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January 1, 2005

Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality invistigation. 13. Mineral microscopy and chemistry of mined and unmined porphyry molybdenum mineralization along the Red River, New Mexico: Implications for ground- and surface-water quality Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality invistigation. 13. Mineral microscopy and chemistry of mined and unmined porphyry molybdenum mineralization along the Red River, New Mexico: Implications for ground- and surface-water quality

This report is one in a series presenting results of an interdisciplinary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study of ground-water quality in the lower Red River watershed prior to open-pit and underground molybdenite mining at Molycorp's Questa mine. The stretch of the Red River watershed that extends from just upstream of the town of Red River to just above the town of Questa includes...

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Geoff Plumlee, Heather Lowers, Steve Ludington, Alan Koenig, Paul Briggs

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, New Mexico Water Science Center, Denver Microbeam Laboratory

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Sitka quadrangle, Alaska Alaska resource data file: Sitka quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.

Authors

Henry C. Berg, Donald J. Grybeck

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

January 1, 2005

Stratabound copper-silver deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho, with a section on databases and spatial-data files for the geology and mineral deposits of the Revett Formation Stratabound copper-silver deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho, with a section on databases and spatial-data files for the geology and mineral deposits of the Revett Formation

The western Montana copper belt in western Montana and northern Idaho contains several large stratabound copper-silver deposits in fine- to medium-grained quartzite beds of the Revett Formation of the Mesoproterozoic (1,470-1,401 Ma) Belt Supergroup. Production from the deposits at the Troy Mine and lesser production from the Snowstorm Mine has yielded 222,237 tons Cu and 1,657.4 tons Ag

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David E. Boleneus, Larry M. Appelgate, John H. Stewart, Michael L. Zientek, Mary H. Carlson, D. W. Chase

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Seward quadrangle, Alaska Alaska resource data file: Seward quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.

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Jeff A. Huber, Carol S. Huber

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

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Sumdum quadrangle, Alaska Alaska resource data file: Sumdum quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.

Authors

Donald J. Grybeck

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

January 1, 2005

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2005 Mineral Commodity Summaries 2005

Published on an annual basis, this report is the earliest Government publication to furnish estimates covering nonfuel mineral industry data. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for over 90 individual minerals and materials.

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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 2005

View_SPECPR Software, Installation Procedure, and User's Guide (Version 1.1) View_SPECPR Software, Installation Procedure, and User's Guide (Version 1.1)

No abstract available.

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Raymond F. Kokaly

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

January 1, 2005

Chapter I: Geology of a Middle Tertiary Clay Deposit in thePatagonia Mountains near Harshaw, Santa Cruz County, Southeastern Arizona Chapter I: Geology of a Middle Tertiary Clay Deposit in thePatagonia Mountains near Harshaw, Santa Cruz County, Southeastern Arizona

A middle Tertiary rhyolite tuff on the northeast side of the Patagonia Mountains in Santa Cruz County, southeastern Arizona contains lenses of calcareous low-swelling montmorillonite clay, as much as 10 to 15 m thick. The presence of the tuff has been known for years, but the clay has not been described previously. The clay lenses, which are virtually silt- and sand-free, were probably...

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Brenda B. Houser

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 2005

Statistical guides to estimating the number of undiscovered mineral deposits: an example with porphyry copper deposits Statistical guides to estimating the number of undiscovered mineral deposits: an example with porphyry copper deposits

Estimating numbers of undiscovered mineral deposits is a fundamental part of assessing mineral resources. Some statistical tools can act as guides to low variance, unbiased estimates of the number of deposits. The primary guide is that the estimates must be consistent with the grade and tonnage models. Another statistical guide is the deposit density (i.e., the number of deposits per...

Authors

Donald A. Singer, W. D. Menzie

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

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Naknek quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Naknek quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Frederic H. Wilson, Stan E. Church, Damon P. Bickerstaff

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

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Melozitna quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Melozitna quadrangle

No abstract available.

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David J. Szumigala, Garth E. Graham

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

January 1, 2005

Porphyry copper deposit density Porphyry copper deposit density

Estimating numbers of undiscovered mineral deposits has been a source of unease among economic geologists yet is a fundamental task in considering future supplies of resources. Estimates can be based on frequencies of deposits per unit of permissive area in control areas around the world in the same way that grade and tonnage frequencies are models of sizes and qualities of undiscovered...

Authors

Donald A. Singer, Vladimir Berger, W. David Menzie, Byron R. Berger