, S. A. Leake
1979, Open-File Report 79-744
A two-layer digital model designed for this study indicated that sealing of the Coachella branch of the All-American Canal would cause an eventual increase in seepage from the All-American Canal of about 15,000 acre-feet annually. Sealing of both the Coachella Canal and the segment of the All-American Canal between Pilot...
Chemical analyses of coal from the Emery and Ferron Sandstone members of the Mancos Shale, Henry Mountains Field, Wayne and Garfield counties, Utah
Joseph R. Hatch, Ronald H. Affolter, Ben E. Law
1979, Open-File Report 79-1097
As part of a continuing program by the U.S. Geological Survey to collect and chemically analyze representative samples of U.S. coals, 18 samples were collected from the Upper Cretaceous Emery and Ferron Sandstone Members of the Mancos Shale in the Henry Mountains coal field, Wayne and Garfield Counties, Utah (fig....
Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Marquette County, Michigan
N.G. Grannemann
1979, Open-File Report 79-1339
Dependable water supplies are vital to the mining industry in the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan. Development of processes that concentrate and pelletize low-grade iron ore has permitted mining to expand during the past two decades. Water demand has increased both for iron ore concentration processes and for the area...
Mid- and North Atlantic multichannel seismic reflection profiles, 7, 8 A, B, and C, 12 E, F, G, H, I, and J, and 13 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Open-File Report 78-685
Available are four multichannel profiles collected by Digicon Geophysical Corporation in 1975 using a 48-channel streamer (3600 m long), and a 27.9 cubic liter airgun array. They were processed in Denver on the Phoenix "I" by William C. Petterson. The processing includes demultiplexing and resampling, geometry and common-depth-point, definition, velocity...
Chemical analyses of ground water related to geothermal investigations in the Teton River area, eastern Idaho
E. G. Crosthwaite
1979, Open-File Report 79-687
Water samples were collected from 31 wells and springs in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming to help evaluate the potential geothermal resources in the Teton River area, Idaho. The water analyses included the common anions and cations, oxygen-18, deuterium, and several minor elements. Actual temperatures of the sampled thermal waters...
Ground-water resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Louis D. Carswell, Orville B. Lloyd Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-414
Monroe County is on the eastern border of Pennsylvania and includes much of the area popularly called the Poconos. It is an area long used for outdoor recreation and includes a part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.Water resources in the county are derived from precipitation. The Lehigh...