The Significance of Geologic Conditions in Naval Petroleum Reserves No. 3, Wyoming (open access)

The Significance of Geologic Conditions in Naval Petroleum Reserves No. 3, Wyoming

From Introduction: The work on which this report is based consisted of detailed field and office studies which occupied the greater part of the summer of 1927. During this period mapping was done with plane table and telescopic alidade on a scale of 1 inch to 1,000 feet, and wells, faults, and outcrops within the productive part of the Teapot field were located in detail.
Date: 1931
Creator: Thom, W. T., Jr. & Spieker, Edmund M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Eastern Part of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California (open access)

Geology of the Eastern Part of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California

From abstract: The Santa Monica Mountains lie only a few miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles and comprise one of the prominent structural features that adjoin the Los Angeles Basin, one of the most prolific oil-producing districts of California. Even though the eastern part of these mountains may yield no oil, information concerning the rock types, structural character, and detailed geologic history of this area should be of value to petroleum geologists. The area described in this report, which lies between Topanga Canyon on the west and the Los Angeles River on the east, presents a section of varied rock types including coarsely crystalline plutonic rocks, basic and acidic intrusive and pyroclastic rocks, metamorphic slate and schist, and a wide assortment of sedimentary rocks.
Date: 1930
Creator: Hoots, H. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Big Snowy Mountains, Montana (open access)

Geology of the Big Snowy Mountains, Montana

From introduction: The main purpose of the field investigations on which this paper is based was to determine the structure of the mountains. The geologic formations were therefore studied, and sufficient data were obtained to construct a combined areal and structural map.
Date: 1931
Creator: Reeves, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lithologic Studies of Fine-Grained Upper Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks of the Black Hills Region (open access)

Lithologic Studies of Fine-Grained Upper Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks of the Black Hills Region

More than nine-tenths of the Upper Cretaceous rocks in northeastern Wyoming are fine-grained shales, mudstones, and calcareous marls. A comparative study of the mineralogy, chemical and mechanical composition, density and porosity, fissility, and lamination of samples of these rocks discloses several relations that throw light on the geologic history and structural deformation of the region, and perhaps on its oil and gas possibilities.
Date: 1930
Creator: Rubey, William Walden
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1929 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1929

From introduction: This report describes the deposits of analcite in the Green River formation, to compare them with other similar deposits, and to present them with other similar deposits, and to present the observations and inferences that led him to explain them as alteration products of volcanic ash that fell into an ancient saline lake. The report also records the occurrence of several thin beds of sepiolite, or meerschaum, in the Green River formation and presents new data on the molds of saline minerals of the Green River formation whose determination affects directly the interpretation of the analcite and sepiolite deposits.
Date: 1930
Creator: Mendenhall, W. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Lake Superior Region: A Review of Newly Discovered Geologic Features, with a Revised Geologic Map (open access)

Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Lake Superior Region: A Review of Newly Discovered Geologic Features, with a Revised Geologic Map

From abstract: Detailed knowledge of the geology of the pre-Cambrian rocks of the Lake Superior region has been greatly augmented since the publication of Monograph 52 by the United States Geological Survey in 1911. The authors have attempted in the present report to assemble as much of this new information as possible, and to give the reader a birdseye view of the geology as seen in the light of all studies made there up to the present time. Detailed descriptions are not presented, and the emphasis is placed upon the major problems of correlation. A revised map of the region, with cross sections, accompanies the report, bringing up to date a knowledge of the areal geology of the region, which otherwise could be gained only by consulting some 150 maps contained in almost as many separate local reports, many of which are unpublished.
Date: 1935
Creator: Leith, C. K.; Lund, Richard Jacob & Leith, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quaternary Geology of Minnesota and Parts of Adjacent States (open access)

Quaternary Geology of Minnesota and Parts of Adjacent States

Description of geology in Minnesota and explanations of glacial drift within the state an immediate surroundings (Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota) with sections detailing the movement of each glacier and relevant geological notes. Index starts on page 147.
Date: 1930
Creator: Leverett, Frank, 1859-1943
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Kaiparowits Region: A Geographic and Geologic Reconnaissance of Part of Utah and Arizona (open access)

The Kaiparowits Region: A Geographic and Geologic Reconnaissance of Part of Utah and Arizona

From introduction: The purposes of this exploration are to determine routes, to locate water holes, and to select areas where detailed geologic study could profitably be undertaken.
Date: 1931
Creator: Gregory, Herbert E. & Moore, Raymond C.
System: The UNT Digital Library