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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...
Authors
Douglas Morton, Jonathan Matti

A debris avalanche at Forest Falls, San Bernardino County, California, July 11, 1999 A debris avalanche at Forest Falls, San Bernardino County, California, July 11, 1999

This publication consists of the online version of a CD-ROM publication, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-146. The data for this publication total 557 MB on the CD-ROM. For speed of transfer, the main PDF document has been compressed (with a subsequent loss of image quality) from 145 to 18.1 MB. The community of Forest Falls, California, is frequently subject to relatively slow...
Authors
Douglas Morton, Rachel Hauser

Assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the Lower Boise River Valley area, Idaho: Part one: Geological framework of the sand and gravel deposits Assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the Lower Boise River Valley area, Idaho: Part one: Geological framework of the sand and gravel deposits

The USGS has undertaken a first order evaluation of sand & gravel resources in the Lower Boise River Valley in response to rapid urban expansion in the Boise-Nampa-Caldwell corridor in southwest Idaho. The study is intended to provide land-use planners and managers, particularly in the Bureau of Land Management, with a foundation of knowledge that will allow them to anticipate and plan...
Authors
James Bliss, Phillip Moyle

Mineral resources: Out of the ground... into our daily lives Mineral resources: Out of the ground... into our daily lives

Minerals and mineral resources are a part of our everyday lives. This poster depicts a home and shows the different mineral(s) and mineral materials used to make the various products found in the average home.
Authors
Dave Frank, Judy Weathers, John Galloway

Reconnaissance geology north of the Hoholitna River, Taylor Mountains D-1 1:63,360-scale quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: A section in Geological studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1999 Reconnaissance geology north of the Hoholitna River, Taylor Mountains D-1 1:63,360-scale quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: A section in Geological studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1999

The lower Paleozoic (Silurian and Ordovician) carbonate stratal succession is divided into six unnamed stratigraphic units in the northern part of the Taylor Mountains D-1 1:63,360-scale quadrangle of southwestern Alaska. Several of these units have previously been recognized in the McGrath and Medfra quadrangles to the northeast in strata of the Nixon Fork subterrane of the Farewell...
Authors
Robert B. Blodgett, Frederic Wilson

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...
Authors
James Rytuba, Boris Kotlyar, Gregg Wilkerson, Jerry Olson

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...
Authors
F. Miller, J. Matti, H.J. Brown, R. Powell, P. M. Cossette, Gregory Morton

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...
Authors
Douglas Hirschberg, G. Pitts, Henry Melcher, James Bliss

Preliminary potential-field constraints on the geometry of the San Fernando basin, Southern California Preliminary potential-field constraints on the geometry of the San Fernando basin, Southern California

Gravity and magnetic data provide new insights on the structural underpinnings of the San Fernando Basin region, which may be important to ground motion models. Gravity data indicate that a deep basin (>5 km) underlies the northern part of the San Fernando Valley; this deep basin is required to explain the lowest gravity values over the Mission Hills thrust fault. Gravity modeling...
Authors
Victoria E. Langenheim, Andrew Griscom, R.C. Jachens, T.G. Hildenbrand

Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California Locations and ages of middle Tertiary volcanic centers in coastal California

This report includes a map and three tables that summarize available information on the locations and ages of late Oligocene to middle Miocene volcanic centers in coastal California. This information, in turn, provides supporting documentation for a planned formal publication by D.S. Wilson, P.A. McCrory, and R.G. Stanley on the implications of volcanism in coastal California for the...
Authors
Richard Stanley, Douglas Wilson, Patricia McCrory
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