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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Douglas M. Morton, Jonathan C. Matti
Use of structural geology in exploration for and mining of sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits Use of structural geology in exploration for and mining of sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits
Structural geology is an important component in regional-, district- and orebody-scale exploration and development of sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits. Identification of timing of important structural events in an ore district allows analysis and classification of fluid conduits and construction of genetic models for ore formation. The most practical uses of structural geology deal...
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Stephen G. Peters
Map showing plutons and accreted terranes of the Sierra Nevada, California, with a tabulation of U/Pb isotopic ages Map showing plutons and accreted terranes of the Sierra Nevada, California, with a tabulation of U/Pb isotopic ages
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William P. Irwin, Joseph L. Wooden
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Geologic map of the Sunnymead 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California Geologic map of the Sunnymead 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-450 contains a digital geologic map database of the Sunnymead 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 Units...
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Douglas M. Morton, Jonathan C. Matti
Geologic map of the Steele Peak 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California Geologic map of the Steele Peak 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Open-File Report 01-449 contains a digital geologic map database of the Steele Peak 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, and containing a Correlation of Map...
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Douglas M. Morton, Rachel M. Alvarez, Van M. Diep
Preliminary mineralogical characterization of weathered and less-weathered strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Measured sections C and D, Dry Valley, Caribou County, Idaho Preliminary mineralogical characterization of weathered and less-weathered strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Measured sections C and D, Dry Valley, Caribou County, Idaho
This study used powder X-ray diffraction, with Rietveld quantification software to quantify and characterize the mineralogy of the 83 samples collected from two stratigraphic sections measured by the U.S. Geological Survey at the Dry Valley mine in the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation. Analyses show extensive variability of carbonate substitution in the fluorapatite...
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Andrew C. Knudsen, Mickey E. Gunter, James R. Herring