Arizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
Mission: To inform and advise the public about the geologic character of Arizona to help meet societal needs for water, energy. and mineral resources and assist in prudently managing the State's...
Resource Identifiers: Annual Report 2004
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During the period 1942 through 1944, the Office of Indian
Affairs, U. S. Department of the Interior, leased four parcels
of land in Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah for carnotite
mining. Two...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-85-15
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This report contains a comprehensive list of theses and
dissertations, completed between 1891 and 1978, on Arizona
geology and related subjects, such as hydrology. The compilation
includes a main...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-85-10
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In the Safford-San Simon Basin, thermal water (>30 degrees C) flows from numerous
artesian wells and springs. These wells and springs are used by several mineral
baths in the Safford area. The...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-81-26
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The Granite Wash Mountains are one of the most structurally complicated
mountain ranges in Arizona. The northern part of the range is composed of an
imbricate stack of structurally interleaved...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-83-23
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The carnotite deposits of the northern and western Carrizo
Mountains have been mined for their radium, vanadium, and uranium
content since 1920. The deposits, in the Salt Wash Member of the...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-85-13
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The Arizona Bureau of Mines took three major steps during 1974-75 to correct
past difficulties: 1) the installation of a revolving printing fund system
whereby proceeds from publications are...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-75-01
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Four geomorphically distinct ages of alluvial fan surfaces can be recognized on the piedmonts flanking the Catalina, Tortolita, and Tucson Mountains. Channel entrenchment of the upper piedmonts...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-88-18
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This report summarizes activities of the Arizona
Geological Survey for Fiscal Year 1984-85, which ended
June 30, 1985. The Arizona Geological Survey is the
Geological Survey Branch of the Bureau...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-85-20
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Contains lists for; Summary of Activities,Major Strengths,Major Limitations,Future Plans, and Pro Forma Expenditure Analysis.1974
Resource Identifiers: OFR-74-02
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The northern Plomosa Mountains were actively explored and
mined for base and precious metals following the construction
of the Arizona and California railroad that passed through
Bouse in the very...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-83-24
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Contains lists for Summary of ;Activities, Major Strengths, Major Limitations, Future Plans, Pro Forma Expenditure Analysis for 1975-1976
Resource Identifiers: OFR-76-02
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Annual report for 1977
Resource Identifiers: OFR-77-03
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Recently completed studies of neotectonic (ie., latest PlioceneQuaternary)
deformation in Arizona provide new data that, when combined
with regional geophysical and geological characteristics,...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-83-19
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Brief summary of geological features and known mineral occurrences
Wilderness Study Areas 4-14, 4-16
Fishhook - Day Mine
1) The Fishhook - Day Mine areas are underlain by middle - to -
upper...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-83-09
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Geomorphic and Quaternary geologic studies provide data with which to
assess seismic hazard in southeastern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico and
Sonora, Mexico, where one large (M ~ 7 1/4) historic...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-86-08
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The first five stratigraphic columns of the COSUNA chart,
SSMC, were constructed to show correlations of stratigraphic
units in Southern Arizona, and in the Big Hatchet Mountain Area,
just across...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-88-03
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Annual report for 1977
Resource Identifiers: OFR-77-04
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The geologic setting of the Maricopa Site is very favorable for rapid and cost-effective
construction of the SSC facility. To correlate geology with tunneling
construction methods, the collider...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-88-07
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Land Subsidence, Earth Fissures, and Water-Level Change in Southern Arizona. This Map provides a general overview of ground-water depletion and resultant land subsidence and earth-fissure problems in...
Resource Identifiers: OFR-86-14
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