Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Shaviovik and upper Sagavanirktok Rivers area, Alaska
A. Samuel Keller, Robert L. Detterman
1951, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 36
During the 1951 field season, U. S. Geological Survey Navy Oil Unit party 1 conducted stratigraphic and structural studies of the rocks in the area between the westernmost fork of the Shaviovik River and the East Kuparuk River. This area is drained by the Sagavanirktok River and its major tributaries;...
Stratigraphy and structure of the upper Siksikpuk - Nanushuk Rivers area
William W. Patton Jr., A. Samuel Keller
1951, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 42
Structural and stratigraphic studies of tha rocks in the Siksikpuk and Nanushuk Rivers area were conducted by Navy Oil Unit party 2 during the summer field season of 1950. The field party consisted of two geologists, two field assistants, a cook, and a weasel mechanic. Three weasels were used for...
Water resources of southeastern Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Jack B. Graham, John W. Mangan, Walter F. White
1951, Circular 104
This report has been prepared as a contribution to the development of southeastern Bucks County, Pa. It summarizes available information on the water resources of this 90-square mile area and evaluates current supplies. Future development of the area may change both the available quantity and the quality of the water...
Apache Trail uranium prospect, White Signal district, Grant County, New Mexico
Herman L. Bauer Jr.
1951, Trace Elements Memorandum 121
The Apache Trail uranium prospect in the White Signal district, Grant County. N. Mex., was mapped by the Geological Survey in May 1950. Pre-Cambrian granite is cut by a diabase dike and a parallel quartz-hematite vein, both of which strike easterly and dip 60 to 65 degrees north. Small quantities...
Preliminary report on the geology and ground-water supply of the Newark, New Jersey, area
Henry Herpers, Henry C. Barksdale
1951, Special Report (New Jersey Division of Water Policy and Supply) 10
In the Newark area, ground water is used chiefly for industrial cooling, air-conditioning, general processing, and for sanitary purposes. A small amount is used in the manufacture of beverages. Total ground-water pumpage in Newark is estimated at not less than 20,000,000 gallons daily. The Newark area is underlain by formations of...
Status of the lake trout fishery in Lake Superior
Ralph Hile, Paul H. Eschmeyer, George F. Lunger
1951, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (80) 278-312
The production of lake trout in the United States waters of Lake Superior was low (only 1,465,000 pounds) in 1879, the first year for which there is a record. Expansion of the fishery must have started soon thereafter, for the take was 3,488,000 pounds in 1885, the next year...
Progress report on the geology and ground-water hydrology of part of the Oahe Unit, James River Division, South Dakota
Gerald A. Waring, W.H. Bush
1950, Open-File Report 50-104
The Oahe Unit, in the James River basin in eastern South Dakota, extends for about 100 miles north and south and is 20 to 80 miles wide, having the river as its east border. The Oahe irrigation project is planned to supply water to 750,000 to 1,500,000 acres of...
Geology of the eastern part of the Piceance Creek basin, Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado
D.C. Duncan, Carl Belser
1950, Oil and Gas Investigation Map 119
No abstract available....
Second progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and stream flow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Harold C. Troxell, C.E. Burgess
1950, Open-File Report 50-101
This report represents the second of a series of progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements made at more than 100 locations in the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Refugio Canyon on the west to the San Marcos Pass and Painted Cave area on the east. The flow in...
Gypsiferous deposits on Sheep Mountain, Alaska
Richard A. Eckhart
1950, Open-File Report 51-62
Gypsiferous deposits occur on the south side of Sheep fountain, 112 miles northeast of Anchorage via the Glenn Highway. Sheep Mountain is a high east trending, ridge, approximately 10 miles long and 3 miles wide. It is bordered on the west by Caribou Creek and on the east by Tahneta...
Lead and zinc deposits of the Beetown area, Wisconsin
Allen Van Heyl Jr., Erwin J. Lyons, John J. Theiler
1950, Open-File Report 50-39
The Beetown area, in Grant County, Wisconsin, in the Northwestern part of the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, lies in the western part of T. 4 N., R. 4 W., and the eastern part of T. 4 N., R. 5 W. The village of Beetown is at about its center.Recent...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1947, Part II, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1950, Water Supply Paper 1082
Raccoons of North and Middle America
Edward A. Goldman, Hartley H.T. Jackson
1950, North American Fauna 60
The raccoons, genus Procyon, colloquially known as “coons,” belong to the carnivorous family Procyonidae, which also includes the American genera Nasua, Nasuella, Bassaricyon, and Potos, and the Old World genera Ailurus and Ailuropoda of the subfamily Ailurinae. The members of the Procyon lotor group (subgenus Procyon), with a transcontinental range from...
Reconnaissance for trace elements in North Dakota and eastern Montana. Part 1. Geology and radioactivity. Part 2. Reserves and summary
Donald G. Wyant, Ernest P. Beroni
1950, Trace Elements Investigations 61
A reconnaissance for sources of radioactive material in North Dakota and eastern Montana was made in 1948. This reconnaissance was followed by a more detailed survey of parts of Golden Valley and Slope counties, southwestern North Dakota, in June 1949. The radioactivity of representative sections of all formations known to be...
Coal resources of the United States, A progress report, November 1, 1950
Paul Averitt, Louise R. Berryhill
1950, Circular 94
Interest in the quantity and quality of the coal reserves of the United States has increased greatly since the end of World War II, principally because of the growing realization that the ultimate reserves of petroleum and natural gas, although largely undefined, still. have finite limits. With the greatly increased...
Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria district, California
W. P. Woodring, M. N. Bramlette
1950, Professional Paper 222
Stratigraphy, paleontology, and geologic history.-A basement' consisting of igneous rocks of the Jurassic(?) Franciscan formation and sediments of the Upper Jurassic Knoxville formation, and formations of Tertiary and Quaternary age are exposed in the Santa Maria district. The outcrop section, exclusive of the Franciscan, has a maximum thickness of about...
Preliminary report on selected sections of Lisburne Limestone, Brooks Range, Alaska
William P. Brosge, Hillard N. Reiser
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 31
Location: - This report describes sections of the Lisburne limestone studied in the foothills and northern mountains of the Brooks Range, Alaska. The area covered extends along the front of the range from Sagavanirktok Lake (68°28' N. - 149°25' W.) west to the head of the Kukpowruk River (68°25' N....
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the upper Siksikpuk - Nanushuk Rivers area
A. Samuel Keller
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 30
Structural and stratigraphic studies of the rocks in the Siksikpuk and Nanushuk Rivers area were conducted by Navy Oil Unit party No. 2 during the summer field season of 1950. The field party consisted of six men: two geologists; two field assistants; a cook; and a weasel mechanic. Three weasels...
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the upper Utukok and Kokolik Rivers area
Marvin D. Mangus
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 29
U. S. Geological Survey Navy Oil Unit Party I examined the surface geology of the area of the upper Utukok River and east fork of the Kokolik River from June 28 to September 3, 1950. The party consisted of six men: E. G. Sable and M. D. Mangus, geologists; C....
Stratigraphy and structure of the Aupuk anticline
G. Donald Eberlein, Robert M. Chapman, Charles D. Reynolds
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 38
In addition to conducting an examination of the surface geology in the Southern Foothills province between the Killik River and east fork of the Etivluk River, Navy Oil Unit Party No. 5 was requested to map the Aupuk anticline during the 1950 field season, for the purpose of evaluating the...
The subsurface stratigraphy and structure of the Simpson area
Thomas G. Roberts, Florence Robinson
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 25
During the summer of 1949, 12 core tests were drilled in the vicinity of Simpson Seep No. 2 on the east side of the Simpson peninsula. These tests were drilled in an attempt to determine the origin of the Simpson oil seeps and to evaluate the petroleum possibilities of the...
Review of the stratigraphy and structure of the Gubik anticline
William A. Fischer, Allan N. Kover
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 37
At the direction of Ralph L. Miller, a special study was made of part of the Gubik anticline east of the Colville River. The purpose of this study was two fold; first, the examine the field evidence bearing on east plunge, second, to attempt to establish the continuity of the...
Stratigraphy and structure of the area of the upper Meade River, Alaska
Charles L. Whittington, Samuel A. Keller
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 36
The stratigraphic evidence in the upper Meade River area includes zones B to D of the Nanushuk group (Cretaceous). Zones B and C are not differentiated in mapping and description. South of the Meade River 2,100 feet of zones B-C and 1,500 feet of zone D are exposed. North of...
Stratigraphy and structure of the Okpikruak and Kiruktagiak Rivers area, Alaska
William W. Patton Jr., Irvin L. Tailleur
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 34
Navy Oil Unit Party 4, during the summer field season of 1949, examined the surface geology of the area of the Okpikruak and Kiruktagiak Rivers. The party consisted of six men: two geologists, two field assistants, a weasel mechanic, and a cook. Three weasels were used for transportation in the...
Geologic interpretations of seismic data relocation Routes 15 and 20 in Sturbridge, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-D
The proposed improvements at the junction of Routes 15 and 20, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, requires a cut of considerable magnitude for the relocation of east-bound Route 20 between stations 158 and 167. Geologic and seismic studies were made of the site for the purpose of determining the position of the bedrock...
