Geology and stratigraphy of Koehler and Mount Laughlin quadrangles and parts of Abbott and Springer quadrangles, eastern Colfax County, New Mexico
Gordon H. Wood Jr., Stuart Alvord Northrop, R.L. Griggs
1953, Oil and Gas Investigation Map 141
No abstract available....
Seismic cross sections across the Spokane River valley and the Hillyard Trough, Idaho and Washington
R. C. Newcomb, and others
1953, Open-File Report 53-199
Two seismic cross sections were run with a refraction seismograph near Spokane, Wash., in Hay and June 1951. One section trended north-south across the Spokane River valley plain Just east of the Idaho-Washington boundary; the other trended east-west across the strath just north of the Hillyard section of Spokane. Each section...
Ground-water resources of the Rapid Valley unit, Cheyenne Division, South Dakota, with a section on the surface waters of Rapid Valley
Arthur J. Rosier, L.J. Snell
1953, Circular 201
The Rapid Valley unit is in Pennington County, S. Dak., and extends from the east city limits of Rapid City southeastward for 21 miles along Rapid Creek. The bedrock formations that underlie the region are chiefly marine in origin, and they generally dip eastward from the center of the Black Hills...
Coal beds of the Troublesome quadrangle, Breathitt, Knott, and Perry Counties, Kentucky
Allen D. Williamson, W.L. Adkison
1953, Coal Map 18
The coal beds of the Troublesome quadrangle, Kentucky, have been studied as part of a general investigation of the coal resources of eastern Kentucky by the U.S. Geological Survey. The area covered by two maps already published is shown on the index map (fig. 7)....
Preliminary report on the Little Susitna district, Matanuska coal field, Alaska
Farrell F. Barnes
1953, Open-File Report 53-10
The Little Susitna district, as defined in this report, occupies an area roughly 25 miles long and 3 miles wide on the north side of the lower (western) extremity of the Matanuska Valley in south-central Alaska (fig. 1). The district is bounded on the north by the Talkeetna Mountains, on...
Geology of anthracite in the western part of the Ashland quadrangle, Pennsylvania
Boyd R. Haley, Harold H. Arndt, Howard E. Rothrock, Holly C. Wagner
1953, Coal Map 13
The Western Middle anthracite field is one of four structural basins containing anthracite in eastern Pennsylvania. This report describes the geology of the part of the Western Middle field that lies in the western half of the Ashland quadrangle. (See index map, sheet 2.) The mapped area covers about 19...
Total intensity aeromagnetic and geologic map of east-central Itasca County, Minnesota
J. L. Meuschke, John R. Henderson Jr.
1953, Geophysical Investigations Map 98
No abstract available....
Geology and coal deposits of Jarvis Creek coalfield, Alaska
Clyde Wahrhaftig, C.A. Hickcox
1953, Open-File Report 53-263
The Jarvis Creek coal field lies on the north side of the Alaska Range between latitudes 63°35' and 63°45 N., and longitudes 145°40' and 145°50 W. It is 2 to 6 miles east of the Richardson Highway. The coal field is about 16 square miles in area, the major part...
Fifth progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and streamflow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Walter Hofmann
1953, Open-File Report 53-121
This report is the fifth in a continuing series of annual progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements made at more than 120 selected sites in the "Tecolote Tunnel Area" of the Santa Ynez Mountains. This area derives its name from the tunnel now being built by the Bureau...
A preliminary report of geochemical investigations in the Blackbird District
F. C. Canney, H. E. Hawkes, G.M. Richmond, J. S. Vhay
1953, Open-File Report 53-31
This paper reviews an experimental geochemical prospecting survey in the Blackbird cobalt-copper mining district. The district is in east-central Idaho, about 20 miles west-southwest of Salmon. The area is one of deeply weathered nearly flat-topped upland surfaces cut by steep-walled valleys which are tributary to the canyon of Panther Creek....
Preliminary report on uranium deposits in the Miller Hill area, Carbon County, Wyoming
J. D. Love
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 315
A sequence of radioactive rocks of Miocene (?) age, the Browns Park formation, in the Miller Hill area of southern Wyoming is more than 1,000 feet thick. The formation crops out in an area of approximately 600 square miles, and consists of a basal conglomerate, tuffs, tuffaceous limy sandstones, and...
Radioactive deposits of Nevada
T.G. Lovering
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 169
Thirty-five occurrences of radioactive rocks had been reported from Nevada prior to 1952. Twenty-five of these had been investigated by the U. S. Geological Survey and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Of those investigated, uranium minerals were identified in 13; two contained a thorium mineral (monazite); the source...
Beaverhead formation, a Laramide deposit in Beaverhead County, Montana
W.R. Lowell, M. R. Klepper
1953, Geological Society of America Bulletin (64) 235-244
The name Beaverhead formation is proposed for a thick sequence of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and limestone that crops out over an area of at least 400 square miles in Beaverhead County, Montana, extends southward across the Montana-Idaho boundary, and may extend eastward into Madison County. These rocks are clearly sedimentary...
Geology of the west-central part of the Gunnison Plateau, Utah
Clyde T. Hardy, Howard D. Zeller
1953, Geological Society of America Bulletin (64) 1261-1278
A detailed study of the west-central part of the Gunnison Plateau, Utah, has disclosed stratigraphic and structural relations important in the geological history of central Utah. The area mapped includes the eastern half of the Axtell No. 2 quadrangle, Manti area (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service).The bedrock...
The influence of ground‐water storage on the runoff in the San Bernardino and eastern San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California
Harold C. Troxell
1953, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (34) 552-562
The steep and rugged mountains of Southern California contain considerable ground‐water storage. A large portion of the runoff is seepage from this storage The variations in runoff distribution depend on the geology, physiography, and soil cover of these mountain areas....
Radioactivity of some coal and shale of Pennsylvanian age in Ohio
John L. Snider
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 404
Channel samples of the commercially important coal beds and associated rocks in the Pottsville, Allegheny, and Monogahela series of the Pennsylvanian system were collected in eastern Ohio. Equivalent uranium content of 0.001 percent or more was determined in the laboratory for five samples. The uranium content of the coal is...
Regional interpretation of the geology of the Kongakut - Firth Rivers area, Alaska
Marvin D. Mangus
1953, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 43
In 1952 the National Park Service became interested in setting aside a large wilderness area in northeastern Alaska. The area is approximately 7,000 square miles in size, with boundaries as follows: beginning at Camden Bay south along the Katakturuk River to lat. 68° N.; then east to long. 144° 33'...
Results of core drilling for uranium-bearing lignites in the Bar H area, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota
Howard D. Zeller
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 342
Core drilling in the Car H area, Slim Buttes, Harding County, South Dakota, under a contract with the B. H. Mott Drilling Co., Huntington, West Virginia, was resumed June 12, 1952 after a 6-month recess during the winter and was completed July 18, 1952. The drilling was undertaken to...
Reconnaissance during 1952 for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks in parts of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
James D. Vine, Robert F. Flege Jr.
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 336
A reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous rocks was made during the 1952 field season in 23 areas in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Uranium in small amounts occurs in several of the areas examined, but no deposits were found that might have commercial possibilities. As much as 0.03 percent uranium is...
Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the Fairbanks and Livengood Quadrangles, east-central Alaska, 1949
H. Wedow Jr., J.M. Stevens, G.E. Tolbert
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 197
Several mines and prospects in the Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, east-central Alaska, were examined for the possible presence of radioactive materials in the summer of 1949. Also tested were pre-Cambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and sedimentary rocks crossed by the Elliott Highway, which extends from Fox, near Fairbanks, northward about 70...
Carnotite resources of Club Mesa, Montrose County, Colorado
Leonid Bryner
1952, Trace Elements Investigations 147
Club Mesa is 1 mile west of Uravan, Montrose County, Colo. About 200,000 short tons of carnotite ore containing an estimated 0.45 percent U3O8 and 2.1 percent V2O5 has been mined from the mesa. This production represents about one-fifth of the carnotite ore mined from the Colorado Plateau. All the principal deposits on the...
Molting of northern yellow-throat in southern Michigan
R. E. Stewart
1952, The Auk (69) 50-59
During the summer of 1938, detailed studies were made of the molts of the Northern Yellow-throat, Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla, in southern Michigan. Observations of the post-natal molt were made each day on nestlings found near Geddes Pond, one mile east of Ann Arbor. Studies of the post-juvenal and post-nuptial...
Investigations of methods of determining abundance of breeding mourning doves in certain eastern states
A.J. Duvall, C.S. Robbins
1952, Book chapter, Investigations of Methods of Appraising the Abundance of Mourning Doves
A call count over a 20 mile route (beginning 1/2 hour before local official sunrise and with 20 stops of 3 minutes duration 1 mile apart) gives a more practical index to the abundance of mourning doves in the breeding season than roadside counts and area population studies tried in...
The industrial utility of public water supplies in the east south central states, 1952
E. W. Lohr, G. A. Billingsley, J.W. Geurin, W.L. Lamar
1952, Circular 197
The location of industrial plants is dependent on an ample water supply of suitable quality. Information relating to the chemical characteristics of the water supplies is not only essential to the location of many plants but also is an aid in the manufacture and distribution of many commodities. Public water...
Ground-water recharge in the East Shore area, Utah
P.E. Dennis
1952, Open-File Report 52-32
No abstract available....
