Lava tree molds of the September 1961 eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
James G. Moore, D.H. Richter
1962, GSA Bulletin (73) 1153-1158
Well-developed lava tree molds were formed during the September 1961 eruption along the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano. The upright molds were produced where fluid lava, flowing through dense tropical forest, became chilled against the larger trees and tree ferns and later drained away. Where the lava ponded temporarily...
K/Na ratio of Cenozoic igneous rocks of the western United States
J.G. Moore
1962, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (26) 101-130
The potassium and sodium content of chemically analysed Cenozoic igneous rocks from about 150 areas of the western United States has been examined. For each area a plot of the molecular proportion K2O(K2O + Na2O)">K2O(K2O + Na2O) [Niggli's k-value] is shown, and the projected k-value determined at 50...
Water and the arid zone of the United States
Luna Bergere Leopold
1962, Conference Paper
In a pluvial period associated with Wisconsin glaciation the closed basin of the Estancia Valley in New Mexico held a lake which, at its maximum extent, was 150 feet deep and had a surface area of 450 square miles. This basin, with a mean elevation of about 6,000 feet, has...
A preliminary study of the distribution of saline water in the bedrock aquifers of eastern Wisconsin
Roy W. Ryling
1961, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 5
The occurrence of saline water in the bedrock aquifers of eastern Wisconsin has been known for many years. Because of the ready availability of fresh water from other sources, little has been known of the extent of the saline-water area. Saline ground water is a potential source of contamination to...
Geologic summary of the Appalachian basin, with reference to the subsurface disposal of radioactive waste solutions
George Willis Colton
1961, Trace Elements Investigations 791
The Appalachian basin is an elongate depression in the crystalline basement complex which contains a great volume of predominantly sedimentary stratified rocks. As defined in this paper it extends from the Adirondack Mountains in New York to central Alabama. From east to west it extends from the west flank of...
The effects on wildlife of applications of DDT and other insecticides for larval mosquito control in tidal marshes of the eastern United States
P. F. Springer
1961, Book
Geologic summary of the Appalachian Basin, with reference to the subsurface disposal of radioactive waste solutions
George Willis Colton
1961, Open-File Report 62-28
The Appalachian basin is an elongate depression in the crystalline basement complex which contains a great volume of predominantly sedimentary stratified rocks. As defined in this paper it extends from the Adirondack Mountains in New York to central Alabama. From east to west it extends from the west flank of...
Geologic map of part of the Beaver quadrangle, Utah
Eugene Callaghan, R. L. Parker
1961, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 202
Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks underlie a large area surrounding Marysvale in southwestern Utah. Part of the Beaver quadrangle and four complete 15-minute quadrangles, Marysvale, Delano Peak, Sevier, and Monroe, have been mapped to cover the areal extent of these rocks. Mapping in the Beaver quadrangle has been restricted to...
Structure and stratigraphy of the Pybus-Gambier area, Alaska
Robert Ahlberg Loney
1961, Open-File Report 61-89
The Pybus-Gambier area comprises about 215 square miles of uninhabited land on the southeastern coast of Admiralty Island, southeastern Alaska. The section consists of more than 20,000 feet of intensely folded sedimentary, volcanic, and metamorphic rocks, all probably of marine origin, ranging in age from Silurian(?) to Early Cretaceous, unconformably...
Availability of ground water in the Gallup area, New Mexico
Samuel Wilson West
1961, Circular 443
A thick succession of sedimentary rocks (about 6,000 feet) underlies the town of Gallup and crops out nearby. Although all the sedimentary rocks are capable of yielding some water, only a few units of sandstone and limestone yield water in sufficient quantity and of acceptable quality to be considered as...
Geology of the Huntsville quadrangle, Alabama
T.H. Sanford Jr., G.T. Malmberg, L.R. West
1961, IMAP 329
The 7 1/2-minute Huntsville quadrangle is in south-central Madison County, Ala., and includes part of the city of Hunstville. The south, north, east, and west boundaries of the quadrangle are about 3 miles north of the Tennessee River, 15 1/2 miles south of the Tennessee line, 8 miles west of...
Geology and occurrence of ground water at Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota
C.F. Dyer
1961, Water Supply Paper 1475-D
Jewel Cave National Monument occupies 2 square miles of a broad plateau of sedimentary rocks in western Custer County, S. Dak., and is at an altitude of about 5,400 feet above mean sea level. The sedimentary rocks that constitute the plateau range in age from Cambrian to Pennsylvanian. Rocks of...
Gravity survey in the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho — A progress report
Thomas R. LaFehr
1961, Open-File Report 62-74
A regional gravity survey in the eastern Snake River Plain was conducted in the early summer of 1961. Seven hundred and seven gravity stations were established between latitudes 42°15'N and 44°30'N between longitudes 111°30'W and 114°30'W. Three hundred and twenty-five of these stations were located in 2,700 square miles of...
Tertiary geology and oil-shale resources of the Piceance Creek basin between the Colorado and White Rivers, northwestern Colorado
John R. Donnell
1961, Bulletin 1082-L
The area of the Piceance Creek basin between the Colorado and White Rivers includes approximately 1,600 square miles and is characterized by an extensive plateau that rises 1,000 to more than 4,000 feet above the surrounding lowlands. Relief is greatest in Naval Oil-Shale Reserves Nos. 1 and 3 near the...
Geology and mineral deposits of the Carlile quadrangle, Crook County, Wyoming
M.H. Bergendahl, R. E. Davis, G. A. Izett
1961, Bulletin 1082-J
The Carlile quadrangle-is along the northwestern flank of the Black Hills uplift in Crook County, Wyo. The area-is primarily one of canyons and divides that are a result of downcutting by the Belle Fourche River and its tributaries through an alternating succession of sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone or shale beds....
Manganese deposits in the Drum Mountains, Juab and Millard Counties, Utah
Max D. Crittenden Jr., John A. Straczek, Ralph Jackson Roberts
1961, Bulletin 1082-H
The Drum Mountains are in west-central Utah 30 miles northwest of Delta, between the Sevier Desert on the east and Whirlwind Valley on the west. It is a typically barren desert range comprising a westward-tilted structural unit in which is exposed as much as 9,000 feet of quartzite (Cambrian and...
Geophysical study of subsurface structure in southern Owens Valley, California
M. F. Kane, L.C. Pakisek
1961, Geophysics (26) 12-26
Gravity and seismic measurements in southern Owens Valley, California, have outlined a deep subsurface trough, bounded throughout the greater part of its length by steep faults. Depths to the bedrock floor along the central part of the valley range from 3,000 to 9,000 ft below the surface. The subsurface trough is divided into...
Reconnaissance study of quaternary faults in and south of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
D. Love
1961, Geological Society of America Bulletin (72) 1749-1764
Normal faults offset a bedrock surface scoured by Pleistocene ice in several areas within and south of Yellowstone National Park. Recurrent earthquake shocks and fresh appearance of some scarps suggest that movement is continuing along some faults. Four systems of faults are described. Quaternary movement occurred along more than 60 faults on the Mirror Plateau, 15...
Paleoecology of an early oligocene biota from Douglass Creek Basin, Montana
Richard L. Konizeski
1961, Geological Society of America Bulletin (72) 1633-1642
Douglass Creek basin lies west of the Continental Divide in the northern part of the Rocky Mountain physiographic province. Numerous minor environmental differences exist between the Douglass Creek area and the Pipestone Springs and Canyon Ferry areas east of the Divide. In the 19th century, however, the three areas had identical...
An aeromagnetic profile from anchorage to Nome, Alaska
E. R. King
1961, Geophysics (26) 716-726
A total-intensity profile was obtained on a 500-mile flight by a U. S. Geological Survey airplane from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, on May 4, 1954. The average flight altitude was 6,000 ft above sea level except over the Alaska Range where the flight altitude was 9,000 ft. This profile crossed eight of the major...
Origin and development of the Three Forks Basin, Montana
G. D. Robinson
1961, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (72) 1303-1313
The Three Forks Basin sprawls where the intricately deformed sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Disturbed Belt along the Rocky Mountain front are faulted against the Precambrian metamorphic rocks that make the core of the Tobacco Root, Madison, Gallatin, and Beartooth ranges. Its eastern edge is linear, controlled by steep faults...
Sandstone-type uranium deposits at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico-An interim report
H.C. Granger, E.S. Santos, B.G. Dean, F. B. Moore
1961, Economic Geology (56) 1179-1210
The Ambrosia Lake district in northwestern New Mexico is the most important uranium mining and milling district in the United States. Together with the nearby Laguna district it contains more than 50 percent of the nation's reserves.Most of the ore occurs in the Morrison formation of Late Jurassic age as elongate, tabular, mantolike...
Granitic formations in the east-central Sierra Nevada near Bishop, California
Paul C. Bateman
1961, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (72) 1521-1537
This report establishes lithologic units among the granitic rocks of the east-central Sierra Nevada near Bishop, California. In this area the Sierra Nevada batholith is composed chiefly of quartz-bearing plutonic rocks ranging in composition from quartz diorite to alaskite but includes scattered small masses of darker and older plutonic rocks and remnants of metamorphosed...
Geology and ground-water resources of Clayton County, Iowa
W. L. Steinhilber, O. J. Van Eck, A.J. Feulner
1961, Water Supply Bulletin 7
Clayton County includes 784 square miles in northeastern Iowa and in 1960 had a population of 21, 962. For the most part, the county is a dissected upland that is drained mainly by the southeastward flowing Turkey River and its principal tributary, the Volga River. The Turkey River empties into...
Records and water-level measurements of selected wells and chemical analysis of ground water, East Shore area, Davis, Weber, and Box Elder Counties
Ralph E. Smith
1961, Utah Basic-Data Report 1
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1935-61 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
