North American Paleozoic land snails, with a summary of other Paleozoic nonmarine snails
Alan Solem, Ellis Leon Yochelson
1979, Professional Paper 1072
Land snails from the Paleozoic of North America are known from the coal fields of eastern Canada, from the Dunkard basin west of the Allegheny Mountains, and from the western margin of the Illinois basin. The earliest finds were made about 125 years ago; essentially no new information has been...
Description of dredge samples from the Bering Sea continental margin
Michael S. Marlow, Alan K. Cooper, David W. Scholl, Tracy L. Vallier, Hugh McLean
1979, Open-File Report 79-1139
During 1978 twenty dredge sites were occupied and successfully dredged from the R.V. S.P. LEE along the eastern Bering Sea continental margin (Fig. 1). A total of several tons of rock were collected using a chain-bag dredge. Samples were recovered in water depths ranging from 750 to 2,750 meters from...
Interim report on the St. Elias, Alaska earthquake of 28 February 1979
John C. Lahr, George Plafker, C.D. Stephens, K. A. Foglean, M. E. Blackford
1979, Open-File Report 79-670
On 28 February 1979 an earthquake with surface wave magnitude (Ms) of 7.7 (W. Person, personal communication, 1979) occurred beneath the Chugach and St. Elias mountains of southern Alaska (fig. 1). This is a region of complex tectonics resulting from northwestward convergence between the Pacific and North American plates. To...
Petroleum source rock and reservoir quality data from outcrop samples, onshore North Slope of Alaska, east of Prudhoe Bay
Irven F. Palmer, J.G. Bolm, L. R. Maxey, W. M. Lyle
1979, Open-File Report 79-1634
No abstract available....
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...
Summary report of the sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, and environmental conditions of the United States Mid-Atlantic continental margin in area of proposed Oil & Gas Lease Sale No. 59
John Stevens Schlee, Robert E. Mattick, Richard B. Powers, James M. Robb, David C. Twichell, Bradford Butman
1979, Open-File Report 79-1351
This report has been compiled to update and summarize the geological information concerning the area of the Atlantic continental margin off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic proposed for Oil and Gas Lease Sale No. 59 (fig. 1). The region of interest lies between 35° and 41° N and 70.5° and 76° W....
Chemical analyses of coal from the Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation, Moorhead and southeastern part of the northward extension of the Sheridan coal fields, Powder River and Big Horn counties, Montana
Ronald H. Affolter, Joseph R. Hatch, William Craven Culbertson
1979, Open-File Report 79-538
As part of a continuing program by the U.S. Geological Survey to collect and chemically analyze representative samples of U.S. coals, 83 samples were collected from 23 core holes in the Paleocene Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation in Big Horn and Powder River counties, Montana. These holes...
Altered volcanic ash partings in Wasatch Formation coal beds of the northern Powder River basin: composition and geologic applications
Bruce Forbes Bohor, Richard E. Phillips, Richard M. Pollastro
1979, Open-File Report 79-1203
In contrast to the coal-bearing rocks of the Appalachian and Eastern Interior Basins, those of the northern Powder River Basin exhibit more complex stratigraphic and facies relationships, and regional correlations of coal beds are, therefore, more difficult to establish. Recently, however, several coal beds in the Powder River Basin, as...
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...
Summary of hydrologic data for Tampa Bypass Canal System, July 1974 to September 1976
Kennedy W. Causseaux, H.C. Rollins
1979, Open-File Report 79-1297
The Tampa Bypass Canal is part of a flood-control project east of the city of Tampa under construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It will divert floodwater from the Hillsborough River at points upstream from Tampa through a canal system to McKay Bay. The U.S. Geological Survey began...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of western Arctic Alaska, 1976 and 1977
Joseph M. Childers, Donald R. Kernodle, Robert M. Loeffler
1979, Open-File Report 79-699
A reconnaissance of the water resources of the western Arctic was conducted during April 1976 and August 1977. Data were collected at 9 springs, 9 lakes and 22 stream sites.Using slope-conveyance methods based on field evidence, estimates of bankfull and maximum evident flood-peak discharges were made for 20 selected streams....
Organic carbon content of Devonian shale sequence sampled in drill cuttings from eighteen wells in western Pennsylvania
George Edwin Claypool, Allan W. Stone
1979, Open-File Report 79-1665
This report contains results of organic carbon analyses performed by Rinehart Laboratories, Inc., Arvada, Colorado, under contract to the U.S. Geological Survey. The analytical method employs chemical (chromic acid) oxidation of an acid solution containing the rock residue. The detailed analytical specifications are contained in the Rinehart proposal in response...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Supplement to floods in the upper Des Moines River basin, Iowa
Albert J. Heinitz
1979, Open-File Report 79-1486
Data on the East Fork Des Moines River for the August 1979 flood between river miles 330.4 and 408.8 is being published as a supplement to the report "Floods in the Upper Des Moines River basin, Iowa" (Schwab, 1970). Elevation profiles of the 1979 flood, along with previously published profiles, are shown in figures...
Chemical analyses of lignite from the Wilcox Group, Texas region, central and eastern Texas
Rick T. Hildebrand, Joseph R. Hatch, Christopher D. Henry
1979, Open-File Report 79-1250
As part of a continuing program by the U.S. Geological Survey to collect and chemically analyze representative sales of U.S. coal, 45 samples of lignite and lignite-associated rocks were collected strip mines and drill holes in Freestone and Milam counties in central Texas, and in Harrison, Rains, Titus, Van Zandt,...
Geochemical analyses of rock, soil, and stream sediment samples from the Big Frog Wilderness Study Area, Polk County, Tennessee and Fannin County, Georgia
R.T. Hopkins, A.L. Meir, John F. Slack
1979, Open-File Report 79-543
Semiquantitative spectrographic analyses for 31 elements and atomic absorption analyses for gold and zinc on 43 stream sediments, 5 panned concentrates, 65 soils, and 81 rock samples from the Big Frog Wilderness Study Area and vicinity, Polk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia, are reported here in detail. Locations for...
Spectra of rocks and soils from the eastern Shoshone Range, Nevada
Graham R. Hunt
1979, Open-File Report 79-707
Bidirectional reflection spectra were recorded from samples selected from the NASA MSS Site 021 in the Shoshone Range, Nevada, by Gary Prost of the Superior Oil Co., Houston, Texas....
A geohydrologic overview for the Pecora Symposium field trip, June 1979
Neil C. Koch
1979, Open-File Report 79-563
The settlement and development of South Dakota has been closely related to both its mineral and water resources In 1874 the discovery of gold in the Black Hills led to the opening and development of the area west of the Missouri River. Towns and farms both here and east of...
Geology, geochronology, and potential volcanic hazards in the Lava Ridge-Hells Half Acre area, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Mel A. Kuntz, G. Brent Dalrymple
1979, Open-File Report 79-1657
The evaluation of volcanic hazards for the proposed Safety Test Reactor Facility (STF) at the Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANLW) site, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho, involves an analysis of the geology of the Lava Ridge-Hells Half Acre area and of K-At age determinations on lava flows in cored drill...
Preliminary report on Tertiary volcanism and uranium mineralization in the Thomas Range and northern Drum Mountains, Juab County, Utah
David Allen Lindsey
1979, Open-File Report 79-1076
The Thomas Range and northern Drum Mountains have a history of volcanism, faulting, and mineralization that began about 42 m.y. ago. Volcanic activity and mineralization in the area can be divided into three stages according to the time-related occurrence of rock types, trace element associations, and chemical nature of mineralization....
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...
Audio-magnetotelluric data log and station-location map for the Silver Star Hot Springs area, Montana
Carl L. Long, R. Michael Senterfit
1979, Open-File Report 79-1307
During a period of 3 days, 22 audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) soundings were made in the area of the Silver Star Hot Springs, Mont. (fig. 1). These soundings were made to assess the geothermal potential along a northern trend of. hot springs from New Biltmore Hot Springs north to Broadwater Hot Springs,...
