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Reconnaissance geology and hydrology on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota Reconnaissance geology and hydrology on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota

The Nett Lake Indian Reservation is in northern Minnesota, about 210 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The village of Nett Lake (population about 300) is the only community on the reservation. This report is the result of an investigation made to provide a central water source for the village, at the request of the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health, Education...
Authors
R.F. Norvitch

Ground-water exploration and test pumping in the Halma-Lake Bronson area, Kittson County, Minnesota Ground-water exploration and test pumping in the Halma-Lake Bronson area, Kittson County, Minnesota

The Halma-Lake Bronson area covers about 80 square miles in the northwestern corner of Minnesota. It is a relatively featureless poorly drained glacial drift plain which slopes gently to the west about 10 feet per mile. The plain is interrupted by sand dunes and by beach deposits of Glacial Lake Agassiz. In the northeastern part of the area, the glacial drift rests on Preeambrian...
Authors
George R. Schiner

Geology and occurrence of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota Geology and occurrence of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota

Lyon County is in southwestern Minnesota, mostly within the drainage basin of the Minnesota River. The basement rocks in the area consist largely of Precambrian granite and quartzite. These are overlain locally by flat-lying Upper Cretaceous strata composed of thick sections of soft dark-bluish-gray shale and some thin beds of loosely consolidated sandstone. The Cretaceous strata are...
Authors
Harry G. Rodis

Ground-water contamination and legal controls in Michigan Ground-water contamination and legal controls in Michigan

The great importance of the fresh ground-water resources of Michigan is evident because 90 percent of the rural and about 70 percent of the total population of the State exclusive of the Detroit metropolitan area are supplied from underground sources. The water-supply and public-health problems that have been caused by some cases of ground-water contamination in the State illustrate the...
Authors
Morris Deutsch

Ground-water resources of the Alma area, Michigan Ground-water resources of the Alma area, Michigan

The Alma area consists of 30 square miles in the northwestern part of Gratiot County, Mich. It is an area of slight relief gently rolling hills and level plains and is an important agricultural center in the State. The Saginaw formation, which forms the bedrock surface in part of the area, is of relatively low permeability and yields water containing objectionable amounts of chloride...
Authors
Kenneth E. Vanlier

Geology and ground-water conditions in the southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, Morrison County, Minnesota Geology and ground-water conditions in the southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, Morrison County, Minnesota

The southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, in central Minnesota, includes an area of about 20 square miles. This investigation was conducted to assist the U.S. National Guard Bureau in locating adequate water supplies for expansion and standby needs. Bedrock in the area consists of Precambrian phyllite which is equivalent to the Virginia slate. The area is covered largely...
Authors
J.R. Jones, P.D. Akin, Robert Schneider

Hydrology of upper Black Earth Creek basin, Wisconsin, with a section on surface water Hydrology of upper Black Earth Creek basin, Wisconsin, with a section on surface water

The upper Black Earth Creek drainage basin has an area of 46 square miles and is in Dane County in south-central Wisconsin. The oldest rock exposed in the valley walls is the sandstone of Late Cambrian age. Dolomite of the Prairie du Chien Group of Ordovician age overlies the sandstone and forms the. resistant cap on the hills. The St. Peter Sandstone, Platteville and Decorah Formations...
Authors
Denzel R. Cline, Mark W. Busby
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