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Geology and ore deposits of the Philipsburg quadrangle, Montana

The Philipsburg quadrangle is bounded by parallels 46° and 46° 30' and meridians 113° and 113° 30'. Its length from north to south is 34.5 miles, its average width east and west 23.8 miles, and its area 827.42 square miles. As shown on the index map (fig. 1), it is not farfrom the western border of Montana and nearly midway between the northern and southern boundaries of the State. The nearest lar
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William Harvey Emmons, Frank Cathcart Calkins

Geology and ore deposits of the San Francisco and adjacent districts, Utah

The San Francisco district was of recognized importance in the early days of mining in Utah, but its output soon declined and thereafter it attracted little attention until about 1903, when the development of the Cactus mine was undertaken. In August, 1904, S. F. Emmons, then in charge of the division of metalliferous deposits of the Geological Survey, visited the district and determined the area
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B.S. Butler

Geology and underground waters of the Wichita region, north-central Texas

No abstract available.
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Charles Henry Gordon
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Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Geology and water resources of a portion of south-central Washington

No abstract available.
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Gerald Ashley Waring
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Washington Water Science Center

Geology and water resources of Sulphur Spring Valley, Arizona, with a section on agriculture

No abstract available.
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Oscar Edward Meinzer, F.C. Kelton, Robert Humphrey Forbes

Geology of the Nome and Grand Central quadrangles, Alaska

No abstract available.
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Fred Howard Moffit

Gold placers of the Ruby district. Gold placers of the Innoko-Iditarod region

No abstract available.
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H. M. Eakin

Ground water in Boxelder and Tooele Counties, Utah

The area covered by this report includes Boxelder County, Utah, the eastern part of Tooele County, Utah, and some small tracts in southern Idaho. It comprises about 9,500 square miles, or more than the combined area of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It lies between 40° and 42° north latitude and 112° and 114° west longitude. (See fig. 1.)Insufficient rainfall and the rapid settling of the country
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Everett Carpenter
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

Life zones and crop zones of New Mexico

No abstract available.
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Vernon Bailey

Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1912--Lode mining near Fairbanks

No abstract available.
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P. S. Smith

Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1912--Marble resources of Ketchikan and Wrangell districts

No abstract available.
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E. F. Burchard

Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1912--Mineral deposits of Kodiak and the neighboring islands

No abstract available.
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G. C. Martin