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Conodonts Of The Mississippian System In The Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, Robert C. Burton

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Each formation of the Mississippian System in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico yields conodonts. Six distinctive conodont assemblages are recognized. The lowest assemblage coincides with the Caballero Formation (Kinderhook). Three distinct assemblages occur in the Lake Valley Formation (Osage). The Rancheria Formation (Meramec) and the Helms Formation (Meramec and Chester) also yield distinctive faunas. The assemblages correlate locally, regionally, and interregionally. The limestones and interbedded shales of the entire stratigraphic sequence were sampled continuously. The shale sequences were barren. The limestones yielded large, diversified, indigenous faunas. The lower part of the Lake Valley Formation contains Kinderhook and Osage species …

Geology Of The Monte Cristo Area, Bear River Range, Utah, Robert B. Smith

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Monte Cristo area is a 7 1/2-minute quadrangle located in the southeastern. part of the Bear River Range, northern Utah. It is within the Middle Rocky Mountain province and is 10 miles east of the Basin and Range province. Previous to this investigation little was known about the detailed geology of the area except for a reconnaissance study and general geologic map of the Cache County part included in the Geologic Atlas of Utah, Cache County, published by Williams (1958).

The purposes of this investigation were as follows: (1) to determine the formations present in the area and their …

Paleozic Stratigraphy Of The James Peak Quadrangle, Utah, Harley D. King

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

General Statement

The James Peak quadrangle is a topographic map unit of the Geological Survey of the U. S. Department of Interior (Plate 1). It covers 7 1/2 minutes of latitude and longitude at a scale of 1:24, 000 or 1 inch to 2, 000 feet. It is bounded by lat 41°22'30" N. and lat 41°30' N. and long 111°45' W. and long 111 °52 '30" W The quadrangle includes 56 square miles and has maximum relief of about 4, 300 feet.

The James Peak quadrangle is located in northern Utah between the Wasatch Range on the west and the …

Water Levels In Observation Wells In Nebraska, 1964, Philip A. Emery, Mildred M. Malhoit

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

A Detailed Economic Investigation Of Geochemical And Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine, W. F. Stickney, R. S. Young, L. A. Wing

Maine Collection

A Detailed Economic Investigation of Geochemical and Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine

W.F.Stickney, R.S.Young and L.A.Wing

Special Economic Series No.4, Maine Geological Survey, Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine (March 1965).

Contents: Foreword / Part I - Geology (W.F. Stickney) / Part II - Geophysics (R.S. Young) / Part III - Geochemistry (L.A. Wing) / References

Monadnocks, Divides And Ozark Physiography, James Harrison Quinn

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Report On Some Iron And Nickel Minerals From The Soapstone Deposits Of Saline County, Arkansas, Phillip Wicklein, Alden B. Carpenter

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Precambrian Geology In Humboldt Township, Marquette County, Michigan, Peter D. Rowley

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

ABSTRACT-The present study involved investigation of gneissic granite, migmatite, basic dikes, and faults in part of the Southern Complex of Michig.an. The average strike of the foliation of the gneissic granite based upon the orientation of feldspar phenocrysts is N. 60° w·;, the strike of the major dike set is between N. 30° W. and N. 60° W., the average strike of the fault zones-is N. 52° W., and a two-mile long body of migmatite trends about N. 57° W. The known history starts in the early Precambrian, when gneissic granite was emplaced and formed migmatites by incorporation of wall-rock …

Marine Geology, Preston E. Cloud Jr.

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Were the average temperature of the earth a few tens of degrees less than it is, ice would be the most common crustal rock. The fact that it occurs in its liquid phase over 71 per cent of the earth's surface should not obscure the fact that the oceans are geologic features, particularly in their substructure, their boundary relations, and their history.

Total Number Of Irrigation Wells Located In Nebraska Counties As Of 1965

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Goajira Peninsula, Northwestern Venezuela And Northeastern Colombia, John F. Rollins

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

The Goajira Peninsula forms the northernmost extension of continental South America (see Fig. 1). Its lobate outer portion, the area of this geologic study, is a mountainous region about 75 kilometers wide at its widest part and juts 150 kilometers northeastward into the Caribbean Sea. Although only about 110 kilometers north of the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela, the Peninsula is isolated and little known. Only a narrow coastal strip lies in Venezuela; the remainder is in Colombia; but the Peninsula is largely a desert wasteland not extensively entered by people other than its own sparse Indian population. Its remoteness has …

Correlation Of Formations Drilled In Test Holes For Interstate 480 Bridge Between Omaha, Nebraska, And Council Bluffs, Iowa, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Stratigraphy, Sedimentation And Structure Of The Upper Cherokee And Lower Marmaton (Pennsylvanian) Rocks Of Bates County, And Portions Of Henry And Vernon Counties, Missouri, Richard J. Gentile

Doctoral Dissertations

"The major purpose of this dissertation is to describe in detail the stratigraphy of the upper Cherokee and lower Marmaton groups of the Middle Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian Series in a portion of western Missouri. The stratigraphy of the upper Cherokee and lower Marmaton groups in areas of Kansas west of the project area has been studied by several workers. The most recent contributions have been by Jewett in 1941 and 1945, and by Howe in 1956. Detailed geological mapping also has been completed under the direction of the Missouri Geological Survey in areas to the east of the project area. Most …

Geology Of The Rayado Area, Colfax County, New Mexico, Richard W. Simms

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The Rayado area is 25 miles west of Springer, New Mexico, in the southeastern foothills of the Cimarron Mountains. The range is a northward-plunging anticline with a core of Precambrian crystalline rocks. The mountains are bordered on the west by a normal fault and on the east by the high-angle Fowler Pass thrust fault of Laramide age. Rocks of Permian through Upper Cretaceous age were turned upward along the fault forming a prominent north-south hogback through the western part of the area.

Revision Of The Classification Of The Pleistocene Deposits Of Nebraska, E. C. Reed, V. H. Dreeszen

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

The first major contribution of the Conservation and Survey Division to Pleistocene stratigraphy was that of A. L. Lugn (1935) who established a classification of the periglacial deposits of the state and related these deposits to the glacial stages. G. E. Condra and E. C. Reed (1950) used information aquired during the 1935-1950 period in making important revisions to Lugn's classifications. This report was a further revision based on studies made from 1950 to publication date (1965).

The Geology Of The Interstate Highway 244 And 44 Exchange, Kirkwood, Missouri, John Neil Thomas

Masters Theses

"During the summer of 1964, construction was completed on the intersection of Interstate Highways 244, 44 and U.S. Highway 66, one mile southwest of Kirkwood, Missouri. during the construction of the interchange, numerous artificial exposures of rocks of the middle Mississippian Meramecian Series were exposed. This provided an excellent opportunity for examining fresh exposures near the type Meramecian Series. The formations of the area were studied, and startigraphic [sic] sections were prepared from three of the more complete sections that were measured and described. The highway cuts expose complete sections of the Warsaw and Salem formations, and the lower part …

Zinc And Copper Content Of Stream Sediment In South-Central Missouri, Shih-Cheang Cheng

Masters Theses

"Thirty samples of stream sediment from the North Fork River, Bryant Creek and related tributaries in south-central Missouri have been analyzed for cold-extractable copper, cold-extractable heavy metal, total copper and total zinc.

Cold-extractable copper varies from 0 to 10 ppm and averages less than 1 ppm; cold-extractable heavy metal varies from 3 to 30 ppm and averages 12 ppm; total copper varies from 50 to 200 ppm and averages 88 ppm; total zinc varies from 20 to 300 ppm and averages 86 ppm.

The pH of the stream water appears to have no affect on the metal content of the …

A Terrain Study Of The Bloodland Quadrangle, Pulaski County, Missouri, Lawrence E. Mullins

Masters Theses

"This study is an investigation of the environmental conditions which affect cross country movement for tracked military vehicles on a major portion of the Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation.

The terrain has been mapped from the trafficability standpoint by an investigation of the geology, topography, pedology and restrictive vegetation characteristics of the Bloodland seven and one-half minute quadrangle. The terrain analysis was accomplished by a combination of map study, laboratory investigation, photo interpretation, and direct field study of representative soil and vegetation types. The conclusions of this analysis are presented in the form of a cross country movement map"--Abstract, page …

Petrology And Mineralogy Of The "Old Workings Area," El Salvador, Chile, Bertis James Vander Schaaff

Masters Theses

"The 'Old Workings Area,' so called for its early mining by the Incas, is located 4 1/2 miles northeast of the El Salvador Porphyry copper deposit, the third largest copper producer in Chile. The area mapped in this study is shown to consist of rhyolite pebble conglomerate, two volcanic flows, andesite and rhyolite porphyry, and two intrusions. Quartz porphyry and tourmaline-bearing breccia. Petrographic study of surface and drill core rock samples confirms the field nomenclature used for the five rock types. All of the rock types are altered, but the quartz porphyry and andesite are the most intensely altered. Both …

Geochemical Prospecting For Copper In The Northern Part Of Yuma County, Arizona, Abdul Razak Kasim Al-Hashimi

Masters Theses

"Geochemical prospecting for copper has been carried out in two selected areas in the northern part of Yuma County, Arizona. These areas have a few old copper mines and some other zones of mineralization. The rocks of the area range in age from Precambrian to Quaternary and consist of complex gneiss, lava flows, schists, marble, sandstone, conglomerates and some intrusive dikes. A cold-extractible [sic] field method was used to study the relation between the copper content of stream sediments in washes and the geology, mineralization, and topography of the areas. A few total copper tests were also carried out. Another …

A Study Of The Piezometric Surface Of The Grand Falls Formation In The Duenweg-Oronogo Mining Belt East Of Joplin, Missouri, Renny Roger Nichols

Masters Theses

"The Joplin area of Missouri, which includes the Duenweg-Oronogo belt, was a famous zinc and lead mining district. Many mines were abandoned after World War I and filled with water. These provide a large potential supply of ground water. Expansion of industries and population in the area since World War II has caused a demand for water. In 1964, the Ground Water Branch, Water Resources Division, of the United States Geological Survey began a project to study the surface and ground water resources of the area. As part of his work on this project, the author measured the piezometric level …

Taxonomic Study Of Fossil And Recent Otoliths Of Certain Cuskeels, Gary Neal Pointer

Masters Theses

"Otoliths are calcareous structures occurring in the auditory labyrinths of teleost (bony) fishes. Three pairs of these earstones normally are found: the sagitta, in the sacculus; the asteriscus, in the lagena; and the lapillus in the utriculus. In fishes other than the Order cypriniformes (carp, catfishes, and related forms), the sagitta is the largest otolith, and it may be used in taxonomic and other studies. Fossil earstones of cuskeels (Family Ophidiiae-Brotulidae), constituting the Preophidion complex, occur in relative abundance at various levels in the Claiborne, Jackson, and Vicksburg groups of the Lower Tertiary on the Gulf Coast. The present study …

International Association For Quaternary Research Viith Congress-Guidebook For Field Conference D, Central Great Plains, Bertrand C. Schultz, H.T.U. Smith

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Geology Of Pride Mine And New Standard Mine Area, Northwestern Yuma County, Arizona, Henry E. Fernandez

Masters Theses

"A thick section of presumably Precambrian gneiss with thin intercalated bands of marble and schist has been mapped. There is structural continuity within these rock types as they are mutually intercalated, conformable, have gradational relations and show equal participation in the same individual fold. The layers of schist and marble in the gneiss can be followed over long distances. These rocks have undergone intense regional metamorphism, primarily dynamic, with a possible regional compressive force generated from NW-SE giving rise to sets of folds and faults in the area. From structural, petrographic and field evidence, it is concluded that the metamorphic …

Glacial Geology Of The North Half Of Barnes County, North Dakota, Douglas A. Block

Theses and Dissertations

The geomorphology and glacial geology of the north half of Barnes County in east central North Dakota is described and interpreted. The area comprised a portion of the Western Lake section of the Central Lowland province and was informally designated the Middle Sheyenne River area without defining its boundaries. Four physiographic subdivisions in the Middle Sheyenne River area were assigned: 1. The Kensal Glacial Plain subdivision that embraces land between the Sheyenne River and the west county boundary. 2. The Sheyenne River Valley subdivision. 3. The Glacial-Lake Plains subdivision that consists of three separate but genetically related areas of lacustrine …

Nebraska's Groundwater, C. First, J. Kufel, M. Seidel

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Nebraska's Groundwater, C. First, J. Kufel, M. Seidel

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Variation In Gold Content Of Minerals Of The Marysville Quartz Diorite Stock, Montana, Erwin Joseph Mantei

Doctoral Dissertations

"The purpose of this thesis was to study the amount and distribution of gold in the minerals of the Marysville quartz diorite stock, Montana. Twenty-eight rock samples were collected from various parts of the Marysville Stock, using a NS-EW grid sample pattern. Thirty additional samples were collected from selected localities and from the vicinity of the gold mines which occur around the periphery of the stock. By use of a hand magnet and a Frantz isodynamic separator, the magnetite, biotite, hornblende, and quartz-feldspar portions of the various rock samples were isolated and purified to between 90-99 percent purity. Eighteen thin …

Geology, Geochemistry And Genesis Of Selected Skarn Deposits, Northern New Brunswick, Canada, Donald John Bachinski

Masters Theses

"An exhaustive geological and geochemical study is presented of magnetite-chalcopyrite skarn deposits occurring within the thermal aureole of the Nicholas Denys quartz maonzonie-granodiorite stock. The deposits are crudely lenticular and occur in metamorphosed impure limestone and siliceous, in part limy, argillite-greywacke. These are now represented by andradite-epidote-diopside-calcite skarn and cal-silicate to horn-felsic rocks respectively. Both deposits are spatially related to the Main fault of the Rocky Brook-Millstream fault system; late, generally northwest trending transverse faults are conspicuous and are deemed of importance in ore localization"--Abstract, page [ii].

Geology Of The Lamy-CañOncito Area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Robert S. Goolsby

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The area studied lies in the vicinity of Lamy and Canoncito in Santa Fe County, about 17 miles southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The rocks range in age from Precambrian through Quaternary, Precambrian rocks include dark schist and pink gneiss, with minor amounts of greenstone and quaritzite, Overlying the Precambrian rocks is a sequence of sandy limestone called the Basal Limestone, of Mississippian and possibly Devonian age. The Pennsylvanian System is represented by the Sandia formation and Madera Limestone, which are dominantly dark shale and fossiliferous limestone. The Sangre de Cristo and Yeso Formations, Glorieta Sandstone, San Andres Linestone, …