Some mineral investigations in southeastern Alaska
William Stephens Twenhofel, John C. Reed, G.O. Gates
1949, Bulletin 963-A
Aeromagnetic maps and second vertical derivative maps of Great Sitkin Island, Northern Adak Island, and part of northeastern Umnak Island, Alaska
Isidore Zietz, Roland G. Henderson
1949, Open-File Report 49-9
The eight attached maps were constructed from data taken on Project Volcano in the summer of 1947. The project was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. Field work was done by Fred Keller, Jr., and...
Trace elements investigations in the Serpentine-Kougarok area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
R.M. Moxham, W.S. West
1949, Trace Elements Investigations 39
Preliminary report on water-power resources of Little Susitna River and Cottonwood Creek, Alaska
Fred F. Lawrence
1949, Open-File Report 49-127
Trace elements reconnaissance in the Candle Creek area, Fairhaven district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
H.R. Gault
1949, Trace Elements Investigations 41
Preliminary report of permafrost investigations in the Dunbar area, Alaska
Troy Lewis Pewe
1949, Circular 42
Coal investigations on the southern margin of the Homer district, Kenai coal field, Alaska, in 1947-48
F.F. Barnes
1949, Open-File Report 49-20
The presence of coal in the Tertiary Kenai formation of western Kenai Peninsula has been known since 1880, chiefly as exposed along the north shore of Kachemak Bay and the adjoining east shore of Cook Inlet (fig. 1). Several early attempts were made to develop a commercial mine in this...
Ostracoda from well, shot hole, and outcrop samples in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4
Frederick M. Swain
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 27
The ostracodes described in this report are from material collected in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, northern Alaska. The samples were obtained from well and seismograph shot holes drilled by Arctic Contractors and United States Geophysical Company and from field samples collected by the United States Geological Survey in the...
Interpretation from aerial photographs and geologic structures of the central Colville River area, Alaska
William A. Fischer
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 30
No abstract available....
Stratigraphy and structure of the area of the Avalik and Ketik Rivers
Karl Stefansson, Marvin D. Mangus
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 28
No abstract available....
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Kukpowruk and Kokolik Rivers area, Alaska
Robert M. Chapman, Edward G. Sable
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 27
No abstract available....
Preliminary report on stratigraphy and structure of the areas of the Etivluk, Kuna, and Nigu Rivers, Alaska
M. D. Mangus, R.L. Detterman, A.H. Lachenbruch, M. C. Lachenbruch
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 26
No abstract available....
The stratigraphy and structure of the Okpikrurak and Kiruktagiak River areas, Alaska
William W. Patton Jr., I.L. Tailleur
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 25
No abstract available....
Suggested correlation in Simpson seeps region
F. M. Robinson, Robert Thomas
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 13
During the 1949 drilling season eight core tests were completed in the Simpson Seeps area up to October 25th„ This program, which is still in progress, was undertaken to provide an explanation for the surface seeps near Caps Simpson. The shallowest of the eight holes reached 800 feet; the deepest...
Preliminary report on the Mississippian rocks of the Kanayut, Nanushuk, and Itkillik Lake areas, Alaska
Arthur Leroy Bowsher, J. Thomas Dutro
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 24
No abstract available....
Preliminary reports on the Carbon Creek anticline and on the upper Meade River, Alaska
Charles L. Whittington, Samuel A. Keller
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 23
No abstract available....
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Titaluk anticline in the vicinity of Maybe Creek, Alaska
W. P. Brosge, A. N. Kover
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 22
No abstract available....
Volcanic activity on Umnak and Great Sitkin Islands, 1946–1948
F.M. Byers Jr., W. W. Brannock
1949, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (30) 719-734
As part of the United States Geological Survey's volcano program in the Aleutian volcanic arc during 1946–1948, the volcanoes and thermal areas on Umnak and Great Sitkin Islands were studied. In addition to observation of the volcanoes, temperatures of fumaroles were measured and some products of the volcanic activity were...
Summary of microfossil investigations, April 1948 to April 1949 with special reference to the south Barrow and Simpson areas
Helen N. Loeblich
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 26
This report summarizes the results of microfossil investigations for he past year. It includes the microfossil data from the two South Barrow Test Wells and studies of samples from outcrop material an from seismograph shot holes. In addition, new information bearing on the special study of microfossils from the Cape...
Heavy mineral zonation of Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks of the central area of northern Alaska
Ernest H. Lathram
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 29
This report presents the general conclusions pertaining to the correlation of Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in test wells and outcrops in the central area of northern Alaska (fig. 1) by means of heavy minerals. Approximately 1.000 drill and outcrop samples have been studied. In order to relate the materiel here...
Calculated gravity anomaly produced by possible fault under line 27-48
Stephen W. Dana
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 4
The seismograph data from Line 27-48 of Party 47 indicates the possibility of a high angle fault win a displacement of roughly 1,000 feet under South Barrow Test Well No. 2. This fault vas discussed in E. Wiancko's report for United Geophysical Company entitled "Report of Reflection Seismograph Survey in...
The Carbon Creek and Awuna anticlines
William A. Fischer
1949, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 10
At the interim meeting of the Technical Committee in Fairbanks, Alaska, in September 1949, the Navy Oil Unit was requested to make photogeologic analyses of the Driftwood, Awuna, and Carbon Creek anticlines before the November meeting. A report on the photogeology of the Driftwood anticline, based on available air photos,...
Literature on the natural history of the Arctic region, with special reference to Alaska and Canada
Hartley H.T. Jackson
1949, Wildlife Leaflet 317
No abstract available....
Preliminary report on a lead-zinc occurrence at Berg Basin, Wrangell district, southeastern Alaska
R.G. Ray
1948, Open-File Report 48-27
A brief examinatin of lead-zinc occurrence at Berg Basin, Wrangell district, southeastern Alaska, was undertaken in 1947 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program of minerals investigations in Alaska. No lead-zinc ore body has yet been proved at Berg Basin, but because of recent interest in that area this...
Preliminary geologic report of Sadlerochit River area, 1948
Charles L. Whittington, Edward G. Sable
1948, Open-File Report 54-333
"The Sadlerochit River area" is the name that has been applied for purposes of convenience to that portion of the eastern part of the northern Alaska shown in Figure 1. The map covers an area of about 1400 square miles. The center of this map is a point approximately 55...