Status of topographic and geologic mapping in the New England-New York region
Louis W. Currier
1955, Open-File Report 55-34
No abstract available. ...
Geologic maps and sections of the Nevada Scheelite mine, Regent district, Mineral County, Nevada
Robert F. Stopper, Konrad Bates Krauskopf
1955, Open-File Report 55-176
Ground-water reconnaissance in five Eskimo villages in the lower Kuskokwim-Yukon River area, Alaska
Roger Milton Waller
1955, Open-File Report 55-186
In response to a request from the Sanitation and Engineering Section of the Alaska Department of Health, a reconnaissance of the possibility of obtaining ground-water supplies for the five villages in the lower Kuskokwim-Yukon River area was made by the Geological Survey early in June 1955. The five Eskimo villages--Kwethluk,...
Reconnaissance of ground-water possibilities in the Juneau area, Alaska
Roger Milton Waller
1955, Open-File Report 55-187
A brief reconnaissance of the Juneau area, Alaska, was made to investigate the ground-water conditions. Particular reference was made to the availability of small water supplies to meet the standards of the Alaska Department of Health....
Status of ownership of part of the lands on which phosphate-bearing beds crop out in southeastern Idaho
Emerson Cannon Willey, T. M. Cheney, H.W. Pierce, L.T. Grose
1955, Open-File Report 55-194
This report and accompanying maps summarize the status of ownership of many phosphate bearing lands in southeastern Idaho. Ownership categories discussed are (1) phosphate rights owned by Federal Government, (2) phosphate rights not owned by Federal Government, and (3) ownership status uncertain....
Pyrite deposits at Horseshoe Bay, Latouche Island, Alaska
Francis Adrien Stejer
1955, Open-File Report 55-175
Horseshoe Bay (see fig. 1) is in the southwest part of Prince William Sound at latitude 60°01'N and longitude 147°57'W. It is on the west side of Latouche Island about two miles southwest of the old mining camp of Latouche. Pyrite deposits crop out about one-half mile from the head...
Physical stratigraphy of the Phosphoria formation in northwestern Wyoming
Richard Porter Sheldon
1955, Open-File Report 55-163
Electrical resistivity measurements in the Neillsville area, Wisconsin
H. Cecil Spicer, George J. Edwards
1955, Open-File Report 55-173
Sixty-eight electrical depth profiles were completed in the vicinity of Neillsville, Wis. to obtain information on the water-bearing beds in the glacial moraine and consolidated sedimentary rocks in the area. No productive aquifers were found but the best areas for test drilling are described. The basic theory and interpretation procedures,...
Surface and underground geologic map of the DeCourcy Mountain mine, DeCourcy Mountain area, central Kuskokwim region, Alaska
Edward J. Webber
1955, Open-File Report 55-190
Fossils from bore holes on the Eastern Shore Peninsula, Virginia
Ruth Todd, Julia A. Gardner, I. G. Sohn
1955, Open-File Report 55-181
This report lists Foraminifera, Mollusca, and Ostracoda in five bore holes that penetrated a maximum of 445 feet of section in sediments of Pleistocene and Miocene age, and discusses the paleoecologic and stratigraphic significance of the fossils. It includes the contents of references 6, 16, and 18 of Virginia Division...
Surficial geology of an area adjoining the edge of the Matanuska Valley, Alaska
Frank W. Trainer
1955, Open-File Report 55-182
Informe preliminar sobre la geologia del valle superior de La Paz, Bolivia
Ernest Dobrovolny
1955, Open-File Report 55-42
Preliminary geologic evaluation of the Chena area, Alaska
John R. Williams
1955, Open-File Report 55-198
It seems fitting at this session of the Alaska Science Conference, the first to be held in the Fairbanks area, to give a preliminary summary of the practical results of a geologic investigation of the Chena area east of Fairbanks. The work was done by the Geological Survey in 1950....
Status of ownership of part of the lands on which phosphate-bearing beds outcrop in westernmost Wyoming
Emerson C. Willey, T. M. Cheney, H.W. Peirce, L.T. Grose
1955, Open-File Report 55-196
This report and accompanying maps summarize the status of ownership of many phosphate bearing lands in westernmost Wyoming. Ownership categories discussed are (1) phosphate rights owned by Federal Government, (2) phosphate rights not owned by Federal Government, and (3) ownership status uncertain....
Status of ownership of part of the lands on which phosphate-bearing beds outcrop in Utah
Emerson Cannon Willey, T. M. Cheney, H.W. Pierce, L.T. Grose
1955, Open-File Report 55-195
This report and accompanying maps summarize the status of ownership of many phosphate bearing lands in the State of Utah. Ownership categories discussedare (1) phosphate rights owned by Federal Government, (2) phosphate rights not owned by Federal Government, and (3) ownership status uncertain....
Status of ownership of part of the lands on which phosphate-bearing beds outcrop in southwestern Montana and northeastern Idaho
Emerson C. Willey, E. R. Cressman, H.W. Peirce, T. M. Cheney
1955, Open-File Report 55-197
This report and accompanying maps summarize the status or ownership or many phosphate bearing lands in southwestern Montana and northeastern Idaho. Ownership categories discussed are (1) phosphate rights owned by Federal Government, (2) phosphate rights not owned by Federal Government, and (3) ownership status uncertain....
Pegmatites of the Middletown area, Connecticut
Frederick Stugard Jr.
1955, Open-File Report 55-177
The pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite mica since about 1865, Pegmatites in this and other areas have recently become the subject of renewed interest because pegmatites are the potential source of beryl, the ore mineral of beryllium. During 1948...
Preliminary geologic map of Juanita Arch quadrangle, Colorado
E.M. Shoemaker
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 28
No abstract available....
Surficial geology of the Bristol quadrangle and vicinity, Rhode Island-Massachusetts
J. Hiram Smith
1955, Geologic Quadrangle 70
No abstract available....
Bentonite deposits of the northern Black Hills district, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota
M. M. Knechtel, S. H. Patterson
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 36
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Triangle A pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota
A.J. Lang Jr.
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 44
The Triangle A pegmatite is 4 miles southeast of Custer in the SW 1/4, sec. 34, T. 3 S., R. 5 E., Custer County, S. Dak. It may be reached from Custer by a gravel road 2.4 miles long that leaves U.S. Highway 16A at a point 3.2 miles east...
Zinc and lead deposits of the Sinsinawa River area, Grant County, Wisconsin
John W. Allingham, Arthur E. Flint, Allen F. Agnew
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 40
A broad geologic study of the structure and ore deposits of the Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district (fig. 1) was begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1942. The main object of the present program is to delineate the areas favorable to future exploration for zinc-lead ore deposits. As part of the...
Geology and zinc-lead deposits in the Durango area, Dubuque County, Iowa
Arthur E. Flint, C. Erwin Brown
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 33
Geologic investigations were begun in Iowa to appraise; (1) the possible occurrence of zinc ore in strata that elsewhere in the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district have been the principal sites of zinc concentration; and (2) lead ore of the type known as "crevice deposits," which were mined so extensively...
Preliminary geologic map of southwestern Oregon west of meridian 122 degrees west and south of parallel 43 degrees south
Francis G. Wells
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 38
No abstract available....
Preliminary geologic map of the Paradox quadrangle, Colorado
C. F. Withington
1955, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 22
No abstract available....