 | | Report (issue) | | Evidence for Metallization on St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands by R. E. Tucker, H. V. Alminas...preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic...the Virgin Islands and vicinity.................. 2 Figure 2. Geologic map of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin...Virgin Islands............... 3 Figure 3. Geologic map of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands...............map of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands........ 8 Figure 5. Sample locality map of St. John, U.S. Virgin |  | | Report (volume) | | Mineralogy, and Geochronology of the U.S. Virgin IslandS" U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2057 AVAILABILITY...AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications of the U.S. Geological Survey...catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices of available U.S. Geological Survey publications...List." Publications that may be listed in various U.S. Geological Survey catalogs (see back inside cover)...writing to the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161; please |  | | Report (issue) | | JACK TOWNSEND 70 22 Queensland Opal 75 White Cliffs in New South Wales: Opals and Pineapples BY...and possibly even rubellite (tourmaline), or rose quartz. When he used the term amethystos, 6 Pliny was...various varieties of quartz (e.g., prase, chrysoprase, plasma, green jasper), quartz stained with secondary...seem to have been those from Hungary. They were white and had a good play of color. The name is an ancient...publicity, that the beads were actually crafted from quartz and feldspar; still, the myth of Leakey's opal |  | | Report (issue) | | preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards nor with the...purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Open-File Report 02-172 Field Guide...with the field guide, and also Jane Ciener of the U.S. Geological Survey, who made publication of this...The Miocene Extensional Strain Field, Northern Virgin Mountains, Nevada/Arizona Trip Leaders: Mark Quigley...Leaders: Peter D. Rowley, Charles G. Cunningham, John J. Anderson, Thomas A. Steven, Jeremiah B. Workman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SPECIAL REPORT Field Meetings to the Western USA 1981 & 1982 The Directors: K. L. Duff & T. D. Ford ...The 1981 party at Mather Point, Grand Canyon. USA FIELD MEETINGS 1981 & 1982 Francisco, from where...as the Great Valley. The Coast Ranges are split USA FI ELD MEETINGS 1981 & 1982 longitud inally by the...deformation . Most of the intrusions are granites, quartz diorites and granodiorites, and constitute a comple...reaching between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. The 103 USA FIELD MEETING S 1981 & 1982 individual plateaux |  | | Book (edition) | | Pf. Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY...Erosional Features of the Badlands ¢ Why the Water Is “White” ¢ Concretions and Geodes 12. Great Sand Dunes...History 239 The Capitan Reef 233 Contents 18. Virgin Islands National Park by Ann F. Budd 243 ee ; 20...Glacial Advances and Retreats * Bedrock 32. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve by MonteD. Wilson...Caves and Mineralization Contents 50. Channel Islands National Park by Donald F. 54. Shenandoah National |  | | Book (edition) | | stacks at the eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock...bedrock is volcanic. Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve...Geologic Features 356 353 Contents . Channel Islands National Park 358 Part by Donald F. Palmer ...Wetlands Environment—Past Islands Present =361 Present Use of the Islands inthe Park 363 Geologic and...Reefs and Their Characteristics 412 415 . Virgin Islands National Park by Ann Budd Foster F . . Guadalupe |  | | Book (edition) | | UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA a Field Guidebook by John W Perkins " THE LANDSCAPE EVERYWHERE, AWAY FROM...BROWN AND CHOCOLATE; ‘NEVER LICHENED; BOT BARE, -..John Wesley Powell, 1875, referring __ _¢to the Green...by John W. A Circular Layman, Geography Scenic Perkins Autotour Rockhound Describing U st D ESB...Cascades; Scerra Nevada and other areas of the Western USA, A Geokogical Field Guidebook Expected Spring 1989...THE GRAND CANYON PAINTED RAINBOW DESERT, ECHO CLIFFS, MARBLE CANYON, LAKE BRIDGE N.M., CORAL PINK SAND-DUNES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Transitions from opal-A to opal-CT to opals-C to quartz have been reported [38–43] and we take the opportunity...crystalline silica polymorphs were as follows: quartz: 4.25 Å and 3.33 Å, moganite: 4.43 Å, 4.38 Å, 3...Å, 2.98 Å and 2.51 Å. The major “impurity” was quartz, and this varied from minute traces to overwhelming...published). Reported chemical shifts (Q4 ) [27,28] were: quartz −107.2 ppm to −107.1 ppm, cristobalite: −108.1...spectra. In ascending the samples are: opal-AG (White Cliffs, Australia G13771) (red); opal-AN/hyalite (Valec |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR Geological Survey WATER IN ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS by Oliver J. Cosner . with a chapter...the Virgin Islands 1972 72-7? DENVER ABSTRACT Water for domestic and municipal supply on St. John...rain catchments, dug wells, and barge shipments from St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. As a result of this study...ground-water supplies have been developed for the Virgin Islands National Park. Ground water occurs in significant...total recharge of the fractured volcanic rock on St. John, based on a recharge of 1 to 3 inches per year |  | | Journal (issue) | | Win Sweeping Victories are Gained over Marble and Quartz Their Nearest Rivals The great contest is over........... . 104 Gold ................ . 45,003 Quartz .............. . 13,698 Garnet .............. ...Collettion of Opals. By Tltomwi Jr. Ffuhr, A.JC Opa ls m Virgin Vall<')', X l',·ncla. By flr. 11. C. Dake. . ....Diatomnceous Earth. Its Nature, Oc·cune11ce anll U se. By ,John Jfe11111.sr Opal from the Columhin Plateau Basnlt...articles. ROCKS AND M:I NERALS PEEKSKILL, N. Y., U.S. A. The Official Journal of the Rodes and Minerals |  | | Book | | Hintze of Brigham Young University in Provo, and John M. Bartley of the University of Utah were especially...continent are drawn down into the there mantle, islands are tacked onto the continental mass. Earthquakes...were assigned to these periods by study of white cliffs their fossils, which showed the time-related...sum, salt, They fall of minerals and so — quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, gyp- forth. Rocks can...Light-colored, coarse-grained rock with visible crystals of quartz, feldspar, u and black mica or hornblende Monzonite |  | | Report (issue) | | map of sec. 29, White Cliffs diatomite . . 5 . Geologic map of sec. 1 9, White Cliffs diatomite . . 6...Ken A. Phillips Prese nt and past producers of white calcium carbonate products in Arizona . . . . ....Ted H. Eyde and Daniel T. Eyde Geology of the White Cliffs diatomite deposit and Aravaipa Creek gypsum...San Pedro basin. The first stops are at the White Cliffs diatomite deposit, an upper Miocene lacustrine...1 - Morning . . "" �. Plant Tours in Tucson - John M. Guilbert .. . . . The flrst morning of our |  | | Journal (issue) | | staple, the only metal was gold A STOPOVER IN WHITE CLIFFS They're still scratching for opal here but the...Vegetation? No, but he liked ironstone and a bit of quartz. If he saw a better looking area he might chain...all shiny black ironstone pebbles and very little quartz over soft red AUSTRALIAN GOLD GEM & TREASURE 7...a free illustrated catalogue and a RRP hst WHITE CLIFFS Hofal.lfytM1..nt ---· - _,,., ...,._ .,,....that line, such as it is, takes you through White Cliffs, 212km south-east of Tibooburra and 255km northeast |  | | Book (edition) | | Bill MacDougall, Neville Baker, Bill Maison and John Slocum have added considerably to my understanding...and corrected the manuscript. Special thanks to John Sims of Brisbane whose helpful comments allowed...Opal Buying Trip 87 11. Andamooka 93 12. White Cliffs 101 13. Lightning Ridge 111 14. Return...(Hungarian) source. One is in the Smithsonian. It is a white base with a relatively weak red multicolor in a...rock different from those found in Queensland. White Cliffs produces seam opal, relatively flat bands of |  | | Book (edition) | | under-priced energy is over,” says John H. Gibbons, director of the U.S. Office of Energy Conservation....Virginia; or scuba dive to a coral reef in the Virgin Islands. Varied as outdoor vacations may be, all have...things we need to be perfectly happy.” When Kephart, a St. Louis librarian, was camping by himself in the...Jamison, assistant director, Division of Recreation, U.S. Forest Service, told the Third Annual American Camping...parks, and its 8,500 square miles include the awesome St. Elias Mountains. Today campers are beginning to |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN THIS ISSUE: Late Eocene fossil plants of the John Day Formation and Geology and Mineralization of...available from: Nature of the Northwest, 800 NE Oregon St. #5, Portland, OR 97232, info@naturenw.org or www...Northwest Information Center: Suite 177, 800 NE Oregon St. # 5, Portland, OR 97232-2162, phone (503) 8722750.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John D. 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