Geologic features of dam sites in the Nehalem, Rogue, and Willamette River basins, Oregon, 1935-37
A. M. Piper
1947, Open-File Report 47-12
The present report comprises brief descriptions of geologic features at 19 potential dam sites in the Nehalem, Rogue, and Willamette River basins in western Oregon. The topography of these site and of the corresponding reservoir site was mapped in 1934-36 under an allocation of funds, by the Public Works...
Geologic features of the Connecticut Valley, Massachusetts as related to recent floods
Richard Henry Jahns
1947, Water Supply Paper 996
This report gives the results of a geologic study of certain features that bear upon the recent flood behavior of rivers flowing in the Massachusetts part of the Connecticut Valley. It is in part an outline of the physiographic history of the Connecticut River, a 'history that is treated in...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1945, Part II, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1947, Water Supply Paper 1032
Cobalt-copper deposits of the Blackbird district, Lemhi County, Idaho
J. S. Vhay
1947, Open-File Report 48-1
The Blackbird district is in east-central Idaho, about 20 miles west-southwest of Salmon. The area is one of deeply weathered, flat-topped upland surfaces cut by several steep-walled valleys, which are tributary to the canyon of Panther Creek. Most of the area has a heavy vegetative cover and outcrops are relatively...
Minor floods of 1938 in the North Atlantic States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1947, Water Supply Paper 966
Five noteworthy floods occurred during 1938 in the North Atlantic States. The first flood was in January, the others were in June, July, August, and September. The floods of January, June, and August were relatively local events in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, respectively. The floods of July and...
Mining districts in the Carson Sink region, Nevada
F. Schrader
1947, Open-File Report 47-17
The region lies in an area of primarily sedimentary rocks which are principally Mesozoic and are tilted, folded, and faulted and cut by granular intrusives, and flooded by Tertiary lavas as shown on Figure 4. The Mesozoic sediments were strongly folded and invaded by granular intrusives at or about the...
Preliminary report on stratigraphy and structure of the Wolf Creek anticline, Alaska
Karl Stefansson, R. F. Thurrell Jr., J. H. Zumberge
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 14
In 1946 U. S. Geological Survey Party 2 was assigned the task of carrying out detailed structural and stratigraphic investigations in the area of Maybe Creek*. Field studies indicated the presence of a large anticlinal structure whose axis lies just south of Wolf Creek. Later structural data compiled from aerial...
Preliminary report on stratigraphy and structure of the area of Kigalik and Awuna Rivers, Alaska
C. L. Whittington, M. L. Troyer
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 11
During the summer of. 1947, U. S. Geological Survey Party No. 2 made a reconnaissance survey of the area between Awuna River and the divide north of the Kigalik River. The westernmost observations were made along the Awuna anticline to longitude about 157°30' W. and along the Kigalik anticline to...
Stratigraphy and structure of the area of Maybe Creek
Richard G. Ray, William A. Fischer
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 4
During the summer of 1946 the United States Geological Survey continued its program of stratigraphic and structural investigations in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, northern Alaska. This report summarizes the results of work in the area of Maybe Creek (see inset, fig. 1). The area studied is southwest of Umiat...
Preliminary report on the general geology and engineering geology of Noonan quadrangle, North Dakota
R. C. Townsend
1947, Report
The Noonan quadrangle is in northwestern North Dakota adjacent to the Dominion of Canada and approximately 35 miles east of Montana. The small coal-mining, farm, and railroad town of Noonan is located near the eastern edge of this sparsely populated area. The east-west State Highway 5 bisects the quadrangle.Cultural development...
Stratigraphy and structure of the area of the Kurupa, Oolamnagavik, Killik, and Colville Rivers
Robert M. Chapman, R. F. Thurrell Jr.
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 5
The area between 68° 3C' and 69° 08 N. latitude and between 154° and 155° 20 W. longitude was covered by U. S. Geological Survey party 4 during the period May 18 to September 2. Traverses were confined mainly to the valleys of the Kurupa, Oolamnagavik, and Colville Rivers inasmuch...
Part 3: Volcano investigations on Umnak Island, 1946
F. M. Byers Jr., D.M. Hopkins, K. L. Wier, Bernard Fisher
1947, Report, Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report No. 2
Umnak Island is a dumbbell-shaped island in the eastern part of the Aleutian Islands. The island is 70 miles long and trends northeast-southwest. During 1946 volcano investigations were begun on the island and geologic mapping of most of northeastern Umnak Island was completed.Okmok Volcano, a large, broad volcanic mountain rising...
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Titaluk and upper Ikpikpuk Rivers, Alaska
Edward J. Webber
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 18
Geological Survey Party No. 4 was assigned an investigation of the Ikpikpuk and Titaluk Rivers and East Fork of the Ikpikpuk River mainly for the purpose of obtaining stratigraphic information which would be of use in determining the parts of the Upper Cretaceous sequence that underlie the areas investigated by...
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the area of the Utukok River with notes on the Corwin-Cape Beaufort region, Alaska
Raymond M. Thompson, W. L. Barksdale
1947, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 17
U.S. Geological Survey Party 3 studied the geology of the Utukok River area and conducted a short reconnaissance of the Corwin-Cape Beaufort Region during the period May 12 to August 31, 1947. The upper part of the Utukok River was examined for several miles on either side while the lower,...
Geology of the Borah Peak quadrangle, Idaho
C. P. Ross
1947, GSA Bulletin (58) 1085-1160
This report is on result of a long program of geologic investigation in south-central Idaho, undertaken as an aid in the development of the mineral resources of the region. This quadrangle was examined because of the exceptional opportunities for the study of stratigraphy and structure afforded by the Lost River...
Geology and ground-water resources of Puerto Rico
Charles Lee McGuinness
1947, Economic Geology (42) 563-571
Puerto Rico, the easternmost and smallest of the Greater Antilles, has an axis of deformed and metamorphosed volcanic rocks of Upper Cretaceous age, intruded by dioritic rocks during the Antillean revolution. The hard-rock core is flanked on the north and south by limestones and clastic rocks of late Oligocene and...
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Niihau, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon A. Macdonald
1947, Bulletin 12
Niihau lies 171/2 miles southwest of Kauai. Its area is 72 square miles, and its highest point has an altitude of 1,281 feet. The population is about 180, chiefly Hawaiians. The annual rainfall at Kiekie, the ranch headquarters, generally ranges between 18 and 26 inches. The chief industries are the...
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Molokai, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon A. Macdonald
1947, Bulletin 11
The island of Molokai is the fifth largest of the Hawaiian Islands, with an area of 250 square miles. It lies 25 miles southeast of Oahu, and 8.5 miles northwest of Maui. It consists of two principal parts, each a major volcanic mountain. East Molokai rises to 4,970 feet altitude....
Ground water in Tooele Valley, Tooele County, Utah
H. E. Thomas
1946, Technical Publication 4
Tooele Valley is a typical basin of the Basin and Range Province located about 30 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. It is roughly 15 miles long and 10 miles wide and has a population of about 7,000. Bordered on the west by the Stansbury Range, on the east by...
General statement on the Cedar Creek slide, Montrose, Colorado
Helen D. Varnes
1946, Open-File Report 46-29
The Cedar Creek slide is located about ten miles east of Montrose in southwestern Colorado, along the Denver Rio Grande and Western Railroad. It occupies an area about 1,000 feet square and has a maximum height above the railroad grade of more than 300 feet. The slide occurred on the...
Geology and ground-water resources of Cedar City and Parowan Valleys, Iron County, Utah
H. E. Thomas, G.H. Taylor
1946, Water Supply Paper 993
Cedar City Valley and Parowan Valley are situated in the eastern part of Iron County, in southwestern Utah. Both valleys are traversed by United States Highway 91, which skirts the west base of the High Plateaus of Utah. The sparse population of the valleys is chiefly dependent upon agricultural products...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1944, Part II, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1946, Water Supply Paper 1002
Appalachian drainage and the highland border sediments of the Newark series
C.W. Carlston
1946, Geological Society of America Bulletin (57) 997-1032
The highland border fanglomerates of the Newark basin in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania show no extraordinary correlation with present drainage either in distribution or lithologic character and degree of rounding of their gravels. The writer found no evidence of deposition of any of the fanglomerates by major...
Preliminary report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Kurupa, Colville, and Oolamnagavik Rivers, Alaska
Robert M. Chapman, R. F. Thurrell Jr.
1946, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 1
U. S. Geological Survey Party No. 4 covered the area between 68° 30' and 69° 08' N. latitude and between 154° and 155°20' W. longitude during the period May 18 to September 2. Traverses were confined mainly to the valleys of the Kurupa, Colville, and Oolamnagavik Rivers inasmuch as very...
Artificial recharge of productive ground-water aquifers in New Jersey
H.C. Barksdale, G.D. DeBuchananne
1946, Economic Geology (41) 726-737
Artificial recharge by water spreading is practiced in several places in New Jersey. Rates of recharge ranging from 3,000 to 125,000 gallons per acre per day have been measured at the Perth Amboy Water Works, where artificial recharge of the Old Bridge sand, of upper Cretaceous age, has been practiced...
