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Geologic map of the Telegraph Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California Geologic map of the Telegraph Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

Open-File Report OF 01-293 contains a digital geologic map database of the Telegraph Peak 7.5’ quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California that includes: ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 double precision coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. A PostScript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and...
Authors
D. M. Morton, M.O. Woodburne, J. H. Foster, Gregory Morton, P. M. Cossette

Assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the Lower Boise River Valley area, Idaho: Part one: Geological framework of the sand and gravel deposits Assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the Lower Boise River Valley area, Idaho: Part one: Geological framework of the sand and gravel deposits

The USGS has undertaken a first order evaluation of sand & gravel resources in the Lower Boise River Valley in response to rapid urban expansion in the Boise-Nampa-Caldwell corridor in southwest Idaho. The study is intended to provide land-use planners and managers, particularly in the Bureau of Land Management, with a foundation of knowledge that will allow them to anticipate and plan...
Authors
James D. Bliss, Phillip R. Moyle

A debris avalanche at Forest Falls, San Bernardino County, California, July 11, 1999 A debris avalanche at Forest Falls, San Bernardino County, California, July 11, 1999

This publication consists of the online version of a CD-ROM publication, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-146. The data for this publication total 557 MB on the CD-ROM. For speed of transfer, the main PDF document has been compressed (with a subsequent loss of image quality) from 145 to 18.1 MB. The community of Forest Falls, California, is frequently subject to relatively slow...
Authors
Douglas M. Morton, Rachel M. Hauser

The Silent Canyon caldera — A three dimensional model as part of a Pahute Mesa - Oasis Valley, Nevada, hydrogeologic model The Silent Canyon caldera — A three dimensional model as part of a Pahute Mesa - Oasis Valley, Nevada, hydrogeologic model

A 3-dimensional caldera model based on gravity inversion, drill-hole data, and geologic mapping offers the framework for a hydrogeologic evaluation of the Silent Canyon caldera in the central part of Pahute Mesa, Nevada. It has been recognized for several decades that the central part of Pahute Mesa is the site of a buried caldera called the Silent Canyon caldera. Conceptually, the...
Authors
Edwin H. McKee, Geoffery A. Phelps, Edward A. Mankinen

Eagle Mountain Mine: Geology of the former Kaiser Steel Operation in Riverside County, California Eagle Mountain Mine: Geology of the former Kaiser Steel Operation in Riverside County, California

This investigation of the Eagle Mountain Mine area, though cursory, revealed new structural, alteration, and stratigraphic relations. Eagle Mountain ores were previously an important source of iron to the western U. S. Ore (where fresh) is magnetite-pyrite rock forming two stratabound horizons virtually continuous for 11 km. Gneissic basement rocks are overlain by two sedimentary units...
Authors
Eric R. Force

Digital geologic map of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California Digital geologic map of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California

Version 1.1 of this Open-File Report contains a digital geologic map and map database of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute) version 7.2.1 double-precision coverages of the various elements of the geologic map 2. A PostScript (.ps) file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base...
Authors
F. K. Miller, J. C. Matti, H.J. Brown, R. E. Powell, P. M. Cossette, Gregory Morton

Geochemistry of selected mercury mine-tailings in the Parkfield Mercury District, California Geochemistry of selected mercury mine-tailings in the Parkfield Mercury District, California

The Parkfield mercury district is located in the southern part of the California Coast Range mercury mineral belt and contains three silica-carbonate-type mercury deposits that have had significant mercury production. Mercury was first produced in the district in 1873, but the main period of production occurred from 1915-1922. Total production from the district is about 5,000 flasks of...
Authors
James J. Rytuba, Boris B. Kotlyar, Gregg Wilkerson, Jerry Olson

Digital data for construction material sources reported by the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1977 for Maricopa County, Arizona Digital data for construction material sources reported by the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1977 for Maricopa County, Arizona

Material inventories for prospective sources of material for use in building roads and associated structures were prepared by Arizona for several counties including Maricopa County. The inventories provide information about pit locations, materials classification and type, and measures of some characteristics used to determine suitability for aggregate. The digital data given in this...
Authors
Douglas M. Hirschberg, G. Stephen Pitts, Henry L. Melcher, James D. Bliss

Geologic map of the Tucson and Nogales quadrangles (Arizona, scale 1:250,000): A digital database Geologic map of the Tucson and Nogales quadrangles (Arizona, scale 1:250,000): A digital database

The geologic map of the Tucson-Nogales 1:250,000 scale quadrangle (Peterson and others, 1990) was digitized by U.S. Geological Survey staff and University of Arizona contractors at the Southwest Field Office, Tucson, Arizona, in 2000 for input into a geographic information system (GIS). The database was created for use as a basemap in a decision support system designed by the National...
Authors
J.A. Peterson, J. R. Berquist, S. J. Reynolds, S. S. Page-Nedell, Gustav P. Oland, Douglas M. Hirschberg

Geologic map of the Riverside East 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California Geologic map of the Riverside East 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California

Open-File Report 01-452 contains a digital geologic map database of the Riverside East 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: ARC/INFO Environmental Systems Research Institute (http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, containing a Correlation of Map...
Authors
Douglas M. Morton, Brett F. Cox

Geologic map of the Lakeview 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California Geologic map of the Lakeview 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California

This Open-File Report contains a digital geologic map and map database of the Lakeview 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California, that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute) version 7.2.1 double-precision coverages of the various elements of the geologic map 2. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a Correlation of...
Authors
Douglas M. Morton, Jonathan C. Matti
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