Thursday, July 1, 2010

New Publications from the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources

The Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources has announced the release of the following six new publications:

Open File Report 2010-1. Geologic map of the Carnation 7.5-minute quadrangle, King County, Washington, by J. D. Dragovich, H. A. Littke, M. L. Anderson, G. R. Wessel, C. J. Koger, J. H. Saltonstall, J. H. MacDonald Jr., S. A. Mahan, and S. A. DuFrane. 2010. 42 x 36 in. color sheet, scale 1:24,000, with 21 p. text. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ofr2010-1_geol_map_carnation_24k.zip [15.6 MB].)

Open File Report 2010-2. Supplement to the geologic map of the Carnation 7.5-minute quadrangle, King County, Washington—Geochronologic, geochemical, point count, geophysical, earthquake, fault, and neotectonic data, by J. D. Dragovich, M. L. Anderson, J. H. MacDonald Jr., S. A. Mahan, S. A. DuFrane, H. A. Littke, G. R. Wessel, J. H. Saltonstall, C. J. Koger, and Recep Cakir. 2010. 42 p. with 8 digital appendices. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ofr2010-2_carnation_supplement.zip [15.7 MB].)

Open File Report 2010-3. Geologic map of the Skokomish Valley and Union 7.5-minute quadrangles, Mason County, Washington, by Michael Polenz, J. L. Czajkowski, Gabriel Legorreta Paulin, T. A. Contreras, B. A. Miller, M. E. Martin, T. J. Walsh, R. L. Logan, R. J. Carson, C. N. Johnson, R. H. Skov, S. A. Mahan, and C. R. Cohan. 2010. 42 x 36 in. color sheet, scale 1:24,000, with 21 p. text. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ofr2010-3_geol_map_skokomish_valley_union_24k.zip [38.0 MB].)

Open File Report 2010-4. Geologic map of the Lilliwaup 7.5-minute quadrangle, Mason County, Washington, by T. A. Contreras, Gabriel Legorreta Paulin, J. L. Czajkowski, Michael Polenz, R. L. Logan, R. J. Carson, S. A. Mahan, T. J. Walsh, C. N. Johnson, and R. H. Skov. 2010. 27.5 x 36 in. color sheet, scale 1:24,000, with 13 p. text. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ofr2010-4_geol_map_lilliwaup_24k.zip [12.5 MB].)

Open File Report 2010-5. Supplement to geologic maps of the Lilliwaup, Skokomish Valley, and Union 7.5-minute quadrangles, Mason County, Washington—Geologic setting and development around the Great Bend of Hood Canal, by Michael Polenz, T. A. Contreras, J. L. Czajkowski, Gabriel Legorreta Paulin, B. A. Miller, M. E. Martin, T. J. Walsh, R. L. Logan, R. J. Carson, C. N. Johnson, R. H. Skov, S. A. Mahan, and C. R. Cohan. 2010. 27 p. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ofr2010-5_lilliwaup_skokomish_valley_union_suppl_24k.pdf [1.6 MB].)

Information Circular 111. Inactive and abandoned mine lands—Ruby mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, by F. E. Wolff, D. T. McKay, and D. K. Norman. 2010. 11 p. (Available online at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ic111_iaml_ruby.pdf [6.6 MB].)

The above publications are available for download from the links above -- and therefore free!