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Alaska resource data file: Afognak quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Afognak quadrangle
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S. H. Pilcher
Geologic map of the Hart Peak quadrangle, California and Nevada: A digital database Geologic map of the Hart Peak quadrangle, California and Nevada: A digital database
The Hart Peak 1:24,000-scale quadrangle is located about 12 km southwest of Searchlight, Nevada, comprehending the eastern part of the Castle Peaks, California, and most of the Castle Mountains and the northwestern part of the Piute Range, in California and Nevada. The Castle Peaks area constitutes the northeasternmost part of the northeast-trending New York Mountains. The Castle...
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Jane E. Nielson, Ryan D. Turner, David R. Bedford
Alaska resource data file: Trinity Islands quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Trinity Islands quadrangle
No abstract available.
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S. H. Pilcher
Alaska resource data file: Karluk quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Karluk quadrangle
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S. H. Pilcher
Examining risk in mineral exploration Examining risk in mineral exploration
Successful mineral exploration strategy requires identification of some of the risk sources and considering them in the decision-making process so that controllable risk can be reduced. Risk is defined as chance of failure or loss. Exploration is an economic activity involving risk and uncertainty, so risk also must be defined in an economic context. Risk reduction can be addressed in...
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Donald A. Singer, Ryoichi Kouda
An interpretation of the 1997 airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey, Fort Huachuca vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona An interpretation of the 1997 airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey, Fort Huachuca vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona
In March of 1997, an airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey of the Fort Huachuca Military Reservation and immediate surrounds was conducted. This survey was sponsored by the U.S. Army and contracted through the Geologic Division of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Data were gathered by Geoterrex-Dighem Ltd. of Ottawa, Canada. The survey aircraft is surrounded by a coil through which a...
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Mark W. Bultman, Mark E. Gettings, Jeff Wynn
Alaska resource data file: Yakutat quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Yakutat quadrangle
No abstract available.
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C. C. Hawley
Alaska resource data file: Bendeleben quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Bendeleben quadrangle
No abstract available.
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Travis Hudson
Alaska resource data file: Mount Fairweather quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Mount Fairweather quadrangle
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C. C. Hawley
Preliminary digital map of cryptocrystalline occurrences in northern Nevada Preliminary digital map of cryptocrystalline occurrences in northern Nevada
The purpose was to identify potential cryptocrystalline material sources for tools used by indigenous people of the northern Nevada portion of the Great Basin. Cryptocrystalline occurrence data combed from the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS, 1995) were combined with sites described in Nevada rockhound guides and entered into a geographic information system...
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Lorre A. Moyer
Digital elevation model (DEM) of Cascadia, latitude 39N-53N, longitude 116W-133W Digital elevation model (DEM) of Cascadia, latitude 39N-53N, longitude 116W-133W
This report contains a 250-meter digital elevation model (DEM) for Cascadia (latitude 39N - 53N, longitude 116W - 133W), a region that encompasses the Cascade volcanic arc, the Cascadia subduction zone, and the Juan de Fuca Ridge system. The DEM is distributed as file cascdem.tar.gz (39 MB; 78MB uncompressed).
Authors
Ralph A. Haugerud
Alaska resource data file: Kotzebue quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Kotzebue quadrangle
No abstract available.
Authors
Anita Williams