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January 1, 1993

Construction aggregates Construction aggregates

Part of a special section on the market performance of industrial minerals in 1992. Production of construction aggregates increased by 4.6 percent in 1992. This increase was due, in part, to the increased funding for transportation and infrastructure projects. The U.S. produced about 1.05 Gt of crushed stone and an estimated 734 Mt of construction sand and gravel in 1992. Demand is...

Authors

V.V. Tepordei

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

Fluorspar Fluorspar

The U.S. produced 50 kt of fluorspar in 1992 and imported nearly 409 kt. Almost all the fluorspar was imported from China. The U.S. consumption of 467 kt represents the lowest level since 1958. This is due to the continuing decrease in consumption by the steel and aluminum industries.

Authors

M. Miller

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

Strontium Strontium

Part of a special section reviewing the market performance of industrial minerals in 1992. Imports of celestite (strontium ore) reached nearly 45 kt, which represents an increase of 35 percent over 1991. Mexico supplied almost all of the celestite. Nearly 70 percent of the strontium consumed in the U.S. is used in television picture tube faceplate glass to block X-ray emissions.

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J.A. Ober

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1993

SPVIEW; spectral plot program for accessing the USGS Digital Spectral Library database with MS-DOS personal computers, version 1.00 SPVIEW; spectral plot program for accessing the USGS Digital Spectral Library database with MS-DOS personal computers, version 1.00

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Authors

K.E. Livo, Roger N. Clark, Daniel H. Knepper

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

January 1, 1993

Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992 Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992

This collection of 19 papers continues the annual series of U.S. Geological Survey reports on the geology of Alaska. The contributions, which include full-length Articles and shorter Geologic Notes, cover a broad range of topics including dune formation, stratigraphy, paleontology, isotopic dating, mineral resources, and tectonics. Articles, grouped under four regional headings, span...

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

January 1, 1993

General distribution of geologic materials in the southern San Francisco Bay Region, California: A digital map database General distribution of geologic materials in the southern San Francisco Bay Region, California: A digital map database

No abstract available.

Authors

Carl M. Wentworth

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

December 31, 1992

530 Ma zircon age for ophiolite from the New England orogen: Oldest rocks known from eastern Australia 530 Ma zircon age for ophiolite from the New England orogen: Oldest rocks known from eastern Australia

New ion microprobe data provide constraints on the timing of formation of ophiolitic rocks in the New England tectonic collage in eastern Australia. Results for analyses of magmatic zircons from plagiogranite of the Weraerai terrane ophiolite at Upper Bingara give a 206pb/238|j ag e Qf 53Q ± 6 Ma (2a). This plagiogranite is the oldest rock from eastern Australia yet identified. Existing...

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J.C. Aitchinson, T. R. Ireland, M. Clark Blake, P.G. Flood

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

December 31, 1992

Bristol Lake basin--a deep sedimentary basin along the Bristol-Danby trough, Mojave Desert Bristol Lake basin--a deep sedimentary basin along the Bristol-Danby trough, Mojave Desert

No abstract available.

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R.C. Jachens, Keith A. Howard

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

December 31, 1992

Kinematic evidence for extensional unroofing of the Franciscan Complex along the Coast Range Fault, Northern Diablo Range, California Kinematic evidence for extensional unroofing of the Franciscan Complex along the Coast Range Fault, Northern Diablo Range, California

Franciscan metagraywacke immediately below the Del Puerto ophiolite, an outlier of the Coast Range ophiolite in the northern Diablo Range, was sheared during top‐to‐the‐east displacement on the Coast Range fault. This represents normal faulting and extensional offset. It was accompanied by attenuation of the Coast Range ophiolite and Great Valley sequence in the hanging wall along layer...

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T.A. Harms, A. S. Jayko, M. Clark Blake

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, 1992

Strontium Strontium

No abstract available.

Authors

J.A. Ober

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1992

Fluorspar Fluorspar

No abstract available.

Authors

M. Miller

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1992

Incorporation and redistribution of locally derived lithic fragments within a pyroclastic flow Incorporation and redistribution of locally derived lithic fragments within a pyroclastic flow

The lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff exposed in the Newberry Mountains, California, was deposited within a paleovalley trending S65°W. Exposures within the paleovalley contain lithic breccia intercalated with ash-rich ignimbrite. The clast assemblage of the lithic breccias matches the rock types of the paleovalley walls, and therefore the clasts were not derived from a distant eruptive...

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D.C. Buesch

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