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January 1, 2003

Contributions to Industrial-Minerals Research Contributions to Industrial-Minerals Research

Contributions to Industrial-Minerals Research, an ongoing series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletin chapters, presents research strategies, results, and updates of investigations of industrial minerals by USGS scientists and cooperators. Industrial minerals are defined as valuable nonmetallic, nonfuel geologic materials, generally rocks or minerals, used in a wide range of...

Authors

James D. Bliss, Phillip R. Moyle, Keith R. Long

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 2003

Spatial digital database for the geologic map of Oregon Spatial digital database for the geologic map of Oregon

Introduction This report describes and makes available a geologic digital spatial database (orgeo) representing the geologic map of Oregon (Walker and MacLeod, 1991). The original paper publication was printed as a single map sheet at a scale of 1:500,000, accompanied by a second sheet containing map unit descriptions and ancillary data. A digital version of the Walker and MacLeod (1991)...

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George W. Walker, Norman S. MacLeod, Robert J. Miller, Gary L. Raines, Katherine A. Connors

Mineral Resources Program

January 1, 2003

USGS Digital Spectral Library splib05a USGS Digital Spectral Library splib05a

We have assembled a digital reflectance spectral library of spectra that covers wavelengths from the ultraviolet to near-infrared along with sample documentation. The library includes samples of minerals, rocks, soils, physically constructed as well as mathematically computed mixtures, vegetation, microorganisms, and man-made materials. The samples and spectra collected were assembled...

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Roger N. Clark, Gregg A. Swayze, Richard K. Wise, Eric Livo, Todd M. Hoefen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Steve J. Sutley

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

January 1, 2003

Isotopes and ages in the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California Isotopes and ages in the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California

Strontium, oxygen and lead isotopic and rubidium-strontium geochronologic studies have been completed on Cretaceous and Jurassic (?) granitic rock samples from the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith in southern California. Many of these samples were collected systematically and studied chemically by A. K. Baird and colleagues (Baird and others, 1979). The distribution of these granitic...

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Ronald W. Kistler, Joseph L. Wooden, Douglas M. Morton

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

January 1, 2003

Intrusive rock database for the Digital Geologic Map of Utah Intrusive rock database for the Digital Geologic Map of Utah

Digital geologic maps offer the promise of rapid and powerful answers to geologic questions using Geographic Information System software (GIS). Using modern GIS and database methods, a specialized derivative map can be easily prepared. An important limitation can be shortcomings in the information provided in the database associated with the digital map, a database which is often based...

Authors

C.J. Nutt, Steve Ludington

December 31, 2002

Origin of the Lisburne Hills–Herald Arch structural belt: Stratigraphic, structural, and fission-track evidence from the Cape Lisburne area, northwestern Alaska Origin of the Lisburne Hills–Herald Arch structural belt: Stratigraphic, structural, and fission-track evidence from the Cape Lisburne area, northwestern Alaska

No abstract available.

Authors

Thomas E. Moore, T.A. Dumitru, K.E. Adams, S.N. Witebsky, A. G. Harris

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, 2002

What governments are doing to reduce the consequences of landslides What governments are doing to reduce the consequences of landslides

No abstract available.

Authors

E. E. Brabb, D. G. Howell, W. R. Cotton

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

December 1, 2002

Rationale and operational plan to upgrade the U.S. gravity database Rationale and operational plan to upgrade the U.S. gravity database

A concerted effort is underway to prepare a substantially upgraded digital gravity anomaly database for the United States and to make this data set and associated usage tools available on the internet. This joint effort, spearheaded by the geophysics groups at the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and...

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Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Allen Briesacher, Guy Flanagan, William J. Hinze, A. M. Hittelman, Gordon R. Keller, R.P. Kucks, Donald Plouff, Walter Roest, John Seeley, David A. Stith, Mike Webring

December 1, 2002

Shaded relief, topographic slope, and land use planning in the Los Altos Hills area, California - an example of the use of elevation data Shaded relief, topographic slope, and land use planning in the Los Altos Hills area, California - an example of the use of elevation data

No abstract available.

Authors

Suzanna K. Brooks, Arthur H. Lachenbruch, 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 1, 2002

Preliminary report on mercury geochemistry of placer gold dredge tailings, sediments, bedrock, and waters in the Clear Creek restoration area, Shasta County, California Preliminary report on mercury geochemistry of placer gold dredge tailings, sediments, bedrock, and waters in the Clear Creek restoration area, Shasta County, California

Clear Creek, one of the major tributaries of the upper Sacramento River, drains the eastern Trinity Mountains. Alluvial plain and terrace gravels of lower Clear Creek, at the northwest edge of the Sacramento Valley, contain placer gold that has been mined since the Gold Rush by various methods including dredging. In addition, from the 1950s to the 1980s aggregate-mining operations...

Authors

Roger P. Ashley, James J. Rytuba, Ronald Rogers, Boris B. Kotlyar, David Lawler

December 1, 2002

Rationale and operational plan for a U.S. high-altitude magnetic survey Rationale and operational plan for a U.S. high-altitude magnetic survey

On August 8, 2002, twenty-one scientists from the federal, private and academic sectors met at a workshop in Denver, Co., to discuss the feasibility of collecting magnetic anomaly data on a Canberra aircraft (Figure 1). The need for this 1-day workshop arose because of an exciting and cost-effective opportunity to collect invaluable magnetic anomaly data during a Canberra mission over...

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Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Mario Acuna, Robert E. Bracken, Doug Hardwick, William J. Hinze, Gordon R. Keller, Jeff Phillips, Walter Roest

December 1, 2002

Descriptions, spectral plots, and digital reflectance spectra of samples applied to spectral analysis of imaging spectroscopy data; Utah (East Tintic Mountains, Oquirrh Mountains, Wasatch Mountains, Tushar Mountains), Nevada (Goldfield Hills), and New Mex Descriptions, spectral plots, and digital reflectance spectra of samples applied to spectral analysis of imaging spectroscopy data; Utah (East Tintic Mountains, Oquirrh Mountains, Wasatch Mountains, Tushar Mountains), Nevada (Goldfield Hills), and New Mex

No abstract available.

Authors

Barnaby W. Rockwell

Mineral Resources Program, Spectroscopy Lab