Geologic and hydrologic summary of salt domes in Gulf Coast region of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
R. Ernest Anderson, Dolan H. Eargle, Beth O. Davis
1973, Open-File Report 73-7
There are 263 known or suspected onshore salt domes in the Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama portion of the Gulf Coast geosyncline. The top of the salt in 148 of them is probably deeper than desirable for a waste repository site, and 79 of those that are shallow enough are probably unavailable for a...
The Pine-Popple River basin — Hydrology of a wild river area, northeastern Wisconsin
Edward L. Oakes, Stephen J. Field, Lawrence P. Seeger
1973, Water Supply Paper 2006
The Pine and Popple Rivers, virtually unaltered by man, flow through a semiprimitive area of forests, lakes, and glacial hills. White-water streams, natural lakes, fish and animal life, and abundant vegetation contribute to the unique recreational and aesthetic characteristics of the area. Resource planning or development should recognize the interrelationships...
Water-supply development and management alternatives for Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties, Michigan
Kenneth Eugene Vanlier, Warren W. Wood, Jilann O. Brunett
1973, Water Supply Paper 1969
The Tri-County region, consisting of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties, is an area of 1,697 square miles in Michigan's Lower Peninsula and has as its hub the Lansing metropolitan area. The land surface ranges in altitude from about 700 to about 1,000 feet. The region receives an average of about...
Reconnaissance of water quality in the vicinity of Sunniland Oil Field, Collier County, Florida, 1971-72
E.T. Wimberly
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-35
Oil exploration in Florida began around the turn of the century in Escambia County (Gunter, 1949). Many test wells were drilled from 1900 until Humble Oil and Refining Company developed Florida's first producing well (Gulf Coast Realties Corp. No. 1) in September 1943 at Sunniland. (See fig. 1.) The first...
Map showing thickness of saturated Quaternary deposits, Sugar House quadrangle, Salt Lake County, Utah, February 1972
R. W. Mower
1973, IMAP 766-H
Saturated Quaternary deposits in the Sugar Horse quadrangle supply significant quantities of water to wells from which water is withdrawn for domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses. The deposits consist of clay, silt, sand, and gravel; individual beds range from a few inches to several tens of feet thick. The...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1968, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Water Supply Paper 2092
Water resources and geology of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
J.E. Powell, James Jennings Norton, D. G. Adolphson
1973, Water Supply Paper 1865
Ground water suitable for public supply can be obtained from fractured metamorphic and igneous rooks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, S. Dak. The memorial comprises three main drainage basins: Starling basin, Lafferty Gulch basin, and East Boundary basin. Ground water is most prevalent in Lafferty Gulch basin but Starling basin contributes...
Hydrogeology of glacial drift, Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
Thomas C. Winter
1973, Water Supply Paper 2029-A
Stratified fluvial sediments occur within the glacial drift at many places in the Mesabi Iron Range area. These sediments, which are important aquifers, occur extensively between the three main till units. The thickest and most extensive aquifer consists of glaciofluvial sediments that lie between the surficial till and the middle...
Preliminary investigation of land subsidence in the Sacramento Valley, California
B. E. Lofgren, R. L. Ireland
1973, Open-File Report 74-1064
Although a number of agencies have made leveling surveys in Sacramento Valley and a valleywide network of first- and second-order control exists, few areas have sufficient control for determining whether land subsidence has occurred and if so, how much, within the time span of vertical control. Available data suggest that...
Lithium in surficial materials of the conterminous United States and partial data on cadmium
Hansford T. Shacklette, J.G. Boerngen, J.P. Cahill, R.L. Rahill
1973, Circular 673
Concentrations of lithium in 912 samples of soils and other regoliths from sites approximately 50 miles apart throughout the United States are represented on a map by symbols showing five ranges of values. A histogram of the lithium concentrations is also given. The geometric mean lithium concentration is 20.4 ppm...
Glacial and postglacial geologic history of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
N. King Huber
1973, Professional Paper 754-A
Isle Royale was overridden by glacial ice during each of the four major glaciations of the Pleistocene Epoch, and each successive glaciation essentially obliterated all direct evidence of preceding glaciations on the island. In the waning phase of the last major glaciation, the Wisconsin Glaciation, the frontal ice margin retreated...
Stratigraphy and geologic history of the Montana group and equivalent rocks, Montana, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota
James R. Gill, William Aubrey Cobban
1973, Professional Paper 776
During Late Cretaceous time a broad north-trending epicontinental sea covered much of the western interior of North America and extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. The sea was bounded on the west by a narrow, unstable, and constantly rising cordillera which extended from Central America to...
Water resources of the Kettle River watershed, east-central Minnesota
John O. Helgesen, G. F. Lindholm, W.L. Broussard, D.W. Ericson
1973, Hydrologic Atlas 437
The topography of the Kettle River watershed is formed primarily by glacial deposits that mantle the bedrock. The glacial deposits are generally less than 100 feet thick. Bedrock consists of several types and occasionally crops out at land surface. Topography ranges from gently rolling to steeply undulating. About 1,060 square miles...
Map showing scenic features and recreation facilities in the Salina quadrangle, Utah
Paul L. Williams, Harry R. Covington
1973, IMAP 591-O
This map is intended as a guide for those who enjoy outdoor recreation in magnificent scenic settings.The Salina quadrangle lies in the heart of the Colorado Plateau, a sparsely populated land of unique and outstanding scenic beauty. The eastern half of the quadrangle is a great desert, partly blanketed by...
Map showing mined areas of the Boulder-Weld coal field, Colorado
Roger B. Colton, R.L. Lowrie
1973, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 513
Compiled by Raymond E. Lowrie, U.S. Bureau of Mines (1966), and revised by Roger B. Colton, U.S. Geological Survey, assisted by Harold R. Fitch, 1972.In the revision of this map, many mine maps and two unpublished general small-scale maps of the area by F. H. Canis (deceased) and Samuel Tescher...
Hydrology of the Bayou Bartholomew alluvial aquifer-stream system, Arkansas
M.E. Broom, J.E. Reed
1973, Open-File Report 73-34
The study area comprises about 3,200 square miles of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in southeast Arkansas. About 90 percent of the area drains south to the Ouachita River in Louisiana. The alluvial aquifer and the streams are hydraulically connected and are studied as an aquifer-stream system. Bayou Bartholomew is a...
Hydrology of the uppermost Cretaceous and the lowermost Paleocene rocks in the Hilight oil field, Campbell County, Wyoming
Marlin E. Lowry
1973, Open-File Report 73-161
The lithologic equivalents of the Fox Hills Sandstone, Lance Formation, and the Tullock member of the Fort Union Formation, as mapped on the east side of the Powder River Basin, can be recognized throughout the basin; however, the formations are in hydraulic connection and cannot be treated as separate aquifers....
Sediment transport by streams in the Upper Columbia River Basin, Washington, May 1969-June 1971
Leonard M. Nelson
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-39
This report presents the results of a reconnaissance evaluation of the fluvial-sediment transport by streams in the 28,000-square-mile upper Columbia River basin in eastern Washington. The basin ranges in altitude from about 340 to 9,000 feet, and receives annual precipitation ranging from more than 150 inches in the mountains to less...
Availability of water from limestone and dolomite aquifers in southwest Ohio and the relation of water quality to the regional flow system
Stanley Eugene Norris, Richard E. Fidler
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-17
The largest ground-water supplies from the 150 to 450-foot thick carbonate-rock aquifer in southwest Ohio are available in a 2,800 squaremile area on the crest and eastern flank of the Cincinnati arch. Well production in the high-yield area is mainly from the Newburg zone, a permeable stratum in the lower...
Geohydrology of the eastern part of Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Richard K. Blankennagel, J. E. Weir Jr.
1973, Professional Paper 712-B
No abstract available....
Stability of salt in the Permian salt basin of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, with a section on dissolved salts in surface water
George Odell Bachman, Ross Byron Johnson
1973, Open-File Report 73-14
The Permian salt basin in the Western Interior of the United States is defined as that region comprising a series of sedimentary basins in which halite and associated salts accumulated during Permian time. The region includes the western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and eastern parts of Colorado and...
Artificial recharge in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area, San Bernardino County, California
J. W. Warner, J. A. Moreland
1973, Open-File Report 73-358
This is a study of the feasibility of recharging, in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area, imported water from northern California by way of the State Water Project beginning in 1972. The feasibility of recharging 30,000 acre-feet of water a year in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area will depend...
Basic data on the ultramafic rocks of the Eagle quadrangle, east-central Alaska
T. E. Keith, H.L. Foster
1973, Open-File Report 73-140
No abstract available....
Base of fresh ground water approximately 3,000 micromhos in the Sacramento Valley and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California
Charles F. Berkstresser Jr.
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-40
The study area consists of about 6,600 square miles; about 5,500 square miles of the floor of the Sacramento Valley, and about 1,100 square miles of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Sacramento Valley, as defined by Bryan (1923, p. 8), extends from Red Bluff 145 miles southward to Suisun Bay. ...
Flood of June 9-10, 1972, at Rapid City, South Dakota
Owen J. Larimer
1973, Hydrologic Atlas 511
Rapid City, the second largest city in South Dakota, is located at the eastern edge of the Black Hills about 9 miles downstream from Pactola Dam. It is bisected laterally by Rapid Creek, and longitudinally by the eastern flank of the Black Hills. Canyon Lake, a samll recreation reservior having...
