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January 1, 1998

Exploration Exploration

This summary of international nonfuel mineral exploration activities for 1997 draws upon available data from literature, industry and US Geological Sulvey (USGS) specialists. Data on exploration budgets by region and commodity are reported, significant mineral discoveries and exploration target areas are identified and government programs affecting the mineral exploration industry are...

Authors

D.R. Wilburn

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1998

Fluorspar Fluorspar

The state of the fluorspar industry worldwide for 1997 is discussed. The U.S. had no reported mining of fluorspar in 1997. Reported consumption in the U.S. decreased to 490 kt. U.S. imports, mainly from China, totaled 533 kt. Exports, synthetic fluorspar production, and industry developments are also reviewed.

Authors

M. Miller

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1998

Clays, common Clays, common

Part of a special section on the state of industrial minerals in 1997. The state of the common clay industry worldwide for 1997 is discussed. Sales of common clay in the U.S. increased from 26.2 Mt in 1996 to an estimated 26.5 Mt in 1997. The amount of common clay and shale used to produce structural clay products in 1997 was estimated at 13.8 Mt.

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R.L. Virta

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

January 1, 1998

Alaska resource data file: Teller quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Teller quadrangle

No abstract available.

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Travis Hudson

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

January 1, 1998

Alaska resource data file: Bradfield Canal quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Bradfield Canal quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Henry C. Berg

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

January 1, 1998

Geology of Palo Alto 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, California: A digital database Geology of Palo Alto 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, California: A digital database

This map database represents the integration of previously published and unpublished maps by several workers (see Sources of Data index map on Sheet 2 and the corresponding table below) and new geologic mapping and field checking by the authors with the previously published geologic map of San Mateo County (Brabb and Pampeyan, 1983) and Santa Cruz County (Brabb, 1989, Brabb and others...

Authors

Earl E. Brabb, R. W. Graymer, David Lawrence Jones

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

January 1, 1998

Alaska resource date file: Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle Alaska resource date file: Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

J.R. Riehle

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

January 1, 1998

Alaska resource data file: Anchorage quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Anchorage quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

D P. Bickerstaff, S. W. Huss

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

January 1, 1998

Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells, Sonoran Desert, central-west Arizona, 1981 - 1996 Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells, Sonoran Desert, central-west Arizona, 1981 - 1996

The data in this report were obtained by instruments deployed on a GOES-satellite data collection station operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells (latitude 33° 42' 08" N, longitude 113° 48' 40" W), La Paz County, west-central Arizona. The elevation is 344 m (1,130 ft). From January 9, 1981 through May 31, 1995 the station recorded eight parameters...

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Paula J. Helm, Carol S. Breed, Richard Tigges, Shawn Creighton

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, 1998

Bulk densities and porosities of Cenozoic and Cretaceous basin-filling strata and Cretaceous and older basement rocks, Los Angeles Basin, California, determined from measurements of core samples Bulk densities and porosities of Cenozoic and Cretaceous basin-filling strata and Cretaceous and older basement rocks, Los Angeles Basin, California, determined from measurements of core samples

This report describes and provides a digital data file of selected bulk properties of subsurface rocks sampled in and around Los Angeles basin, California. Selected properties include measured dry bulk density (range 0.78 to 3.01 g/cm3), measured or estimated grain (matrix) density, calculated water saturated bulk density (range 1.47 to 3.01 g/cm3), calculated total porosity (range 0 to...

Authors

L. A. Beyer, T. H. McCulloh

January 1, 1998

Corrections to "Estimating earthquake location and magnitude from seismic intensity data" Corrections to "Estimating earthquake location and magnitude from seismic intensity data"

The confidence parameters in Table 5 and Figures 7 -12 in Bakun and Wentworth (1997) were calculated using the site corrections for MI(4) rather than Bakun and Wentworth's (1997) preferred relation MI(3). The conclusions of Bakun and Wentworth (1997) are not changed by these corrections. The corrected Table 5 and Figures are in this report and at http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/~bakun/.

Authors

W. H. Bakun, C. 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

January 1, 1998

Mineral resource appraisal of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho Mineral resource appraisal of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho

The Salmon National Forest administers 1,776,994 net acres of mountainous terrain located in east-central Idaho. Most of the Forest is in Lemhi County; only a small portion falls within Idaho and Valley Counties. Approximately 426,114 acres of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness extends into the western part of the Forest and mineral entry is severely restricted. Because of...

Authors

Rick Johnson, Terry Close, Ed McHugh

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