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January 1, 2000

Alaska resource data file: Charley River quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Charley River quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

C. E. Cameron

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2000

Alaska resource data file: Kantishna River quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Kantishna River quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

C.S. Rombach

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2000

Alaska resource data file, Chignik quadrangle Alaska resource data file, Chignik quadrangle

Descriptions of the mineral occurrences can be found in the report. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska.

Authors

Steven H. Pilcher

Ecosystems Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2000

Processed Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery for Selected Areas within the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Processed Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery for Selected Areas within the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

The study is summarized in the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file OF00-309.PDF. This publication also contain satellite full-scene images of selected areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. These images are presented as high-resolution images in jpeg format (IMAGES). The folder LOCATIONS in contains TIFF images showing exact positions of easily-identified reference locations...

Authors

John C. Dohrenwend, Floyd Gray, Robert J. Miller

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 2000

Preliminary maps of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility, nine-county San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database Preliminary maps of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility, nine-county San Francisco Bay region, California: a digital database

This report presents a preliminary map and database of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility for the nine-county San Francisco Bay region, together with a digital compendium of ground effects associated with past earthquakes in the region. The report consists of (1) a spatial database of fivedata layers (Quaternary deposits, quadrangle index, and three ground effects layers...

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Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Robert C. Witter, Carl M. Wentworth, Edward J. Helley, Robert S. Nicholson, Heather M. Wright, Katherine H. Brown

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 2000

Geochemical studies of mines, dumps, and tailings as sources of contamination, upper Animas River watershed, Colorado Geochemical studies of mines, dumps, and tailings as sources of contamination, upper Animas River watershed, Colorado

No abstract available.

Authors

J. T. Nash

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

January 1, 2000

Principal facts for gravity stations in the Antelope Valley-Bedell Flat area, west-central Nevada Principal facts for gravity stations in the Antelope Valley-Bedell Flat area, west-central Nevada

In April 2000 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established 211 gravity stations in the Antelope Valley and Bedell Flat area of west-central Nevada (see figure 1). The stations were located about 15 miles north of Reno, Nevada, southwest of Dogskin Mountain, and east of Petersen Mountain, concentrated in Antelope Valley and Bedell Flat (figure 2). The ranges in this area primarily...

Authors

Eleanore B. Jewel, David A. Ponce, Robert L. Morin

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 2000

Alaska resource data file: Beaver quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Beaver quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Joe Britton

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2000

Geologic map database of the El Mirage Lake area, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California Geologic map database of the El Mirage Lake area, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California

This geologic map database for the El Mirage Lake area describes geologic materials for the dry lake, parts of the adjacent Shadow Mountains and Adobe Mountain, and much of the piedmont extending south from the lake upward toward the San Gabriel Mountains. This area lies within the western Mojave Desert of San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, southeastern California. The area is...

Authors

David M. Miller, David R. Bedford

January 1, 2000

Mesoproterozoic graphite deposits, New Jersey Highlands: Geologic and stable isotopic evidence for possible algal origins Mesoproterozoic graphite deposits, New Jersey Highlands: Geologic and stable isotopic evidence for possible algal origins

Graphite deposits of Mesoproterozoic age are locally abundant in the eastern New Jersey Highlands, where they are hosted by sulphidic biotite–quartz–feldspar gneiss, metaquartzite, and anatectic pegmatite. Gneiss and metaquartzite represent a shallow marine shelf sequence of locally organic-rich sand and mud. Graphite from massive deposits within metaquartzite yielded δ13C values of –26...

Authors

R. A. Volkert, Craig A. Johnson, Albert V. Tamashausky

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

January 1, 2000

Geophysical constraints on the Virgin River Depression, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona Geophysical constraints on the Virgin River Depression, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona

Gravity and aeromagnetic data provide insights into the subsurface lithology and structure of the Virgin River Depression (VRD) of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. The gravity data indicate that the Quaternary and Tertiary sedimentary deposits hide a complex pre-Cenozoic surface. A north-northwest-trending basement ridge separates the Mesquite and Mormon basins, as evidenced by seismic...

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Victoria E. Langenheim, J. M. Glen, R.C. Jachens, G. L. Dixon, T.C. Katzer, R. L. Morin

January 1, 2000

Age and paleoenvironmental significance of mega-invertebrates from the "San Pedro" Formation in the Coyote Hills, Fullerton and Buena Park, Orange County, Southern California Age and paleoenvironmental significance of mega-invertebrates from the "San Pedro" Formation in the Coyote Hills, Fullerton and Buena Park, Orange County, Southern California

The "San Pedro" Formation in the Coyote Hills contains an invertebrate fossil as-semblage of 184 taxa from 158 localities. The fauna consists of two annelids, 174 mollusks (80 bivalves, 94 gastropods, and three scaphopods), five arthropods, and three echinoids, along with other minor constituents recognized by not specifically identified during the present study. These fossils are...

Authors

Charles L. Powell, Dave Stevens