Geochemical explorations for gold deposits at Goldfield, Nevada
Roger P. Ashley, William J. Keith
1978, Open-File Report 78-228
The main problem in geochemical exploration for gold ore bodies in the 40 km2 hydrothermally altered area at Goldfield is to decide which of the many silicified ledges exposed are most likely to yield deposits with additional subsurface exploration. We conclude that the most efficient way to search for exploration...
Mineral resources of the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Frank Gardner Lesure, A. E. Grosz, B. B. Williams, Gertrude C. Gazdik
1978, Open-File Report 78-1091
The Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area covers about 550 hectares of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina (fig. 1). The area is 21 km northeast of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., and 11 km southwest of Mount Mitchell, the highest point in eastern North...
Mineral resources of the Cranberry Wilderness Study Area, Pocahontas and Webster counties, West Virginia
Charles R. Meissner Jr., John F. Windolph Jr., Peter C. Mory, Donald K. Harrison, Cornelia Clermont Cameron, Andrew E. Grosz, William J. Perry Jr., Frank Gardner Lesure
1978, Open-File Report 78-142
Cranberry Wilderness Study Area comprises 14,702 ha in the Monongahela National Forest, Pocahontas and Webster Counties, east-central West Virginia. The area is in the Yew Mountains of the Appalachian Plateaus and is at the eastern edge of the central Appalachian coal fields. Cranberry Glades, a peatland of botanical interest lies...
Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska
David A. Brew, B. R. Johnson, Donald Grybeck, Andrew Griscom, D.F. Barnes, A.L. Kimball, J.C. Still, J.I. Rataj
1978, Open-File Report 78-494
Mineral resources of the Rincon wilderness study area, Pima County, Arizona
Charles H. Thorman, Harald Drewes, Michael Lane
1978, Open-File Report 78-596
The Rincon wilderness study area comprises about 254 km2 (98 mi2) of the Rincon Mountains 15-30 km (10-20 mi) east of Tucson, Arizona. The area lies within the Coronado National Forest and forms a belt around the north, east, and south sides of the Saguaro National Monument (fig. 1). A...
Mineral resources of the Snow Mountain Wilderness Study Area, California
Robert David Brown, Andrew Griscom, D. J. Grimes, Reinhardt Leinz
1978, Open-File Report 78-296
The Lyon Station-Paulins Kill nappe: The frontal structure of the Musconetcong nappe system in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Avery Drake Jr.
1978, Professional Paper 1023
No abstract available....
Development of a relation for steady-state pumping rate for Eagle Valley ground-water basin, Nevada
Freddy E. Arteaga, Timothy J. Durbin
1978, Open-File Report 79-261
Eagle Valley is a topographic and ground-water basin in the west-central area of Nevada. The demand for water in the valley is approaching the limits of the locally available resource, which is the water yield of 9,000 acre-feet per year from the adjacent mountain areas.The steady-state pumping rate from the...
Geophysical and lithologic logs of holes drilled in the Wasatch Plateau and Emery coal fields, Johns Peak and Old Woman Plateau quadrangles, Sevier County, Utah
L. F. Blanchard
1978, Open-File Report 78-363
Summary description of the geologic environment of the Williston Basin lignite fields, North Dakota
Donald Eldon Trimble
1978, Open-File Report 78-920
Appraisal of water resources in the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Humboldt County, Nevada
Freddy E. Arteaga
1978, Open-File Report 78-139
Consideration of land-management alternatives in parts of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation has prompted an evaluation of water resources in the reservation and vicinity. The study area comprises (1) about 9 square miles of reservation land, plus adjacent areas, on and bordering the floor of Quinn River valley near McDermitt,...
Historic ground failures in Northern California triggered by earthquakes
T. Leslie Youd, Seena N. Hoose
1978, Professional Paper 993
A major source of earthquake-related damage and casualties in northern California has been ground failures generated by the seismic shaking, including landslides, lateral spreads, ground settlement, and surface cracks. The historical record shows that, except for offshore shocks, the geographic area affected and the quantity and general severity of ground...
Water budget and water-surface fluctuations, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Ted Arnow
1978, Open-File Report 78-912
The water-budget equation for Great Salt Lakes is: Inflow = Outflow + or - Storage change. The average annual inflow for the period 1931-76 was about 2.9 million acre-feet; 1.9 million acre-feet from surface sources, about 900,000 acre-feet from direct precipitation, and about 75,000 acre-feet from ground water. The average...
Summary of the geology and resources of uranium in the San Juan Basin and adjacent region, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado
Jennie L. Ridgley, M. W. Green, C. T. Pierson, W.I. Finch, R.D. Lupe
1978, Open-File Report 78-964
The San Juan Basin and adjacent region lie predominantly in the southeastern part of the uranium-rich Colorado Plateau of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Underlying the province are rocks of the Precambrian basement complex composed mainly of igneous and metamorphic rocks; a thickness of about 3,600 meters of generally...
Estimation of ground motion parameters
David M. Boore, Adolph A. Oliver III, Robert A. Page, William B. Joyner
1978, Open-File Report 78-509
Strong motion data from western North America for earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5 are examined to provide the basis for estimating peak acceleration, velocity, displacement, and duration as a function of distance for three magnitude classes. Data from the San Fernando earthquake are examined to assess the effects of...
Hydrogeology of the karst of Puerto Rico
Ennio V. Giusti
1978, Professional Paper 1012
About one-fifth of Puerto Rico is covered by a tropical karst formed on a series of six limestone formations ranging in age from middle-Oligocene to middle Miocene. These formations strike east to west and crop out over the north coast of the island. Structurally, the rocks form a simple wedge...
Electron-microprobe study of chromitites associated with alpine ultramafic complexes and some genetic implications
M. L. Bird
1978, Open-File Report 78-119
Electron-microprobe and petrographic studies of alpine chromite deposits from around the world demonstrate that they are bimodal with respect to the chromic oxide content of their chromite. The two modes occur at 54 ? 4 and 37 ? 3 weight per cent chromic oxide corresponding to chromite designated as high-chromium...
Physical stratigraphy of the Genesee Formation (Devonian) in western and central New York
Wallace De Witt Jr., George Willis Colton
1978, Professional Paper 1032-A
No abstract available....
South Texas continental shelf and continental slope: Late Pleistocene/Holocene evolution and sea-floor stability (an outline and notes relative to geologic hazards on the sea floor)
Henry L. Prepared by Berryhill, Anita R. Assisted by Trippet
1978, Open-File Report 78-514
Map and tables describing areas of metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Henry C. Berg, Raymond L. Elliott, Richard D. Koch
1978, Open-File Report 78-73-M
1978 Water Quality Laboratory services catalog
Linda C. Friedman
1978, Open-File Report 78-502
The information in this catalog is provided to assist field personnel in the selection of determinations, the estimation of costs, the calculation of sample volume requirements, the identification of the necessary sample treatment and in the evaluation of the precision of the laboratory data. The major section of the catalog...
Climatography of the Front Range Urban Corridor and vicinity, Colorado
Wallace R. Hansen, Byron John Chronic, John Matelock
1978, Professional Paper 1019
No abstract available....
Bibliographic supplement to U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1426 for 1975 through June 1977
Wenonah E. Bergquist
1978, Open-File Report 78-349
This bibliography is a supplement to U.S. Geological Survey Bulletins 1426 (Bergquist, 1976) and 1263 (Heath and Tabacchi, 1968). The titles listed result from work undertaken in cooperation with national agencies partly through technical assistance projects under the auspices of the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State; partly...
Depositional history and fault-related studies, Bolinas Lagoon, California
Joel R. Berquist
1978, Open-File Report 78-802
Studies of core sediments and seismic reflection profiles elucidate the structure and depositional history of Bolinas Lagoon, Calif., which covers 4.4 km 2 and lies in the San Andreas fault zone at the southeast corner of the Point Reyes Peninsula 20 km northwest of San Francisco. The 1906 trace of...
Petroleum potential, geologic hazards, and technology for exploration in the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary Province
George Plafker, T.R. Bruns, P.R. Carlson, B. F. Molnia, E. W. Scott, Rodger Kahler, Charles Wilson
1978, Open-File Report 78-490
