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California
Division of Mines and Geology : Bulletins
(B)
Softcover unless otherwise noted, 9x6" through about
bulletin 170, 11x8.5" after that, illustrated.
CA B 108 : 1934 : Mother Lode Gold Belt of California. By Clarence A. Logan. HARDBACK, brown cloth, 9x6”, 240p., 10 plates (6 in pocket), about 30 other illustrations in text, some fold-outs, some great vintage photos. All plates are present. (G/VG, cover has a minor scratch, covers slightly curved around text block and maps, lower spine end bumped. Small owner's stamp on end paper and title page). $195
CA B 115 : 1937 : Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of California for the Years 1931 to 1936, inclusive. Supplementing the master bibliography, bulletin 104. By Solon Shedd. 9x6”, HARDBACK, 125p.
Choose your copy of California Bulletin 115 :
Very Good (cover lightly rubbed) - $10
Good (Library marks, slightly cupped cover) - $5
CA B 133 : 1946 : Geology of the San Juan Bautista quadrangle, California. By John Eliot Allen. And, Operations of the Granite Rock company quarry and plant at Logan, San Benito county, by Royal E. Fowle. 9x6”, 112p., 12 plates (3 in pocket), 10 figures. (Good. Spine ends a bit rough, library marks). $35
CA B 142 : 1949 : The counties of California : Mineral resources and mineral production during 1947 : 9x6”, 197p., 1 figure, 12 plates (4 in pocket), 54 tables. Photos include Harvesting salt at the Leslie Salt Company, Mt. Eden plant (Alameda county); California Pottery Company, Niles Plant (Alameda county); Darwin Hills lead mining camp (Inyo county); Long Beach salt company; Pacific Coast Borax company; Monolith Portland Cement Company; Eagle Mountains iron mine (Riverside county); Coronado Copper and Zinc company (Shasta county). Good. $5
CA B 157 : 1951 : Geology of the San Jose – Mount Hamilton area, California. By Max D. Crittenden, Jr. Hardback, tan cloth, 9x6”, 74p., 3 plates in pocket (one in color). (VG : Owner's name on fly leaf) $17
CA B 158 : 1952 : Evolution of the California Landscape. By Norman E. A. Hinds. 4th printing 1963, this printing did not have maps in a pocket. HARDBACK, green cloth. 10.5x8.5”, landscape format, 240p., heavily illustrated with photos and more. (Good. Generally VG, but cover has light soil and "Return to Workroom" written large across it). $7
CA B 160 : 1952 Geology of the Saltdale quadrangle, California. (Kern county) By T. W. Dibblee, Jr. AND Mineral deposits of Saltdale Quadrangle, by Dibblee and T.E. Gay, Jr. HARDBACK, 9x6”, 66 pages, 8 photo plates plus 3 folded maps in pocket. (pocket plates have some soil. All else is Good) $20
CA B 163 : 1952 : Gypsum in California. By William E. Ver Planck. HARDBACK, 9x6”, 151p., 11 figures, 52 plates (8 in pocket). Among many, specific mention is made of Palen Mountains deposits; Clark Mountain deposits; Fish Creek Mountains deposit; Quatal Canyon deposit; Death Valley region; Cuddy Canyon deposit; Mint Canyon deposit; Mule Shoe Ranch deposit; Cuyama Valley deposits; Avawatz Mountains deposits and many more. (Good : Cover faintly soiled, cover edges lightly bumped. Owner's name or stamp) - $12
CA B 165 : 1954 : Geology and mineral deposits of Barstow quadrangle, San Bernardino county, California. By Oliver E. Bowen, Jr. AND Thermal properties of Ceramic materials rom Barstow quadrangle, California by Joseph A. Pask and Oliver E. Bowen, Jr. 9x6”, 208p., 9 plates in pocket, 84 figures (geology), 5 figures (thermal). Very Good - $35
CA B 189 : 1966 : Minerals of California, Centennial volume (1866-1966) By Joseph Murdoch and Robert Wallace Webb, with sections by Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned. HARDBACK, 9x6”, 559p., iindex, includes photos of authors and other famous geologists. Has a historical section as well. VG (owner's stamp inside front cover). $15
CA B 191 : 1966 : Mineral Resources of California. 9x6", 450p., 88 figures, 49 tables, 1 plate (full-color geologic map of California) in pocket. $8
CA B 202 : 1977 : Geology of the Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California. By Alan J. Galloway. Silver leatherette cover. 72p., 1 plate (a geologic map) in pocket, 6 figures, 14 tables, 30 photos.
Choose your copy of California Bulletin 202 :
Very Good - $8
Poor - All G, but missing the plate that should be in the pocket) $3
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California Division
of Mines and Geology : County
Reports (CR)
Softcover, 11x8.5", nicely illustrated ... unless otherwise
noted.
CA CR 8 : 1977 : Mines and Mineral Resources of Alpine County, California. By William B. Clark. 48p., frontispiece, 6 tables, 8 figures, 38 photos, full color geologic map in pocket. Cover art includes Snowshoe Thompson, the famous skier. Includes sections on the Zaca gold-silver mine and the Leviathan sulfur mine. $42
California Division
of Mines and Geology : Journal
of Mines and Geology
Named “Mining in California”
through 1932, “California Journal of Mines and Geology”
after that.
These are the State Mineralogist’s Report, in four
Quarterly chapters per year. 9x6”, illustrated. Early issues
contain both some general information on current mining in California
and activities of the State Mining Bureau or State Division of Mines.
Later issues are more limited in focus. I’ve generally listed
only the more specific topics (and not always all of those).
Mining in California Vol. 20(1) : January, 1924 : Pages 1-72. Contains district mining reports for Sacramento field division, San Francisco field division, Los Angeles field division – which list specific activities by the county and mine name or mining company (Lots of good historic information). Also has a summary of oil field development operations, listing each well with name and number, section, township, range, county, and oil company name. Includes a fold out plate of plan and longitudinal sections of Sumner and Content mines. Photos include Vail and Maxwell calcining plant at Chinese camp, Tuolumne county; Calcining plant at Maltby No. 2 Magnesite Mine, Chiles Valley, Napa county; Calcining plant at the Sampson Magnesite mine, west of Idria, San Benito county; Property of the North Sumner Gold Mines, Inc.; and more. (Good/Fair. Generally Good, but has water marked margin in corner and cover a bit rough along spine) - $10
Mining in California Vol. 23(4) : October, 1927 : Pages 373-456, with index to Volume 23. Contains district mining reports for Sacramento field division, San Francisco field division, Los Angeles field division, and Mono County – which list specific activities by the county and mine name or mining company (Lots of good historic information). Also has a summary of oil field development operations, listing each well with name and number, section, township, range, county, and oil company name. Includes photos of Kerrick shaft, Comanche Mining and Reduction Company; Mineral spring at Bridgeport, Mono County; and more.
Choose your copy of Mining in California Vol. 23(4) :
Good (No outer wraps) - $25
Fair (One corner is water marked, but nothing is stiff or stuck. Two small chips on front cover corners and a small label. No outer wraps) - $15
Mining in California Vol. 28(1) : January, 1932 : Pages 1-101, folded plate in pocket, fold-out map in text. Contains district mining reports for Sacramento field division, San Francisco field division, Los Angeles field division, and Redding Field Division – which list specific activities by the county and mine name or mining company (Lots of good historic information). Also has a summary of oil field development operations, listing each well with name and number, section, township, range, county, and oil company name. Good (Lightly bumped edges, two small spots on cover, spine slightly rough, else clean and nice) $10
Specific articles in CA Journal 28(1) include :
Economic mineral deposits of the San Jacinto quadrangle.
Contributions to the study of sediments.
Geology and physical properties of building stone from Carmel Valley, California.
Sanbornite, a newly described mineral from California.
Tariff rate changed on Feldspar.
NAME CHANGE to CALIFORNIA
JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY :
These continue to contain Division reports and Oil Field
Development Operations reports for some years, although I do not
list them.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 30(1) : January, 1934 : Pages 1-114, illus., plus fold-out geologic map of northeastern Madera county. Good (Generally VG. One bumped corner, no outer wraps) - $42
Specific articles in CA Journal 30(1) include :
Resurrection of early surfaces in the Sierra Nevada.
Geology and Mineral resources of Northeastern Madera county, California.
Geology and mineral deposits of Laurel and Convict basins, southwestern Mono county, CA.
Notes on sampling as applied to Gold Quartz deposits.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 31(3) : July, 1935: Pages 255-400, illus., plus fold-out map of western portion of Siskiyou county showing locations of principal Gold Mines. Good (clean, nice. Owner's name / stamps. Some bumped corners) - $ 24
Specific articles in CA Journal 31(3) include :
Dams for Hydraulic mining debris.
Leasing system as applied to metal mining.
Mine financing in California.
New laws make radical change in mining rights.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology
Vol. 36(1) : January, 1940 : Pages 1-114, illus. Photos
include : No. 1 shaft at Telegraph Mines, Solo Mining district,
Yucca Grove, San Bernardino county. Gold Crown Mine and 50-ton
cyanide mill, Dale District, San Bernardino county. Golden Queen
mining company’s crushing and cyanide plant, Mojave Mining
District, Kern county. And more.
Choose your copy of CA Journal 36(1) :
Very Good - $28
Good (Library marks) - $20
Specific articles in CA Journal 36(1) include :
Current mining activity in Southern California.
Notes on Beryl with a qualitative analysis for Beryllium.
Strategic minerals investigation procedure followed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 37(2) : April, 1941 : Pages 201-372, illus. (Poor : This is a nice reading copy. Most is VG, but first pages are watermarked - nothing stiff or stuck, bumped corners there) - $10
Specific articles in CA Journal 37(2) include :
California earthquakes of the Mission Period, 1769-1838, by Robert F. Heizer.
Occurrence of Scheelite in Idaho-Maryland mines at Grass Valley, California.
Tungsten Resources of California, by John F. Partridge, Jr.
Dragline dredging in Siskiyou county.
Marketing talc, Pyrophyllite and ground soapstone.
Manganese.
Magnesite.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 39(1) : January, 1943 : Pages 1-110, illus. Fold-out Plant and equipment diagram for the Santa Cruz Portland cement company in Davenport, California. Fold-out map of Santa Cruz county with mineral locations marked. Very Good - $35
Specific articles in CA Journal 39(1) include :
Mines and mineral resources of Santa Cruz county.
Discoveries in the strategic minerals, San Francisco Field district.
Current mining activity in Plumas county.
Additions to California Bulletin 113, by George L. Gary.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology
Vol. 39(2) : April, 1943 : Pages 116-292, illus. Fold-out
geologic map of the region about Lemon cove and Three Rivers,
Tulare county, California. Full color folded geologic map (in
pocket) of the San Juan Bautista quadrangle, California (this
is a supplement to Bulletin 113, Plate 1). Full color folded geologic
map (in pocket) of the San Benito quadrangle, California.
Poor,
no pocket maps. Maps were issued separately. (Generally
VG, but has water marked corner throughout.) - $15
Specific articles in CA Journal 39(2) include :
Manganese discovery in San Mateo county, by Henry G. Hubbard.
Current mining activity in southern California.
Clerbus-Mae tungsten prospect, Trinity county.
Mylonites in the eastern San Gabriel mountains.
Geology of the Sierra Nevada northeast of Visalia, Tulare county, California.
Tungsten deposits northeast of Visalia, California.
Geology of the San Benito quadrangle, California.
Additions to bulletin 113 by George L. Gary.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 49(3) : July, 1953 (Reprinted January, 1954) : Pages 269-337, illus., 6 plates including 2 in pocket. Folded plate in pocket, geologic map of Kings county, California, showing mines and holes drilled for oil and gas. Folded plate in pocket, Map of the Kettleman north dome and Kettleman middle dome oil fields, Fresno and Kings counties, California. G/VG - $20
Specific articles in CA Journal 49(3) include :
Flotative properties of Titanium minerals in Oleate solutions.
Mines and mineral resources of Kings county, California.
Adsorbent clays in California.
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CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 51( 4) : October, 1955 : Pages 299-465, illus. Index to volume 51. Folded plate in pocket, color geologic map of San Mateo county, California, showing locations of mineral product operations. Very Good - $38
Specific articles in CA Journal 51(4) include :
California Mineral commodities in 1952 and 1953.
Mines and mineral resources of San Mateo county, California.
EXCERPT FROM CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 52(4) : October, 1956 : Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado county, California by William B. Clark and Denton W. Carlson. Pages 370-591, illus. Includes 3 folded plates in pocket : Geologic map of El Dorado county; Mines and mineral deposits of El Dorado county (east and west sheets). G/VG - $68
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 53(3 and 4) : July - October, 1957 : Pages 347-758, illus. One folded plate in pocket, Economic mineral map of California No. 7 – lead and zinc. G/VG (cover may have some fading or minor soil) - $25
Specific articles in CA Journal 53(3-4) include :
Lead and Zinc in California.
Index to Volume 53.
CA Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 54(1) : January, 1958 : Pages 1-205, illus. G/VG - $5
Specific articles CA Journal 54(1) include :
Annual report of the State mineralogist.
California mineral commodities in 1955 and 1954.
Metal and mineral review for 1956.
Fifty-Fifth report of the State Mineralogist. 1959 California Division of Mines. 9x6", 244p., nicely illustrated. $5
Contents of the 55th report of the State Mineralogist :
Annual report of the State Mineralogist.
California Mineral Commodities in 1956 and 1957
Directory of California Mineral Producers, Dealers, and Laboratories.
Metal, Mineral and Mineral Fuel review for the United States for 1957.
California Division
of Mines and Geology : Maps
Color Map in a labeled storage envelope unless otherwise
noted.
(maps in VG condition unless otherwise noted, envelopes may have
bumped edges)
Geologic Atlas of California - - Geologic
Data Map Series - - Map Sheets - - Misc.
Maps
Geologic Atlas
of California: each has full-color map (Scale 1 : 250,000)
plus large explanation sheet printed on both sides.
These sheets were printed individually and sometimes appear as part
of a hard cover ATLAS volume that has a binding that can be opened
to add additional sheets. See
Legend under "Misc. Maps" below.
Los Angeles Geologic Atlas Sheet : 1969, 1st ed. Generic manilla envelope (map VG, envelope Fair) $10
Redding Geologic Atlas Sheet : 1962 (1978 printing) $8
San Luis Obispo Geologic Atlas Sheet : 1959, 1st ed. (map G, envelope Poor) $5
Santa Cruz Geologic Atlas Sheet : 1959, 1st ed. (map VG, envelope G with some wear) $8
Santa Maria Geologic Atlas Sheet : 1959, 1st ed. (map VG, envelope Fair with wear and soil) $8
CA MAP GDMS 2 : Geologic Map of California : 1977, 1st ed. Scale 1:750,000. (See Legend under Misc. Maps) $12
CA MAP GDMS 3 : Gravity Map of California and its Continental Margin. Compiled By Oliver, H.W., and others. 1980 Scale: 1:750,000. $14
CA MAP Sheet 5 : Geology of the Western Vallecitos Syncline, San Benito County, California. By Enos, P., 1965. Scale: 1:31,250. $8
CA Map Sheet 38 : Geology of the Keeler 15’ quadrangle, Inyo county, California. By Melvin C. Stinson. 1977. Scale 1:62,500. (Envelope has bumped corners, map is VG) $8
Geologic Legend and Formation Indexes. Scale 1:250,000. This is meant to be used with the Geologic Atlas sheet or the Geologic Map of California. $10
Outline geologic Map of California showing Oil and Gas fields and drilled areas. Economic Mineral Map of California No. 2 - Oil and Gas. 1941. This map compliments the content of Bulletin 118. Scale 1 : 1,000,000. Some color. There is a small inset map showing Major rock units and their significance to exploration for oil and gas. (Fair : somewhat roughly folded, showing use. Map is generally clean and unmarked. No envelope). $8
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California
Division of Mines and Geology : Mineral
Information Service = California Geology
Softcover, 11x8.5", illustrated, photos, 8-24 pages each
... unless otherwise noted.
Most unspecified subjects pertain to California. A few issues
were hole punched along the spine..
This is a magazine / newsletter formerly published
by the California Geological Survey. It is no longer being published.
The last issue of every volume (year) usually contains an index
to that volume, listed by topic, location and author.
I have generally mentioned only the longer articles. Please
ask if you need more information.
CA MIS 8(6) : 1955 : Clay in California. $1
CA MIS 13(2) : 1960 : California geology maps. California mining events. $1
CA MIS 13(11) : 1960 : Sampling mineral deposits. $1
CA MIS 13(12) : 1960 : Exploration costs of small mines. $1
CA MIS 15(1) : 1962 : Search for industrial minerals. Crystals donated by George L. Gary. $1
CA MIS 15(5) : 1962 : Limestone resources of Southern California, part 1. $1
CA MIS 15(6) : 1962 : Sanbornite from Rush Creek, Fresno county. Limestone resources of southern California, part 2. $1
CA MIS 18(12) : 1965 : Waves caused by Alaskan rock slides. Taal volcano. Biggest wave and splash in history : Lituya Bay, Gulf of Alaska 1958 - to 1,700 feet! $4
CA MIS 19(8) : 1966 : Geologic hazards - quick clays and California's clay.. Miners' Progress poem, Part II - started in 19(6). Volcano-triggered flood carved Labyrinth in Antarctica centuries ago. $3
CA MIS 21(2) : 1968 : California mining review for 1967. Micromounting. $1
CA MIS 21(9) : 1968 : California fluorspar. Geology of the basin ranges. Surtsey's fiery mantle, Iceland. $3
CA MIS 23(8) : 1970 : California's gold dredges (great old photos). $7
CA MIS 23(10) : 1970 : Peruvian earthquake of May 31, 1970, great photos. Also, amazing frontispiece photo of 3 bi-wing airplanes flying by Half Dome in 1932. $5
NAME CHANGE TO "CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY"
CA Geology : October, 1972 : 1971-72 mining activity in California. Alum. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (early global warming information). $1
CA Geology : December 1973 : 1972-73 mining activity in California. Photos of features produced by earthquake of February 21, 1973 near Point Mugu, California. $2
CA geology : September 1976 : Most content pertains to Coal and Earthquakes. Pages 194-215. $3
CA Geology : June 1983 : Hypothesis for the localization of gold in quartz veins. Survey of building structures of the Sierran gold belt, 1848-70. $3
CA Geology : September 1983 : Cyanide heap leaching. Airport Lake and Little Lake faults, ground cracking associated with 1982 magnitude 5.2 Indian Wells valley earthquake, Inyo county. Isotopic studies of mariposite-bearing rocks from the south-central mother lode, California. $5
CA Geology : March 1984 : Gold mines of Grass valley, Nevada county, California – Great photos. $7
California
State Mining Bureau : Preliminary
Reports
Softcover, 9x6" These usually include locations
of mines and processing plants and more.
CA PR 5 : 1918 : Antimony, Graphite, Nickel, Potash, Strontium, Tin. By E.S. Boalich and W.O. Castello. 44p. (Mild crease, owner's stamps) $8
CA PR 6 : 1920 : A review of mining in California during 1919, with notes on the outlook for 1920 labor conditions, needs of the industry. 43p. (cover partly loose on staples and rough at spine. Owner's stamps) $7
CA PR 7 : 1920 : The clay industry in California. By Boalich, Castello, Huguenin, Logan and W. Burling Tucker. 107p., photos, fold-out. (Good, but has been bent. Owner's stamps.) $15
California
Division of Mines and Geology : Special
Publications (SP)
Softcover, 11x8.5"... unless otherwise noted.
CA SP 51 : 1977 : State Policy for Surface Mining and Reclamation Practice. 1st Ed. 20p. (bumped corners) $5
CA SP 63 : 1982 : Status of volcanic prediction and emergency response capabilities in volcanic hazard zones of California. Edited by Roger C. Martin and James F. Davis. Proceedings of a workshop on volcanic hazards in Sacramento, December 1981. Comb-bound, Pages in three sections, a total of 330 pages, illustrated. This is a PREPRINT version. $4
California
Division of Mines and Geology :
Special Reports (SR)
Softcover, 11x8.5", illustrated ... unless otherwise
noted.
CA SR 10-A : 1951 : Nephrite Jade and associated rocks of the Cape San Martin region, Monterey county, California. By Richard A. Crippen, Jr. 14p., 14 figures. (Fair. Generally G, but has some notes and underlining) $8
CA SR 35 : 1953 : Tungsten deposits of Madera, Fresno, and Tulare counties, California. By Konrad B. Krauskopf. 83p., 4 plates in pocket, 52 figures. Includes lots of actual maps of mine and deposits, with some color. $15
CA SR 42 : 1955 : Geology of mineral deposits in the Ubehebe Peak Quadrangle, Inyo county, California. By James F. McAllister. 63p., 3 plates in pocket, 26 figures. SCARCE. (All VG, slight spine wear) $87
CA SR 48 : 1956 : Economic Geology of the Casa Diablo Mountain Quadrangle, California. (Mono county) By C. Dean Rinehart and Donald C. Ross. 17p., 4 plates in pocket including full color geologic map, 1 photo plate, 4 figures.
Choose your copy of Califorina Special Report 48 :
Very Good - $15
Good (owner's stamps on title page, one interior page soiled. Folded plates are VG) - $10
CA SR 51 : 1958 : Economic Geology of the Darwin Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. By Wayne E. Hall and E. M. Mackevett. With a section of the Darwin Silver-Lead district, and a section on the Tungsten Deposits. 73p. 9 plates in pocket, 25 figures, 9 photo pages, 13 tables. SCARCE. (All VG, except has a few library stamps, minor soil on cover, and minor wear at spine including a small chip at lower spine end. Folded plates are VG and all present.) $175
CA SR 64 : 1960 : Geology of the Otay bentonite deposit, San Diego county, California. By George B. Cleveland. 16p., 1 plate in pocket, 5 figures, 6 photos, 3 tables. $10
CA SR 65 : 1960 : Geology of the San Bernardino mountains north of Big Bear Lake, California. By James Frank Richmond. With a tabulated list of mines and mineral deposits by Cliffton H. Gray Jr. 68p., 1 plate in pocket, 72 figures, 1 table. $22
CA SR 67 : 1961 : Geology and mineral deposits of the Colfax and Foresthill quadrangles, California. By Deb K. Chandra. 50p., 4 plates in pocket, 8 figures, 36 photos, 8 tables. (This is a lower quality photocopy, but does include copies of the plates). $1
CA SR 76 : 1963 : Recent volcanism at Amboy crater, San Bernardino county, California. By Ronald B. Parker. 22p., frontispiece, 6 figures, 12 photos, 1 plate in pocket.
Choose your copy of California Special Report 76 :
Very Good - $11
Fair. (Generally VG, but has water marked corner - shows mostly on outside of cover, not really inside) $6
CA SR 78 : 1963 : Age and structural relationships of the Franciscan formation in the Montara Mountain quadrangle, San Mateo county, California. By Richard L. Darrow. 23p., 2 plates in pocket, 3 figures, 10 photos. (Fair. Generally G, but cover lightly soiled, and has a little underlining). $8
CA SR 80 : 1963 : Geology and Mineral deposits of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa county, California. By Earl H. Pampeyan. 31p., 5 plates in pocket, 10 figures, 4 tables. (Poor. Generally G, with a little light soil. However, is missing Plate 1 (Geologic map of Mount Diablo) and has in its place the Topographic map of the Diablo quadrangle - grubby, colored and marked up with geologic information) $5
CA SR 81 : 1964 : Geology of the Lockwood Valley Area, Kern and Ventura counties, California. 62p., 9 figs., 17 photos, 5 plates in pocket.
Choose your copy of California Special Report 81 :
Very Good - $14
Good - $10
Fair (noticeably bumped lower edge) - $5
CA SR 82
: 1963 : Short contributions to California Geology. 40p. $10
1) Intrusive ultrabasic rocks and their metamorphic relationships
at Leech Lake Mountain, Mendocino county, California.
2) Geology of the sedimentary deposits in San Francisco Bay,
California.
3) Engineering properties and problems of the San Francisco
Bay mud.
4) Fracture traces in the Tuscan formation, northern California.
5) Fossil evidence for maximum age of metamorphism in part
of the Franciscan formation, northern Coast Ranges, California.
CA SR 86
: 1964 : Short Contributions to CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY: 61p. $6
1) Petrology - Geology of the Central Part of the Ramona Pegmatite
District, San Diego County. By Simpson, D.R.,
2) Stratigraphy - Tertiary Stratigraphy of the Church Creek
Area, Monterey County By Dickinson, W.R.
3) Geophysics - Magnetic Study of the Island Mountain Mine
Area,Trinity County By Chapman, R.H.
CA SR 96 : 1968 : Geologic Reconnaissance of the Slate Range, San Bernardino and Inyo Counties, California. By George I. Smith, Bennie W. Troxel, Cliffton H. Gray, Jr., and Roland von Huene. Grey leatherette cover. 33p. Large full-color geologic map in pocket, 11 figures, 3 tables. VG - $5
CA SR 106 : 1976 : Geologic Features of Death Valley (Inyo and San Bernardino Counties), California By Troxel, B.W. and Wright, L.A., editors. 72p. This report contains 11 short papers by various authors, topics include Fault map, Grapevine Mountains, Central Black Mountains, Crystal Spring Formation, Noonday Dolomite, War Eagle Mine Area, Wood Canyon Formation, Shoshone volcanics, and more. $4
CA SR 128 : 1977 : K-Feldspar in upper Mesozoic sandstone units near Atascadero, Santa Lucia range, San Luis Obispo county, California. By Earl W. Hart. 21p., illus., includes fossil localities list. $5
CA SR 166 : 1993 : Mineral Land Classification of the Eureka-Saline Valley Area, includes Blanco Mountain, Dry Mountain, Last Chance Range, Magruder Mountain, Marble Canyon, Mt. Barcroft, New York Peak, Piper Peak, Soldier Pass, Ubehebe Crater, Ubehebe Peak, Waucoba Mountain, Waucoba Spring, and Waucoba Wash 15-minute quadrangles, Inyo and Mono counties, California. By Gary C. Taylor and Stephen E. Joseph. Supercedes Open-File Report 88-2. 143p., 13 figures, 4 tables. Separate Plate packet contains 3 plates on a total of 6 sheets. (Poor - All VG, but missing the separate plate packet) $5
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California
Department of Water Resources : Bulletins
(DWR B)
11x8.5”, softcover. Water year is 12 month period
from October 1 through September 30 of following year.
Waste Water –
Bulletin 68 Series (see also CA DWR B 130-68 Vol. 5,
App. D, E and F)
CA DWR B 68-72 : October
1973 : 23p., 1 fig., 3 tables. CONTAINS
: Inventory of waste water production and waste water reclamation
practices In California in 1972. Very Good (ex-library)
$5
Hydrologic Data -
Bulletin 130 Series
CA DWR B 130-65 Vol.
5, App. E : December 1966 : 561p., 3 figs., 4 immense
tables, 6 plates (several are fold-out maps). Hydrologic Data
: 1965. CONTAINS : Appendix E
- Ground Water Quality for Volume 5 (Southern California).
Data on the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics
of the ground water in Southern California for the 1964-65
water year. Good. $48
CA DWR B 130-66 Vol. 1 : January 1968 : 109p., 2 figs., 17 tables, 1 plate. Hydrologic Data : 1966. CONTAINS : Volume 1 – North Coastal Area. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1965-66 year. Good. $16
CA DWR B 130-66 Vol. 2, App. B : February 1968 : 299p., 15 large tables, 4 plates (fold-out maps). Hydrologic Data : 1966. CONTAINS : Appendix B – Surface Water Flow for Volume 2 (Northeastern California). Data on the daily mean discharge, daily maximum and minimum tides, diversion quantities, imported and exported water to and from the report area, summary table sof monthly and annual unimpaired runoff from major streams, summary of water supply and utilization for the Sacramento – San Joaquim delta, and content and inflow for major reservoirs for 1965-66water year. Good. $24
CA DWR B 130-66 Vol. 3 : May 1968 : 193p., 3 figs., 21 tables, 3 plates (fold-out maps). Hydrologic Data : 1966. CONTAINS : Volume 3 – Central Coastal Area. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1965-66 year. Includes water levels in wells, sea water intrusion in the Santa Clara Valley East Bay area. Good. $24
CA DWR B 130-66 Vol. 5, App. D and E : May 1968 : 203p., 12 figs., 6 tables. Hydrologic data : 1966. CONTAINS : Appendix D – Surface Water Quality for Volume 5 (Southern California). Appendix E - Ground Water Quality for Volume 5 (Southern California). Data on the chemical and physical characteristics of the surface and ground water in Southern California for the 1965-66 water year. Good. $21
CA DWR B 130-67 Vol. 1 : November 1968 : 79p., 3 figs., 16 tables. Hydrologic Data : 1967. CONTAINS : Volume 1 – North Coastal Area. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1966-67 year. Good (ex-library). $14
CA DWR B 130-67 Vol. 2 : May 1969 : 667p., 13 figs., 32 large tables, 7 plates (fold-out maps). Hydrologic Data : 1967. CONTAINS : Volume 2 – Northeastern California. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1966-67 year. Includes fluctuation of water levels in wells and lines of salinity encroachment. Good (ex-library, cover corner soiled). $48
CA DWR B 130-68 Vol. 1 : February 1970 : 73p., 5 figs., 17 tables. Hydrologic Data : 1968. CONTAINS : Volume 1 – North Coastal Area. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1967-68 year. Good (ex-library, cover has some soil and numerous library stamps). $14
CA DWR B 130-68 Vol. 5, App. A, B, and C : March 1970 : 423p., 13 figs., 9 large tables. Hydrologic data : 1968. CONTAINS : Appendix A – Climatological Data for Volume 5 (Southern California). Appendix B – Surface Water Measurement for Volume 5 (Southern California). Appendix C – Ground Water Measurement for Volume 5 (Southern California). 1967-68 water year. Good (ex-library). $42
CA DWR B 130-68 Vol. 5, App. D, E and F : January 1970 : 207p., 18 figs., 8 tables. Hydrologic data : 1968. CONTAINS : Appendix D – Surface Water Quality for Volume 5 (Southern California). Appendix E - Ground Water Quality for Volume 5 (Southern California). Appendix F – Waste water data for Volume 5 (Southern California) 1967-68 water year. Good (ex-library). $18
CA DWR B 130-72 Vol. 4 : August 1973 : 197p., 6 figs., 24 tables, 3 plates (fold-out maps). Hydrologic Data : 1972. CONTAINS : Volume 1 – North Coastal Area. Data on climate, surface water flow, ground water levels, and surface and ground water quality for 1971-72year. Good (ex-library, cover has some soil and numerous library stamps). $16
CA DWR B 131 : November
1965 : 219p., 9 figs., 52 tables, 3 appendices, 10 plates
(fold-out maps). CONTAINS : Mariposa
area investigation, preliminary edition. Includes sections
on Water Supply, Land use and water requirements, Plans for
Water development. Comes
with supplement in separate binding “Mariposa
Area Investigation : Summary of Public Hearing Comments and
Changes to the Preliminary Edition” dated July 1967,
21p. Good. $35
Management of the
California State Water Project : Bulletin 132 Series
CA DWR B 132-63
: April 1963 : 288p. text, plus 1 fig., 45 tables, 8 plates
(fold-outs). CONTAINS : The California
State Water Project in 1963. This includes history
and current operations (including things like construction
schedule, Sale and purchase of electric power, Project costs,
Project water revenues, Project financing and more) for various
aqueducts, reservoirs, facilities, units. Good. $22
CA DWR B 132-64 : June 1964 : 244p. text, plus 1 fig., 34 tables, 4 large appendices, 8 plates (fold-outs). CONTAINS : The California State Water Project in 1964. This includes history and current operations (including things like construction schedule, Water entitlements, Project costs, Project water revenues, Project financing and more) for various aqueducts, reservoirs, facilities, units. Good. (bumped edge, mild curve). $22
CA DWR B 136 Final Supplement
: December 1966 : 27p. CONTAINS
: North Coastal Area Investigation : Summary of Public Hearing
Comments and Changes to the Preliminary Edition dated Sept.
1964. Good (ex-library, cover loosening). $5
CA DWR B 136 App. B : March 1965 : 245p., 66 tables., 23 figs., 2 fold-out plates. CONTAINS : North Coastal Area Investigation, Appendix B – Recreation. This contains history and current use information for various recreation areas, as well as trends and estimated capacity, and more. $10
CA DWR B 136 App. C : April 1965 : 364p., 35 tables., 38 figs., 4 fold-out plates. CONTAINS : North Coastal Area Investigation, Appendix C – Fish and Wildlife. Lots of specific information by specific subunits. Good. (ex-library, cover marked) $5
CA DWR B 137 Final Supplement : February 1969 : 31p. CONTAINS : Sacramento Valley East Side Investigation : Summary of Public Hearing Comments and Changes to the Preliminary Edition dated Aug. 1967. Good (ex-library) $5
CA DWR B 140 : August 1965 : 289p., 9 large tables, 3 plates (many sheets, a number are fold-outs). CONTAINS : Water Rights Data and estimated entitlements to the flow of the Feather River (California). Good. (slight cant, lightly bumped edges). $54
California
Geological Materials : Misc.
~9x6" and softcover unless otherwise noted, many of that
size are offprints.
Unless noted, these papers and books are in very good condition
: lightly used, owner's stamp, may have lightly bumped edges.
Are Petaluma horse teeth reliable in correlation? By R.A. Stirton. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1952, Vol. 36(10), pages 2011-2025. $3
Borate exploration and mining in the Death Valley region. By James M. Barker. 1976 Society of mining engineers of AIME preprint 76-H-69. Presented at the AIME annual meetin in Las Vegas February 1976. 8x5”, 27p., 2 figures, 1 table. $2
California desert plan and the public interest. A White paper by the California Mining Association, 1978. Prepared by Jack Woodard Associates, Sacramento. 11x8.5”, 45p., 6 figures. This pertains to Federal preserves and the California Desert Conservation Area, and mineral potential therein. $4
California : Summary of Operations - Oil, Gas and geothermal production statistics, 1973. Fifty-ninth annual report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, Volume 59(2). 1973, Resources Agency of California, Department of Conservation, Division of Oil and Gas. Softcover, 9x6”, 187p., heavily illustrated. (VG. Spine covering a bit rough) $25
Cheistry of thermal water in selected geothermal areas of California. By Marshall J. Reed. c1975, 1991 printing. California Division of Oil and Gas Publication TR 15. 11x8.5", 31p., nicely illustrated. $3
Clay mineral composition of some sediments from the pacific ocean off the California coast and the Gulf of California. 1949 Bulletin GSA. 23p. plus fold-out. $3
Correlation of the marine Cenozoic formations of western North America. 1944. Bulletin GSA. 30p. plus fold-outs. (cover lightly soiled) $2
Dendraster elsmerensis (an Echinoid which closely resembles Dendraster excentricus in the basal beds of Pico formation in Elsmere Canyon, near Newhall, California). by J. Wyatt Durham. 1949. Amer. J. of Sci : vol. 247. 14p. illus. $3
Engineering geology Vol. 1, No. 2 : July 1964. This is the whole issue of “Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists.” 9x6”, softcover, 71p., illustrated. $10
Selected Contents of Bulletin AEG 1(2) :
Application of gravity measurements to some problems in engineering geology. (Eaton)
Sewage effluent disposal and its effects on ground water beneath Livermore Valley, California. (Hansen)
Investigation versus exploration (determining subsurface conditions for construction). Roberts)
A hydrologic analysis of the groundwater-Heat interchange for a heat pump system. (Fryberger)
Some Marine aspects of engineering geology (Inderbitzen)
Evidence of the age of a crystalline limestone in S. California. (near Hemet) 1939. J. Geol. 4p. $1
Evidences of Interglacial periods on the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California by Marsden Manson. 1913 Congress Geol. International 10th session, Canada. 4p. (Fair : edges battered) $2
Explanatory Data : San Jose Sheet, Geologic Map of California. 1966. This is a large folded sheet printed on both sides, and it contains data and information to complement the map. Does not include the map. $3
Faunal relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific coast. 1896 USGS. By Timothy W. Stanton. About 11.5x7.5”. Pages 1005-1051 plus plates and plate caption pages, 5 very nice plates of fossils. This original paper has been extracted from the “Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1895-96, in three parts. Part I - Director's report and other papers.” The spine is neatly taped. I have included a photocopy of the title page of the entire volume and the index to the entire volume. This is a convenient way to own this report without having to deal with the entire huge volume. $12
Field Trip Guidebook, San Diego county – 1961. 1961, San Diego State College. For the 57th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, GSA. Softcover, 11x8.5”, 79p., beautifully illustrated including maps. Has 5 field trips, with road logs, and related papers. Excellent condition (owner's name on fly leaf) $25.
40 Years : the education of a Geologist. By Tom Baldwin. 1982 Los Angeles Basin Geological Society, Pacific Section AAPG. 11x8.5", 115p., illus. $23
Some of the Content of Forty Years : the education of a geologist :
Mohnian stage in Benedict Canyon.
Stratigraphic position of the Santa Margarita Sandstone in Santa Cruz county.
San Ardo Field, Stratigraphic analysis and case history of an oil field.
Geology of the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Butano Sandstone.
Land Forms of the Salinas Valley, California.
Pacific Offshore exploration, 1949-1965.
A method of finding oil - unorthodox thinking.
The Salinas valley, today and tomorrow.
Fractured reservoirs of Santa Maria district, California. By Louis J. Regan, Jr. and Aden W. Hughes. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(1), pages 32-51. $4
Franciscan complex olistostrome at Crescent City, Northern California. By K.R. Aalto. 1989. Extracted from Sedimentology 36, pages 471-495. 10x7", nicely illus. $4
Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada. 1896 USGS. By Henry W. Turner. About 11.5x7.5”. Pages 521-1076 (YES - 555 pages!), 31 plates (1 plate is a full page color map, many others are photographs), 5 figures. This original paper has been extracted from the “Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1895-96, in three parts. Part I - Director's report and other papers.” The spine is neatly taped. Included is the title page of the entire volume and the index to the entire volume. This is a convenient way to own this report without having to deal with the entire huge volume. $24
Geological excursions in Southern California. Edited by Wilfred A. Elders. 1971, UCR Campus Museum for the GSA Cordilleran section meeting. This is University of California, Riverside – Campus Museum Contributions Number 1. Softcover, 11x8.5”, 181p., illus., multiple fold-out maps. Has 9 field trips. VG (two titles in table of contents are highlighted). $18
Geology of California (by Ralph D. Reed) AND Structural Evolution of Southern California (By R. D. Reed and J. S. Hollister). 1951 reprint (by popular demand) American Association of Petroleum Geologists. HARDBACK, 9x6”. Geology of California was first printed in 1933 : 355p., frontispiece, 60 figures, 27 tables, index. Structural evolution of Southern California was first printed in 1936, 157p., 57 figures, 6 tables, 9 plates (1 in pocket). (Good, nice. Cover lightly rubbed, some minor soil on edge of page block) $25
Geology of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara county, California. By Carl St. J. Bremner. 1933. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 2. Softcover, 10x7”, 23p., plus 4 plates (one is a fold-out map) $18
Gold Gamble. By Roberta Martin Starry. 1974, Maturango Museum Publication 7, Indian Wells Valley, China Lake, California. Softcover, 11x8.5”, 167p., large number of vintage photos. This is a history book written for the general population about the discovery and mining of gold in California – it is well done. $10
Grain-flow deposits and their implications, Santa Ynez mountains, California. By Peter H. Stauffer. 1967. Extracted from Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 37(2), paes 487-508. 9.5x6.5", Illus. (corner rough from staple) $3
Heat flow at Grass valley, California. 1957. Amer Geop Union. 5p. $1
INQUA 7th Congress : Guidebook for Field Conference I - Northern Great Basin and California. 1965. Softcover, 8x5.5", 165p. illus. including fold-out maps. Has 14 full days of field trip from Boulder, Colorado to California. $18
Kennedy Wheels. As told to Evelyn Garbarini by the late Emmet H. Garbarini. 1969 Amador Progress News. 9x6”, staple bound, 26p. illustrated with photos. This is about the huge wooden wheels at the Kennedy Gold Mine, Jackson Gate area, California. Pretty neat! $8
Late Ordovician - Early Silurian Conodont biostratigraphy, Inyo mountains, California by Richard H. Miller. 1975. Extracted from GSA Bulletin 86(Feb.). 11x8.5", 4p., illus. $1
Limnology of Mono Lake, California by David T. Mason. 1967 University of California Press. University of California publications in Zoology Volume 83. 10x7", 110p., illus. (some penciled notes, some penciled underlining). $10
Lithic-volcanic sandstones derived from oceanic crust in the Franciscan Complex of California : 'sedimentary memories' of source rock geochemistry. By D.K. Larue and Maria M. Sampayo. 1990. Extracted from Sedimentology 37, pages 879-889. 10x7", illus. $2
Methods of Mine-timbering. By W. H. Storms. March 1896, San Francisco, CA. This is California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 2. Staple bound, 71pp, 70 figures (1 is a fold-out). This is a very scarce booklet, examples of various timbering problems and solutions are often taken from individual California gold mines. (Poor copy - a chance to own this pricey publication for very little. Missing covers, title page and last page of index. First page loose from staples. Pages supple, content readable). $12
Micropaleontology (entire journal) volume 7(2) : April 1961. 11x8.5", 127p., illus. fold-outs. (spine rubbed, upper end bumped) . $12
Contains the following papers:
Coccolithophorids and related Nannoplankton of early Tertiary in California.
Status of foram genera Ammodiscus and Involutina.
Pollen of the genus Aquilapollenites.
Foraminiferal ecology around the Orange county, California, ocean sewer outfall.
Torispora securis : spore or sporangial wall cell?
Bibliography and index of conodonts, 1949-1958.
Monterey formation and associated coarse clastic rocks, central San Joaquin basin, California. L. A. Williams and S. A. Graham, editors. 1982, Pacific Section of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, SEPM. Volume and Guidebook, Book 25. Softcover, 11x8.5”, 95p., illus. VG. $11
Northwestern continuation of the San Onofre breccia. By A. O. Woodford and T. L. Bailey. 1928 University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, Volume 17, No. 5, pages 187-191, 1 figure. 10.5x7". (Good, Library marks, minimal soil on cover, one rough corner edge) $8
P. G. and E. Progress April 1944, Volume 21(5). This is an issue of the newsletter published by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California. 11x8.5”, 8 pages, illustrated. Includes some great articles relating to petroleum, oil, and natural gas and the war effort – very patriotic! Includes photos of the Galindo Hotel in Oakland, California, Raymond M. Alvord, James B. Black, A. Emory Wishon, Lawton C. Hughes, Walter E. Buckley (died in combat), John E. Mickelberry (crashed during training), Lige L. Tucker (died of illness in combat), Henry Catherall, WAC Margaret N. Horn, Palmer H. and Mrs. Shaw, Edward W.Herbert, John Charles Lawlor, Jr. A fun-to-read piece of history. (Good. 2 pages have a crease, 2 pages have a water touched corner tip). $8
Pacific coast earthquakes. By Perry Byerly. 1952 Condon Lectures, Oregon State System of Higher Education, Eugene, Oregon. Softcover, 10x7”, 38p., 16 figures (most are photos of damage and features), list of earthquakes felt in Oregon 1866-1949. A neat publication. VG $8
Pacific coast geology : Basis for new exploration. Robert R. Morrison, Preprint chairman. The is the Program Preprint for the 1972, 47th annual meeting of the Pacific section of the AAPG, SEG, and SEPM. March 9 and 10, 1972 Bakersfield, California. 11x8.5”, softcover, comb-bound, about 500 pages, illustrated. 18 technical papers. $52
Selected contents of technical papers – Pacific Coast Geology :
The Dellwood Seamount area and other tectonic features of the Pacific ocean west of British Columbia.
Structure of Miocene rocks in the Sierra madre, Northeastern Santa Barbara county.
Future Petroleum possibilities of the Los Angeles basin.
Discovery and development of the Sawtelle field.
Geology and future petroleum potential, Ventura basin.
Rinconada fault in the Southern Coast ranges, California, and its significance.
Stratigraphpy and sedimentation of the Tejon formation, San Emigdio mountains.
Geology of the Sacramento basin and its future gas possibilities.
Exploratory techniques along the Markley gorge, Sacramento valley, California.
Pitfalls in seismic interpretation.
Seismic wavelet processing.
Vaporchoc, utilization of steam as a new seismic source.
… … … And more.
Pacific slope geology of Northern Baja California and adjacent Alta California. 1970, Pacific sections AAPG, SEPM, and SEG. This is the Geological Guidebook for the 1970 Fall Field trip. Softcover, 11x8.5”, 160p., illustrated. Includes 20 papers and 4 road logs. Very Good (Title written neatly on spine) $10
Placer Examination : Principles and practice. By John H. Wells, Mining Engineer, Bureau of Land Management. 1975 reprint by North American Geology Publications. Flexible black leatherette cover, 8.5x5”, 209p., illus, index. Text includes : Review of Placer theory and geology; Types of Placers; Sampling and Evaluation; Sample Washing Equipment; Panning and Assay procedures; Notes on General Practice; Check list for Placer Investigations; Glossary of Placer Terms; Placer Drilling data; Gold Price and value data; and more. (Very Good). $15
Pleasant Valley Oil Field, Fresno county, California. By H.W. Weddle. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(3), pages 619-623. $2
Radioactivity of the rocks of the batholith of Southern California. 1947. Bulletin GSA. 11p. $2
Relation of sulphur to variation in the gravity of California petroleum. by G. Sherburne Rogers. 1917 Trans. Amer. Institute of Mining Engineers. 17p., illus. $3
Report to the Federal Power Commission on the Storage Resources of the south and middle forks of the Kings River, California. Ralph R. Randell, senior engineer. 1931, Federal Power Commission, U.S. Government Printing Office. 9x6”, softcover, 57p text, plus 26 plates (1 in pocket), 15 figures, 29 tables. (Fair. Covers present, but loose and split along spine. Outer couple pages rough at edges. Pocket map is VG). $28
Rosedale Channel – evidence for late Miocene submarine erosion in Great Valley of California. By Bruce D. Martin. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1963, Vol. 47(3), pages 441-456. $4
San Ardo – a stratigraphic analysis of a California oil field. By Thomas A. Baldwin. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1950, Vol. 34(10), pages 1981-1989. $2
Selected papers : San Joaquin Geological Society, Volume 5, April, 1980. 11x8.5", 66p. illus. (bumped corner) $12
Contains the following papers:
Depositional systems and their relationship to gas acculmulation in the Sacramento Valley, California.
Cal Canal Gas Field, Kern County, California.
Early Eocene Sediment dispersal in the Central San Joaquin Valley - origin of Cantua sandstone.
Oil and Gas from submarine channels in the Great Valley of California.
Pacoima Oil and Gas Field, San Fernando valley.
Kettleman city : when you core enough you get the very best.
SEPM field trip guidebook No. 3, 1984 Midyear meeting, San Jose, California. 1984, softcover, 11x8.5”, 126p., heavily illustrated. Contains 3 sections, each with several article and description of field trip stops. VG $28
Contents of SEPM Field Trip Guidebook 3:
Pleistocene shoreline and shelf deposits at Fort Funston and their relation to sea-level changes.
Latest Cretaceous and Early Tertiary depositional systems of the northern Diablo range, California.
Depositional facies of sedimentary serpentinite, selected examples from the Coast Ranges, California.
Some lessons of the California earthquake (April 18, 1906), and the predictions of earthquakes. 1909 C.R. Assoc. Internat. Seismol. Zermatt, conference 9. 12x9", 5p., illus. (folded) $5
Some remarks concerning the origin of glaucophane in the North Berkeley Hills, CA. 1955. Amer J Sci. 5p. $1
Southern California : K/H Geology Field Guide Series. by Robert P. Sharp. 1975. Softcover book. 9x7", 181p., illus. photos, road logs. Condition fair : binding solid and supple, inside clean, page block flat and square. Edge of page block and first two/last two pages are speckled. $7
Supplemental report on water resources of California. By Paul Bailey. 1925. This is bulletin 9 of the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation. It seems possible that this division later became the Department of Water Resources. 9x6”, softcover, 51p., illus., including two fold-out color maps showing California’s water resource system and reservoirs. This report includes water plans, estimates of costs (construction and operating), and details on various reservoirs. (Good, with library stamps. Cover and outer page loosening on staples) $7
Sur submarine slide, Monterey Fan, central California. by William R. Normark and Christina E. Gutmacher. 1988. Extracted from Sedimentology 35, pages 629-647. 10x7", illus . $3
Third biennial report of the State Water Commission of California 1919-1920. 9x6”, 176p., nicely illustrated including 20 plates. 2 plates are fold-out maps, some of the photos include Kerckhoff dam; Pumping plant on Sacramento river for Conaway ranch; Hillside Orchard irrigation; San Pablo dam and reservoir under construction; Gaging stations on Santa Ana drainage; Eagle Lake; Musselbeck Dam; Site of Proposed Don Pedro dam on Tuolumne river; Rice irrigation in Sacramento valley and many more. Good. $10
Timing of Magmatism, Basin Formation, and Tilting at the west edge of the Colorado River extensional corridor : results from single-crystal 40AR/39AR geochronology of tertiary rocks in the Old Woman Mountains area, Southeastern California. 1998. Extracted from Journal of Geology, vol. 106, pages 195-209. 11x8.5", illus. $2
Uber die Ursachen des Kalifornischen Erdbebens von 1906. 1910. Konig. Bayer. Akad. 32p. uncut. 2 large fold-out maps, both San Francisco area. In German. $7
USGS Folio 193 : 1915 : Geologic Atlas of the United States – San Francisco Folio. By Andrew C. Lawson. THIS IS THE FIELD EDITION in the 9x6” format, thus the text and folded color maps are in a 9x6” folder. Included here are 180 pages of text, 10 great vintage photo plates after text, 4 figures in text, and (folded in pocket) 5 colored structure section sheets (in a beautiful pastel), 5 colored Areal geology map sheets, and 5 colored Topographic map sheets. The Structure section sheets are the same as the areal geology sheets, but with representative sections laid across parts of the map. Covers the California, Tamalpais, San Francisco, Concord, San Mateo, and Hayward quadrangles. (Good condition - a great copy of a SCARCE folio. Folder exterior is rubbed, especially on edges, and has a small owner's name. First page of text has some soil, gently apply a pencil eraser to it if you wish and it will go. The text and maps have mild tanning, otherwise clean and strong. One topo map has a wrinkle). $215
Ventura Avenue and San Miguelito oil fields, Field Trip June 5, 1970. This is the field trip guidebook for the Pacific Section of the AAPG, apparently sponsored by Humble Oil & Refining Company. This packet consists of 26p. of illustrated text (11x8.5”, stapled), 4 pages text of Ventura Basin field trip stops, and some folded plates (Generalized columnar section of Ventura Basin; Formations in Los Angeles basin; Formations in Ventura basin; Diagramatic cross-section from Point Conception to Canton Canyon; Geologic map of Transverse range province; Western Santa Barbara Channel columnar sections; and more.) This looks like it may have been a group of materials put together for a pre-run of the field trip, done some 9 months before the official field trip? Some items are photo-copied. (Good. The plates are yellowed, there are a few minor notes, one plate is hand colored-in). $10
Water-flooding as a method of increasing California oil production : Part 3 - Current and proposed water-flooding research in California. By Wilbur H. Somerton. 1949. California Journal of Mines and Geology 45(4), pages 541-551. (owner's stamps) $1
We were 49ers! : Chilean accounts of the California Gold Rush. Translated and edited by Edwin A. Beilharz and Carlos U. Lopez. . 1976 Stated First Printing, Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena, California. HARDBACK, dust jacket, 9x6", 230p., illus. Contains the stories of Vicente Perez Rosales, Ramon Jil Navarro, Pedro Isidoro Combet, Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna, Roberto Hernandez Cornejo, and Pedro Ruiz Aldea. (Very Good. Upper edge lightly soiled from dust). $7
West Side Central San Joaquin Valley : 1972 Guidebook : Geology and Oilfields. Pacific Sections of the AAPG, SEG, and SEPM. Softcover, 11x8.5", 104p., nicely illus., plate in pocket. Contains : 2 general papers, 3 petroleum papers, 13 individual descriptions of west side oil fields, 4 stratigraphic papers, 5 paleontology papers, Bibliography, and road guides. (cover lightly rubbed) $31
Used and Out of Print California geology books For Sale - - Back to Top
University of California Press
: Geology bulletins (with
the following states)
Vol. 14(1) with Nevada.
Vol. 14(3) with Oregon.
Vol. 17(5) with California Misc. above.
University
of California Press : Ibero-Americana
(ethnology)
Blue softcovers, cover edges sunned and bumped. * * * Buy
all three for $120
1 : Aztatlan : Prehistoric Mexican frontier on the Pacific coast by Carl Sauer and Donald Brand. 1932 First Edition. 10.5x7”, 92p., 14 excellent plates including some in color, 14 figures and maps. This is an impressive publication! (Uncut. Cover edges noticeably sunned and bumped where they overhang the edge of the page block. Inside in excellent condition) ac $48
2 : Comparative ethnology of Northern Mexico before 1750 by Ralph L. Beals. 1932 First Edition, 10.5x7”, 133p., 28 maps including one fold-out map. (Uncut. Cover edges noticeably sunned and bumped where they overhang the edge of the page block. Inside in excellent condition) ac $45
5 : Distribution of aboriginal tribes and languages in Northwestern
Mexico. by Carl Sauer. 1934 First Edition. 9.5x6”, 94p.
index, , fold-out map. This acclaimed study by the brilliant
Sauer is a study of language and tribal areas as they existed
prior to displacement by Spanish influence. (very nice condition.
Minimal chips at upper cover edge) ac $42
University
of California Press : Publications
in Geography
Softcover, 10x6.5”, Numbers are : Volume (number).
U of CA Publications in Geography 2(2) : The morphology of landscape. By Carl O. Sauer. 1925 (Exact reprint issued 1938). Pages 19-54. ac (VG, cover edges sunned and bumped) $25
U of CA Publications in Geography 3(6) : Basin and range forms in the Chiricahua area. By Carl Sauer. Pages 339-414, 14 plates, 5 figures. (Arizona) ac (VG, cover edges sunned and bumped) $20
U of CA Publications in Geography 6(4) : Marquesan meteorology : notes on the meteorologic observations made in the Marquesas Islands by the Pacific Entomological survey during the years 1929-1932 by John B. Leighly. 1933. 25p., 5 figs. ac $3
U of CA Publications in Geography 8(2) : Turkish resettlement of Bulgarian Turks : 1950-1953. By Huey Louis Kostanick. 1957. Pages 65-164, 1 figure, 4 maps in text. (Turkey) ac VG $36
U of CA Publications in Geography 8(3) : Trade routes of Algeria and the Sahara. By Benjamin E. Thomas. 1957. Pages 165-288, 1 plate, 36 maps in text. (Africa) ac VG $28
U of CA Publications in Geography 10(4) : Late Pleistocene and recent changes in land forms, climate, and archaeology in central Baja California. By Brigham A. Arnold. Pages 201-318, 16 plates, 8 figures, 8 maps in text. (Mexico) ac VG. $88
U of CA Publications in Geography 12(3) : Nicoya – a cultural geography. By Philip L. Wagner. Pages 195-150, 15 figures. (Guanacaste and Puntarenas provinces of Costa Rica) ac VG $42
U of CA Publications in Geography 17 : Modoc county, a geographic time continuum on the California Volcanic Tableland. By Robert W. Pease. 304p., 46 plates, many figures, some fold-outs, some color. This is an impressively detailed report! ac (VG, edge of page block lightly speckled) $35
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