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These softcover papers measure approximately 11x8.5", most are illustrated.
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USGS Circular 41 : 1949 : Field method for the determination of zinc in plants. By Laura E. Reichen and H. W. Lakin. 4 pages text, 4 tables, plus two nice plates showing equipment. $5

USGS Circular 46 : 1949 : Interpreting ground conditions from geologic maps. 10p., illus. $1

USGS Circular 57 : 1949 : State coordinates and polyconic maps, some notes on the state plane-coordinate systems and their relation to polyconic quadrangle maps. 7p., illus. $1

USGS Circular 63 : 1949 : The chromograph, a new analytical tool for laboratory and field use. By Rollin E. Stevens and Hubert W. Lakin. 11 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. $3

USGS Circular 74 : 1950 : A glossary of uranium- and thorium-bearing minerals. By Judith Weiss Frondel and Michael Fleischer. 20p. $6

USGS Circular 117 : 1951 : Water Law, with special reference to Ground Water. By C. L. McGuinness. 30p. $1

USGS Circular 119 : 1959 : A field method for the determination of tungsten in soils. By F. N. Ward. 4p., 1 table. (bumped corner) $2

USGS Circular 125 : 1951 : A semimicro method for the determination of cobalt in soils and rocks : a field test using the chromograph. By Hy Almond and Harold Bloom. 6 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures of the equipment. $3

USGS Circular 129 : 1952 : Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Green River in Utah and Colorado. By H. E. Thomas. 32 pages, 1 fold-out plate (structural section and stratigraphic columns), 4 figures. $6

USGS Circular 143 : 1951 : The Hobart Butte High-alumina clay deposit, Lane county, Oregon. By victor T. Allen, John S. Loofbourow, Jr., and Robert L. Nichols. 11p., 2 plates in pocket, 2 figures. $6

USGS Circular 157 : 1952 : Annotated bibliography and index map of sulfur and pyrites deposits in the United States and Alaska (Including references to July 1, 1951). By Gilbert H. Espenshade and Carl H. Broedel. 48p., fold-out map. (has been bent, lightly bumped edge) $8

USGS Circular 159 : 1952 : Lignite resources of South Dakota. By Donald M. Brown. 18p., illus., fold-out color map., 4 figs., 5 tables. (bumped corner) $4

USGS Circular 161 : 1952 : Compilation of field methods used in geochemical prospecting by the U.S. Geological Survey. By H. W. Lakin, Hy Almond, and F. N. Ward. 34p., 7 figures, 5 tables. $6

USGS Circular 175 : 1952 : The carnotite prospects of the Craven canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota. By L. R. Page and J. A. Redden. 18p., illus., fold-out map, 2 figs., 2 tables. $8

USGS Circular 186 : 1952 : Pitchblende deposits at the Wood and Calhoun mines, Central City mining district, Gilpin county, Colorado. By F. B. Moore and C. R. Butler. 8p., 3 plates in pocket, 2 figures, 2 tables.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 182 :
Good, original, with plates in pocket - $15
Poor (A good photocopy of text, but NO pocket plates) - $1

USGS Circular 194 : 1952 : A glossary of uranium- and thorium-bearing minerals : second edition. By Judith Weiss Frondel and Michael Fleischer. 25p. (rubbed at spine) $3

USGS Circular 212 : 1952 : Uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous rocks in the Fall Creek area, Bonneville county, Idhao. By James D. Vine and George W. Moore. 10p., 1 plate in pocket, 4 figs., 1 table. (light wear at spine) $5

USGS Circular 216 : 1952 : Water resources of the St. Louis area, Missouri and Illinois. By J. K. Searchy, R. C. Baker, and W. H. Durum. 55p., 1 plate (folds out from back cover), 31 figs., 23 tables.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 216 :
Good (All VG, except for mild cup mark on front cover. Owner's stamps). $12
Fair (Generally Good, but a bit rumpled and spine taped. Library pocket.) $8

USGS Circular 219 : 1952 : Reconnaissance of uranium and copper deposits in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. By Garland B. Gott and Ralph L. Erickson. 16p., 1 fig., 2 tables. (bent cover corner tip) $7

USGS Circular 220 : 1952 : Selected papers on uranium deposits in the United States. 35p., 23 figs. $7

Contents of USGS Circular 220 :
Distribution of uranium deposits in the United States.
Pitchblende deposits in the United States.
Uranium in fluorite deposits.
Secondary uranium deposits in the United States.
Some uranium deposits in sandstones.
Uranium in black shales, lignites, and limestones in the United States.

USGS Circular 228 : 1953 : A thick coal bed near Lake De Smet, Johnson county, Wyoming. By William J. Mapel, James M. Schopf, and James R. Gill. 47p., 3 plates in pocket, 8 figs., 9 tables. $21

USGS Circular 234 : 1953 : Spectrographic identification of mineral grains. By J. N. Stich. 16p., 4 tables. $1

USGS Circular 236 : 1953 : Preliminary results of radiometric reconnaissance of parts of the northwestern San Juan Mountains, Colorado. By W. S. Burbank and Charles T. Pierson. 11p., 2 plates in pocket, 3 tables. $5

USGS Circular 237 : 1953 : Monazite deposits of the southeastern Atlantic states. By John B. Mertie Jr. 31p., 1 fold-out plate, 2 figures. $5

USGS Circular 245 : 1953 : Geology and pegmatites of part of the Fourmile area, Custer county, South Dakota. By Andrew J. Lang, Jr. and Jack A. Redden. 20p., plate in pocket, 2 figures, 2 tables. $12

USGS Circular 251 : 1953 : Results of reconnaissance for uraniferous coal, lignite, and carbonaceous shale in western Montana. By William J. Hail, Jr., and James R. Gill. 9p., fold-out map, 16 tables. (notes and stamps on cover) $8

USGS Circular 258 : 1953 : Coal resources of Colorado, a progress report, January 1, 1953. By Frank D. Spencer and Margaret I. Erwin. 17p., fold-out map, 1 fig., 6 tables. $5

USGS Circular 262 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1947-48, part 3. 43p., 2 figs., sections. $12

USGS Circular 264 : 1953 : Geobotanical reconnaissance near Grants, New Mexico. By Helen L. Cannon. 8p., 4 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS Circular 266 : 1953 : Coal resources of Indiana. By Frank D. Spencer. 42p., 16 figs., 11 tables. $12

USGS Circular 272 : 1953 : Concentration of Germanium in the ash of American coals, a progress report (corrected 1953 reprint). 34p., 11 figs., 16 tables. $10

USGS Circular 273 : 1953 : Water resources of the Kansas City area, Missouri and Kansas. By V. C. Fishel, J. K. Searcy, and F. H. Rainwater. 52 pages, 2 folded maps in pocket, 28 figures, 17 tables. $10

USGS Circular 274 : 1953 : Water resources of the Minneapolis – St. Paul area, Minnesota. By C. H. Prior, Robert Schneider, and W. H. Durum. 49 pages, 4 plates (3 of which are folded maps in pocket), 23 figures, 21 tables. $15

USGS Circular 277 : 1953 : Preliminary report on the Comet area, Jefferson county, Montana. 8p., large fold-out map, 1 fig. (may have note on cover, bumped corner) $10

USGS Circular 285 : 1953 : Recent estimates of the abundances of the elements in the earth’s crust. By Michael Fleischer. 7p., 2 figures, 3 tables. 1962 reprint. $1

USGS Circular 286 : 1953 : An occurrence of Autunite, Lawrence county, South Dakota. By R. C. Vickers. 5p., 2 figs., 2 tables. (notes and stamps on cover, bumped corner) $5

USGS Circular 289 : 1953 : Multiple glaciation in Alaska, a progress report. By Troy L. Pewe and others. 13p., fold-out map, 1 table. $5

USGS Circular 296 : 1953 : Stratigraphy of the Wasatch range near Salt Lake City, Utah. By Arthur E. Granger. 14p., frontispiece index map, 2 plates in pocket. $5

USGS Circular 297 : 1953 ; Progress report on investigations of western phosphate deposits. By R.W. Swanson, V. E. McKelvey, and R. P. Sheldon. 1959 printing. 16p., 1 plate in pocket, 11 figures. (faintly water marked margin) $8

USGS Circular 304 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1949, Part 1. 30p., 2 figs. $10

USGS Circular 305 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1949, Part 2. By D. F. Davidson, R. A. Smart, H. W. Peirce, and J. D. Weiser. 28p., 2 figs., sections. $1

USGS Circular 312 : 1953 : Yellow canary uranium deposits, Daggett county, Utah. By V. R. Wilmarth. 8p., 2 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS Circular 320 : 1953 : Uranium occurrences in the Golden Gate canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson county, Colorado. By J. W. Adams, A. J. Gude III, and E. P. Beroni. 16p., 9 figures, 1 table.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 320 :
Good, original - $15
Good, photocopy - $4

USGS Circular 321 : 1954 : Occurrences of uranium bearing minerals in the St. Kevin district, Lake county, Colorado. By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald. 17p., 8 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS Circular 322 : 1954 : The east slope No. 2 uranium prospect, Piute county, Utah. By Donald G. Wyant. 6p., fold-out map, 2 figures, 2 tables. $4

USGS Circular 324 : 1954 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1951. By T. M. Cheney, R. P. Sheldon, R. G. Waring, and M. A. Warner. 22p., 2 figs., sections. (bumped corner) $8

USGS Circular 325 : 1954 : Stratigraphic sections of the phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1952. By R. P. Sheldon, E. R. Cressman, L. D. Carswell, and R. A. Smart. 24p., 2 figs., sections. (cover slightly curved) $8

USGS Circular 331 : 1954 : Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern interior Alaska, 1946. By Helmuth Wedow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and others. 36p., 11 figs., 2 tables. This is Chapter A (other chapters must have been other circulars) : Areas adjacent to highways in the Tanana and upper Copper River valleys. $5

USGS Circular 333 : 1954 : Records of wells drilled for oil and gas in New Mexico. By G. H. Dixon, D. H. Baltz, T. F. Stipp, and R. A. Bieberman. 79p., 1 plate, 3 tables. $1

USGS Circular 336 : 1954 : Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah. By W. I. Finch. 14p., 2 plates in pocket, 7 figs., 2 tables. $13

USGS Circular 346 : 1954 : First fourteen years of Lake Mead. By Harold E. Thomas. 27p., 1 plate, 9 figures, 2 tables. $7

USGS Circular 349 : 1955 : Reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous materials in southern Utah. By Howard D. Zeller. 9p., 4 figs., 1 table. $5

USGS Circular 355 : 1955 : Records of wells drilled for oil and gas in Montana, June 1, 1951 through December 31, 1953. By Howard R. Smith. 43p., 1 fig., 2 tables. $1

USGS Circular 359 : 1955 : Uranium-bearing sandstone in the White River badlands, Pennington county, South Dakota. By George W. Moore and Murray Leviah. 1958 reprint. 7p., 1 fold-out map, 6 figs., 1 table. $8

USGS Circular 362 : 1965 : Coal resources of Oregon. 7p., fold-out map, 1 figure, 2 tables. (map may have been cut loose, but is present. Bumped edge.) $3

USGS Circular 411 : 1960 reprint : Geochemical prospecting with heavy-mineral concentrates used to locate a tungsten deposit. By P. K. Theobald Jr., and C. E. Thompson. 13p., 5 figures, 4 tables. $3

USGS Circular 443 : 1961 : Availability of ground water in the Gallup area, New Mexico. By S. W. West. 21p., plate in pocket, 2 figs., 4 tables. $1

USGS Circular 491 : 1964 : Alaska’s Good Friday earthquake, March 27, 1964 : a preliminary geologic evaluation. By Arthur Grantz, George Plafker, and Reuben Kachadoorian. 35p., 20 figs., many photos. $7

USGS Circular 496 : 1964 : Mercury – its occurrence and economic trends. By Edgar H. Bailey and Roscoe M. Smith. 11p., 4 figures. (minor cover soil) $1

USGS Circular 522 : 1965 : Resources of Oil, and gas, and natural-gas liquids in the United States and the World. By T. A. Hendricks. 20p., 4 figs., 7 tables. $5

USGS Circular 535 : 1966 : Distribution of gold, silver, tellurium, and mercury in the Ely Mining district, White Pine county, Nevada. By Garland B. Gott and J. Howard McCarthy, Jr. 5p., 10 figures (9 of the figures are large fold-outs). $10

USGS Circular 555 : 1967 : Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada. 8p. $1

USGS Circular 562 : 1968 : Utilization of humus-rich forest soil (mull) in geochemical exploration for gold. By Gary C. Curtin, Hubert W. Lakin, George J. Neuerburg, and Arthur E. Hubert. 11p., 6 figures. $1

USGS Circular 564 : 1968 : Occurrences of gold and other metals in the upper Chulitna district, Alaska. By C. C. Hawley and Allen L. Clark. 21p., 10 figures, 3 tables. $8

USGS Circular 570 : 1968 : Suggested areas for prospecting in the central Koyukuk River region, Alaska. By Thomas P. Miller and Oscar J. Ferrians, Jr. 12p., 5 figures, 5 tables. $5

USGS Circular 588 : 1968 : Geochemical anomalies in the Swales Mountain area, Elko Co, Nevada. 13p. (smudge on cover) $3

USGS Circular 590 : 1968 : Potential for lode deposits in the Livengood Gold Placer district, East-central Alaska. By R. L. Foster. 18p., 4 figures, 3 tables. $12

USGS Circular 592: 1968 : Interpreting pan-concentrate analyses of stream sediments in geochemical exploration for gold. By R. P. Fischer and F. S. Fisher. 9p., 2 figures, 3 tables. $5

USGS Circular 594 : 1968 : The Poison Ridge volcanic center and related mineralization, Grand and Jackson counties, Colorado. By Douglas M. Kinney, Glen A. Izett, Robert U. King, and Richard B. Taylor. 8p., 4 figures. (minor water mark in margin) $4

USGS Circular 596 : 1968 : Preliminary results of geological, geochemical, and geophysical studies in part of the Virginia City quadrangle, Nevada. By Donald H. Whitebread and Donald B. Hoover. 20p., 23 figures. $9

USGS Circular 597 : 1968 : Distribution of Beryllium, Tin, and Tungsten in the Lake George area, Colorado. By C. C. Hawley and W. R. Griffitts. 18p., 8 figures, 3 tables. $8

USGS Circular 599 : 1968 : The determination of gold in geologic materials by neutron-activation analysis using fire assay for the radiochemical separations. By J. J. Rowe and F. O. Simon. 4p., 3 tables. $3

USGS Circular 600 : 1968 : Geochemical evidence for possible concealed mineral deposits near the Monticello Box, Northern Sierra Cuchillo, Socorro county, New Mexico. By Wallace R. Griffitts and Henry V. Alminas. 13p., 8 figures. $10

USGS Circular 602 : 1968 : Sand and gravel on the continental shelf off the Northeastern United States. By John Schlee. 9p., 4 figures. $3

USGS Circular 603 : 1968 : Gold in meteorites and in the Earth’s crust. By Robert S. Jones. 4p., 3 tables. $2

USGS Circular 606: 1968 : Anomalous concentrations of gold, silver, and other metals in the Mill Canyon area, Cortez quadrangle, Eureka and Lander counties., Nevada. By James E. Elliott and John D. Wells. 20p., 12 figures, 2 tables. $6

USGS Circular 610 : 1969 : Gold in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. By Robert S. Jones. 27p., 12 tables. $9

USGS Circular 611 : 1969 : Asbestos occurrence in the Eagle C-4 quadrangle, Alaska. By Helen L. Foster. 7p., 3 figures. $4

USGS Circular 612 : 1969 : Gold in minerals and the composition of native gold. By Robert S. Jones and Michael Fleischer. 17p., 5 tables. $8

USGS Circular 613 : 1969 : Seismic activity during the 1968 test pumping at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal disposal well. By D. B. Hoover and J. A. Dietrich. 35p., 10 figures, 3 tables. $12

USGS Circular 614 : 1969 : Metalliferous deposits near Granite Mountain, eastern Seward peninsula, Alaska. By Thomas P. Miller and Raymond L. Elliott. 19p., 8 figures, 4 tables. $10

USGS Circular 619 : 1969 : Subsea mineral resources and problems related to their development. By V. E. McKelvey, J. I. Tracey, Jr., George E. Stoertz, and John G. Vedder. 26p., 7 figures. $6

USGS Circular 623 : 1969 : Gold-bearing jasperoid in the Drum Mountains Juab and Millard Counties, Utah. By J. H. McCarthy, Jr., R. E. Learned, J. M. Botbol, T. G. Lovering, J. R. Watterson, and R. L. Turner. 4p., 2 figures, 1 table. $3

USGS Circular 625: 1970 : Gold content of water, plants, and animals. By Robert S. Jones. 15p., 3 tables. $6

USGS Circular 629 : 1970 : Water laws and concepts. By Harold E. Thomas. 18p.(Owner's marks on cover corner) $2

USGS Circular 633 : 1970 : Standards for the Classification of Public coal lands. By N. Wood Bass, Henry L. Smith, and George H. Horn. 10p., 2 figs. $1

USGS Circular 635 : 1970 : Stratigraphic sections and chemical analyses of phosphatic rocks of Permian and Mississippian age in Weber county, Utah. By E. M. Schell and K. P. Moore. 11p., 1 fig. $1

USGS Circular 640 : 1970 : A strategy for the geologic exploration of the planets. By M. H. Carr, editor. 37p., 2 figs. $8

USGS Circular 643 : 1971 : Reconnaissance of selected minor elements in surface waters of the United States, October 1970. By W. H. Durum, J. D. Hem, and S. G. Heidel. 49p., 6 figs., 1 massive table. $10

USGS Circular 646 : 1971 : Origin of the Brown Mountain light in North Carolina. By George Rogers Mansfield. 18p., 1 figure. In 1922 the USGS sent geologist George Mansfield to Brown Mountain to investigate the phenomena of the mysterious lights. His methods and conclusions are reproduced here just as they were written half a century earlier. $12

USGS Circular 650 : 1972 : Energy resources of the United States. By P. K. Theobald, S. P. Schweinfurth, and D. C. Duncan. 27p., 22 figs. $2

USGS Circular 669 : 1972 : Mineral resources off the northeastern coast of the United States. By Frank T. Manheim. 28p., 18 figures, 3 tables. $8

USGS Circular 680: 1973 : Gold anomaly in soil of the West End Creek area, Yellow Pine district, Valley County, Idaho. By B. F. Leonard. 16p., 8 figures, 1 table.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 680 :
Good, original - $7
Good, photocopy - $2

USGS Circular 682 : 1973 : Summary of United States mineral resources. By Donald A. Brobst, Walden P. Pratt, and V. E. McKelvey. This circular is an excerpt from Professional Paper 820. 19p., 1 fig., 1 table. $1

USGS Circular 683 : 1973 : United States geological survey Alaska program, 1973. 56p., 14 figs. (last two pages faintly rippled) $4

USGS Circular 691-A, B : 1974 : The Van Norman Reservoirs area, Northern San Fernando valley, California. Part A is Geologic Environment of the Van Norman reservoirs area. Part B is Expectable earthquakes and their ground motions in the Van Norman reservoirs area. 44p., 16 figures, 6 tables. $4

USGS Circular 699 : 1974 : Gold in the Black Hills, South Dakota, and how new deposits might be found. By James J. Norton. 22p., 1 figure, 1 table. $12

USGS Circular 704 : 1974 : Molybdenite in the Montezuma district of central Colorado. By George J. Neuerburg, Theodore Botinelly, and John R. Watterson. 21p., 17 figures, 2 tables. $10

USGS Circular 707 : 1975 : Anomalous concentrations of several metals in Iron-formation of the Blue Lead Mountain area, Pennington county, South Dakota. By William H. Raymond, Robert U. King, and James J. Norton. 14p., 9 figures. $6

USGS Circular 711 : 1975 : Preliminary results of the geochemical soil survey, Hamme Tungsten district, North Carolina. By Jacob E. Gair, John F. Windolph, Jr., and Nancy A. Wright. 19p., 3 figures, 3 tables. $4

USGS Circular 718 : 1975 : The Alaskan mineral resource assessment program : background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska. By Donald H. Richter and others. 11p., 2 figures, 1 table. $3

USGS Circular 726: 1975 : Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States—1975. By D. E. White and D. L. Williams, editors. 155p., 16 figs., 28 tables. $1

USGS Circular 730 : 1976 : Geologic appraisal of the petroleum potential of offshore Southern California : the borderland compared to onshore coastal basins. By James C. Taylor. 43p., 11 figs., 11 tables. $1

USGS Circular 790: 1979 : Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States - 1978. Edited by L. J. P. Muffler. 163p., 27 figures, 20 tables. NOTE : It seems like this Circular was issued alone as a Text and also as a packet of "Text and 3 large folded maps together in a printed envelope". The folded maps are NOT listed in the list of illustrations inside the Circular. The folded maps are "Geothermal Energy in the Western United States", Geothermal Energy in Alaska and Hawaii", and "Geopressured-geothermal energy in Reservoir fluids of the Northern gulf of Mexico. Good (text alone) - $4

USGS Circular 814 : 1980 : Isolation of uranium mill tailing and their component radionuclides from the biosphere – some earth science perspectives. By Edward Landa. 32p., 2 figures, 2 tables. $5

USGS Circular 833: 1980 : Geological studies on the COST No. B-3 Well, U.S. Mid-atlantic continental shelf area. 132p. (minor marks) $10

USGS Circular 850-A : 1980 : Mount St. Helens Volcanic-Ash fall in the Bull Run watershed, Oregon, March-June, 1980. By Michael V. Shulters and Daphne G. Clifton. 15p., 6 figures, 3 tables. Good. $5

USGS Circular 850-D : 1981 : Effects of volcanism on the glaciers of Mount St. Helens. By Melina M. Brugman and Austin Post. 11p., 8 figures, 2 tables. (water marked corner) $1

USGS Circular 850-G : 1981 : Effects of Mount St. Helens eruption on selected lakes in Washington. By N. P. dion and S. s. Embrey. 25p., 11 figures, 10 tables.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 850-G :
Good (lower edge bumped)- $5
Fair (water-marked corner) - $1

USGS Circular 858-A: 1981 : Preliminary metallogenic map of North America: a numerical listing of deposits. By Philip W. Guild. 93p., 5 tables. $12

USGS Circular 930-A : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—manganese. 22p. $1

USGS Circular 930-B : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—chromium. 41p. $1

USGS Circular 930-C : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—phosphate. 41p. $1

USGS Circular 930-F : 1987 : International strategic minerals inventory summary report—cobalt. 54p. $1

USGS Circular 930-J : 1990 : International strategic minerals inventory summary report—tin. 52p. $1

USGS Circular 956 : 1987 : Geophysics and petrology of the Deep Crust and Upper Mantle – a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and Stanford University. Edited by Jay S. Noller, Stephen H. Kirby, and Jeane E. Nielson-Pike. 88p. $12

USGS Circular 989 : 1987 : A workshop on Desert Processes, September 24-28, 1984 : report on the conference. By John F. McCauley and Jack N. Rinker. 21p., 6 figures, 1 table. $16

USGS Circular 994 : 1987 : Uranium resource assessment by the Geological survey : methodology and plan to update the National Resource base. By Warren I. Finch and Richard B. McCammon. 31p., 8 figures, 4 tables. $8

USGS Circular 1045 : 1989 : Lessons learned from the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989. Edited by George Plafker and John P. Galloway. 48p., 33 figures, 2 tables. Included with this copy is a 16 page illustrated publication by the USGS entitled “The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989, what happened, what is expected, what can be done.” $15

USGS Circular 1053 : 1990 : Probabilities of Large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region, California. By the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities. 51p., 13 figs., 13 tables. $7

USGS Circular 1063 : 1991 : Mineral resource information sources in the western United States. 52p. $1

USGS Circular 1066 : 1990 : Tecumseh’s prophecy : preparing for the next New Madrid earthquake. A plan for an intensified study of the New Madrid seismic zone. Edited by Robert M. Hamilton and Arch C. Johnston. With contributions by the participants in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Workshop, November 15-16, 1989. 30p., 11 figs., 2 tables. $9

USGS Circular 1068 : 1991 : The Conterminous U. S. Mineral Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Rolla 1° x 2° quadrangle, Missouri. 10p. $1

USGS Circular 1097 : 1994 : Guidebook on the geology, history, and surface-water contamination and remediation in the area from Denver to Idaho Springs, Colorado. Edited by K. C. Stewart and R. C. Severson. 55p., 41 figures, 4 tables. (cover lightly rubbed) $16

USGS Circular 1129 : 1995 : The origin of granites and related rocks. Third Hutton symposium abstracts. Edited by Michael Brown and Philip M. Piccoli. 170p. Most are at least a page long, many are longer. $17

USGS Circular 1130 : 1995 : Look before you build. Geologic studies for safer land development in the San Francisco Bay area. (Public Issues in Earth Science). 54p., heavily illustrated in color – neat publication. $7

USGS Circular 1133 : 1995 : Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92. Edited by Robert H. Meade. 140p., 60 figs., 11 tables. Among other things, the geologic and chemical setting of the Mississippi is given, and Heavy metals, nutrients, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and other contaminants are discussed. $38

Department of the Interior : United States Geological Survey
Division of Hydrography (= Hydrographic Branch) : Circular Series

If you need one of these circulars, you may have a print for $10 each. I have them on microfische as negatives and it takes some time and running around to get a print. The quality is not great, but it is readable. I have not yet found any of these as originals and even the USGS doesn't yet have them listed in their publications database online. They are elusive.

1. Instructions for rainfall observers of the U. S. Geological Survey. 1889. 4p., 1 figure.

2. Instructions for observing air temperature, humidity, and the direction and force of wind. 7p., 1 figure, 1 table. Stamped 1896 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

3. Vapor Pressure, Dew-point, and relative humidity tables. Adapted to the Whirled (or sling) psychrometer. Construction and use of table. 4 (double) pages, 3 tables. Stamped 1896 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

4. Instructions for observing evaporation. 3 p., 1 figure. The librarian at the Reston library told me this date was 1899, but there is no publish date on the circular.

5. Hydrographic surveys. 1896. 10p. By F. H. Newell.

6. Annual Reports. 1898. 4p. By F. H. Newell. This pertains to the annual Progress Reports of the Division of Hydrography.

7. Reservoir surveys. 1899. 4p. By F. H. Newell.

8. Measurement of turbidity and color. (Quality of River Water) 1902. 4p., 1 table. By F. H. Newell.

9. Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Water. (Water Analysis). 6p., 3 tables. Stamped 1903 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

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