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USGS Professional Papers

PP 254 / Mamay, G. H. / TWO NEW PLANT GENERA OF PENNSYLVANIAN AGE FROM KANSAS COAL BALLS, 1954, pb, 14 pages, 3 plates, 3 figs., $ 6

PP 323 / Mudge, M. and Yochelson, E. / STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPERMOST PENNSYLVANIAN AND LOWERMOST PERMIAN ROCKS IN KANSAS, 1962, pb, 213 pages, 17 plates (5 in pocket), 36 figs., 6 tables (1 in pocket composed of 2 parts), $ 60

PP 352 D / Schumm, S. A. and Lichty, R. W. / CHANNEL WIDENING AND FLOOD-PLAIN CONSTRUCTION ALONG CIMARRON RIVER IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IN A SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT, 1963, pb, 18 pages, 11 figs., 3 tables, $ 6

USGS Bulletins

B 988 E / gott, G. B. and Hill, J. W. / RADIOACTIVITY IN SOME OIL FIELDS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, 1953, pb, 10 plates (in pocket), 5 figs., 10 tables, $ 14

B 1147 / Granger, H. C., et. al. / CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF URANIUM, 1961 - 1963, 1962 - 1964, cl, 400 pages, 28 plates (in separate slipcase), 64 figs., 43 tables, $ 125 [This is a complete cloth bound volume containing the following parts: A - Reconnaissance study of Uranium Deposits of Arizona; B - Uranium in some rocks of Pennsylvanian age in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri; C - Clay minerals in Triassic rocks of the Colorado Plateau; D - Geology and Uranium Deposits of the southern part of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming; E - Distribution of elements in Colorado Plateau uranium deposits - A preliminary report; F - Geology and Uranium Deposits at Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming]

Kansas USGS Folios

# 109 / COTTONWOOD FALLS, KANSAS, 1904, $ 30

# 212 / SYRACUSE - LAKIN, 1920, KANSAS, $ 35

Kansas USGS Maps

GP 0427 / AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF PART OF THE TRI-STATE MINING DISTRICT, KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND OKLAHOMA, $ 10

Kansas USBM Publications

IC 8058 / WATERBORNE WASTES AND WATER USE BY METAL-PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN, KANSAS AND MISSOURI, $ 4

IC 8084 / METHODS AND COSTS OF MINING AND CRUSHING LIMESTONE AT THREE QUARRIES, ANDERSON-OXANDALE ROCK COMPANY, KANSAS, $ 4

RI 4398 / INVESTIGATION OF THE ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS IN HORIZONS BELOW THE GRAND FALLS CHERT, GALENA DISTRICT, CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS, $ 28

Kansas Geological Survey Volumes

Volume II / Haworth, E. / PHYSIOGRAPHY OF WEST KANSAS; UPPER PERMIAN AND LOWER CRETACEOUS; UPPER CRETACEOUS, THE KANSAS NIOBRARA CRETACEOUS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TERTIARY; THE McPHERSON EQUUS BEDS; THE PLEISTOCENE OF KANSAS, Topeka, 1897, cl, 48 plates, 13 figs., - 5 -, $ 48

Volume III / Haworth, E. / SPECIAL REPORT ON COAL, Topeka, 1898, cl, 347 pages, 70 plates, 54 figs., - 5 -, $ 65

Volume V / Grimsley, G. P. and Bailey, E. H. S. / SPECIAL REPORT ON GYPSUM AND GYPSUM CEMENT PLASTERS, Topeka, 1899, cl, 183 pages, 30 plates, 20 figs., - 5 -, $ 40

Volume VII / Bailey, E. H. S. / SPECIAL REPORT ON MINERALS WATERS, Topeka, 1902, cl, 38 pages, 314 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Volume VIII / Haworth, E., Craine, W. R., Rogers, A. F., et.al. / SPECIAL REPORT ON LEAD AND ZINC, Topeka, 1904, cl, 66 plates, 90 figs., - 5 -, $ 295 [Contents include: geography of lead and zinc ores; prospecting; methods of handling ore; mining and milling machinery; pumping machinery; ventilating machinery; theory of ore concentration; economy of mining operations; mine directory; treatment of ore; historic geography, geology and metallurgy of the Kansas-Missouri area, minerals of the district]

Kansas Geological Survey Bulletins

B 1 / Haworth, E. / SPECIAL REPORT ON WELL WATERS IN KANSAS, Topeka, 1913, afb, 110 pages, 6 plates, - 3 -, $ 28

B 27 - 33 / Moore, R. C., et.al. / GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF KANSAS; EXPLORATION FOR OIL AND GAS IN WESTERN KANSAS DURING 1939; ASPHALT ROCK IN EASTERN KANSAS; OIL AND GAS IN LINN COUNTY KANSAS; OIL AND GAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS; COAL RESOURCES OF KANSAS: POST-CHEROKEE DEPOSITS; SUBSURFACE MISSISSIPPIAN ROCKS OF KANSAS, Lawrence, 1940, cl, 475 pages, 54 plates, 110 figs., 4 tables, - 5 -, $ 45

B 34 - 39 / Smith, H. T. U., et.al. / GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN KANSAS; A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE MEADE ARTESIAN BASIN, MEADE COUNTY, KANSAS; EXPLORATION FOR OIL AND GAS IN WESTERN KANSAS DURING 1940; GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF STANTON COUNTY, KANSAS; 1941 REPORTS OF STUDIES; THE GEOLOGY OF RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES, KANSAS, Lawrence, 1941, cl, 1032 pages, 68 plates, 70 figs., 15 tables, - 5 -, $ 75

B 43 - 45 / Waite, H. A., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF FORD COUNTY / GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE TRI-STATE ZINC AND LEAD MINING DISTRICT / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF MEADE COUNTY, Lawrence, 1942, cl, 553 pages, 30 plates (3 in pockets) 90 figs., 42 tables, - 5 -, $ 48


B 46 - 51 / Bowsher, A. L., et.al. / COAL RESOURCES OF THE DOUGLAS GROUP IN EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS / 1943 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 4 papers including: NEW CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN SPONGES; KANSAS OIL FIELD BRINES AND THEIR MAGNESIUM CONTENT, more.../ EXPLORATION FOR OIL AND GAS IN WESTERN KANSAS - 1942 / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF HAMILTON AND KEARNEY COUNTY / GROUND-WATER IN THE OIL-FIELD AREAS OF ELLIS AND RUSSELL COUNTIES / THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREST CITY BASIN IN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1943, cl, 895 pages, 29 plates (4 in pockets), 81 figs., 114 tables, - 3 -, $ 65


B 80 / McLaughlin, T. G. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF PAWNEE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES, KANSAS, Lawrence, 1949, pb, 189 pages, 9 plates (3 in pocket), 12 figs., 16 tables, - 5 -, $ 8

B 80 - 84 / McLaughlin, T. G., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF PAWNEE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF HORTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY / 1949 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 3 papers including: CHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF FORT HAYES CHALK AND A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF PHOSPHATE-BEARING SHALES IN EASTERN KANSAS, more.../ DIVISIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM IN KANSAS / GROUND-WATER CONDITIONS IN THE SMOKY HILL VALLEY IN SALINA, DICKINSON, AND GEARY COUNTIES, Lawrence, 1949, cl, 810 pages, 31 plates (7 in pockets), 89 figs., 44 tables, - 3 -, $ 60

B 94 - 99 / Fishel, V. C. / GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF PAWNEE VALLEY / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LINCOLN COUNTY / 1952 REPORTS OF STUDIES, papers include: KANSAS VOLCANIC ASH RESOURCES; COAL RESOURCES OF THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM (DAKOTA FORMATION); OIL SHALE IN KANSAS; GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF THE KANSAS RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA, more..../ OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN KANSAS - 1951 / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF THE NORTH FORK SOLOMON RIVER IN MITCHELL, OSBORNE, SMITH AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES / PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, 1952, 950 pages, 49 plates (18 in pockets), 93 figs., 146 tables, - 3 -, $ 65

B 107 - 109 / VerWiebe, W. A., et.al. / OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN KANSAS DURING 1953 / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF WICHITA AND GREELEY COUNTY / REPORTS OF STUDIES, 10 papers including: SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW EXPOSURES OF PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS AT KIRWIN, PHILLIPS COUNTY / ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THE CENOZOIC OF WESTERN KANSAS / PRELIMINARY SPECTROGRAPHIC STUDIES IN THE KANSAS RIVER / GEOLOGY OF THE NORTON OIL FIELD, NORTON COUNTY, Lawrence, 1954, cl, 424 pages, 14 plates (6 in pockets), 59 figs., 100 tables, - 2 -, $ 65

B 110 - 115 / Prescott, G. C., Jr., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF GRAHAM COUNTY / PETROGRAPHY OF UPPER PERMIAN ROCKS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS / OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN KANSAS - 1954 / GYPSUM IN KANSAS / 1955 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 7 papers including: COAL RESOURCES OF THE MARMATON GROUP; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES; STONE CORRAL STRUCTURE AS AN INDICATOR OF PENNSYLVANIAN STRUCTURE; FOSSIL JELLYFISHES FROM KANSAS PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS, more... / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF JEWELL COUNTY, Lawrence, 1955 - 1956, cl, 975 pages, 82 plates (16 in pockets), 84 figs., 45 tables, - 2 -, $ 75

B 109-3 / Frye, J. C. and Leonard, A. B. / SIGNIFICANT NEW EXPOSURES OF PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS AT KIRWIN, PHILLIPS COUNTY, KANSAS, Lawrence, 1954, pb, pages 33 - 48, 3 plates, 3 figs., - 5 -, $ 4

B 109-4 / Merriam, D. F. and Frye, J. C. / ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THE CENOZOIC OF WESTERN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1954, pb, pages 53 - 64, 2 plates (in pocket), 1 table, - 5 -, $ 5

B 109-6 / Frye, J. C. / GRADED SLOPES IN WESTERN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1954, pb, pages 85 - 96, 2 plates, 1 figure, - 5 -, $ 4

B 116 - 120 / Bayne, C. K., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF SHERIDAN COUNTY / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF RAWLINS COUNTY / STRATIGRAPHY OF THE OGALLALA FORMATION / 1956 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 8 papers including: GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY OF THE EQUUS BEDS AREA; SIMPSON FILLED SINKHOLES; MINERAL INDUSTRY OF KANSAS - 1950 TO 1954 AND 1955, more... / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF RENO COUNTY, Lawrence, 1956, cl, 839 pages, 28 plates (11 in pockets), 89 figs., 156 tables (1 in pocket), - 2 -, $ 65

B 129 - 133 / Johnson, C. R., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LOGAN COUNTY / 1958 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 6 papers including: QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF KANSAS RIVER BETWEEN BONNER SPRINGS AND LAWRENCE; PETROLOGY OF THE PLIOCENE PISOLITHIC LIMESTONE OF THE GREAT PLAINS; HISTORY OF CRETACEOUS STRUCTURAL STUDIES IN KANSAS; MINERAL INDUSTRY OF KANSAS - 1957 / GROUND-WATER LEVELS IN OBSERVATION WELLS IN KANSAS - 1957 / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY OF THE INGALLS AREA / OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN KANSAS - 1957, Lawrence, 1958, cl, 987 pages, 39 plates (13 in pocket), 109 figs., 146 tables, - 3 -, $ 60

B 134 - 137 / Merriman, D. F., et.al. / 1959 REPORTS OF STUDIES, 8 papers including: DESCRIPTION OF A DAKOTA (CRETACEOUS) CORE FROM CHEYENNE COUNTY; SANDSTONES OF THE DOUGLAS AND PEDEE GROUPS IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS; COAL RESOURCES OF THE CHEROKEE GROUP IN EASTERN KANSAS I. MULKY COAL; THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF KANSAS - 1958 / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF KANSAS RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN WAMEGO AND TOPEKA / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY / SYMPOSIUM ON GEOPHYSICS IN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1959, cl, 900 pages, 44 plates (28 in pocket), 59 figs., 74 tables, - 3 -, $ 50

B 134-3 / Sanders, D. T. / SANDSTONES OF THE DOUGLAS AND PEDEE GROUPS IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1959, pb, pages 127 - 159, 2 plates (in pocket), 5 figs., 3 tables, - 5 -, $ 6

B 142 - 146 / Wescoe, W. C., et.al. / 1960 REPORT OF STUDIES, papers include: DAKOTA FORMATION REFRACTORY CLAYS AND SILTS; KANSAS BUILDING STONE; MINERAL INDUSTRY OF KANSAS - 1959, more.../ GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF HARPER COUNTY / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF KINGMAN COUNTY / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF GORE COUNTY / GROUND-WATER LEVELS IN OBSERVATION WELLS - 1959, Lawrence, 1960, cl, 947 pages, 45 plates (12 in pockets), 112 figs., 102 tables, - 2 -, $ 65

B 201 - 204 / Bayne, C. K., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY / SHORT PAPERS ON RESEARCH - 1970 / TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING COCCOLITH ABUNDANCE IN SHALY CHALK OF GREENHORN LIMESTONE / PATROGNATHUS AND SIPHONODELLA (CONODONTA) IN THE KINDERHOOKIAN (LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN) OF WEST KANSAS / GEOHYDROLOGY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY / SHORT PAPERS ON RESEARCH - 1971 / GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC SURVEY OF AN ABANDONED LAND AND ZINC MINE IN LINN COUNTY / MODELING DISCHARGE AND CONSERVATION WATER QUALITY IN THE LOWER KANSAS RIVER BASIN / STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE MANHATTAN AREA, Lawrence, 1971 - 1972, cl, 307 pages, 6 plates (3 in pocket, 1 missing), 54 figs., 22 tables, - 3 -, $ 45

B 205 - 210 / Layton, D. W., et.al. / GEOLOGY AND GROUD-WATER OF PRATT COUNTY / REPORT OF STUDIES: 1. CARBONATE FACIES OF THE SWOPE LIMESTONE FORMATION; 2. GROUND-WATER IN THE KANSAS RIVER VALLEY, JUNCTION CITY TO KANSAS CITY; 3. GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF RICE COUNTY / GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF RUSH COUNTY / USING SOILS OF KANSAS FOR WASTE DISPOSAL / STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITION ENVIRONMENT OF GREENHORN LIMESTONE / STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STANTON FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, Lawrence, 1973 - 1975, 348 pages, 20 plates (11 in pocket), 128 figs., 27 tables, - 2 -, $ 65

B 211 - 216 / Chelikowsky, J. R., et.al. / REPORTS OF STUDIES, 4 papers including: PLEISTOCENE DRAINAGE REVERSAL IN THE UPPER TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR AREA; GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: BARTON COUNTY; AGE AND STRUCTURE OF SUBSURFACE BEDS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, more.... / CRITERIA FOR MAKING AND INTERPRETING A SOIL PROFILE DESCRIPTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF KANSAS GEOLOGY THROUGH 1975 / LAND SUBSIDENCE IN CENTRAL KANSAS RELATED TO SALT DISSOLUTION / DEPOSITION OF EVAPORITES AND RED BEDS OF THE NIPPEWALLA GROUP, PERMIAN / STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PERMIAN WREFORD MEGACYCLOTHERM IN SOUTHERNMOST KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA, Lawrence, 976 - 1979, cl, 302 pages, 5 plates (3 in pockets), 77 figs., 22 tables, - 5 -, $ 48

Mineral Resource Circulars of the Kansas Geological Survey

MRC 6 / Landes, K. K. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF KANSAS COUNTIES, Lawrence, 1937, pb, 107 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

MRC 7 / Elias, M. K. / GEOLOGY OF RAWLINS AND DECATUR COUNTIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WATER RESOURCES, Lawrence, 1937, pb, 25 pages, 4 figs. (2 inside back cover), - 5 -, $ 5

Oil and Gas Investigation Maps of the Kansas Geological Survey [Listed by #,Map Title,Cost each]

3 / Subsurface Geologic Cross Section from Ford County, Kansas to Dallam County, Texas, $ 15

4 / Subsurface Geologic Cross Section from Scott County, Kansas to Otero County, Colorado, $ 15

5 / Subsurface Geologic Cross Section from Trego County, Kansas, to Cheyenne County, Colorado, $ 15

6 / Subsurface Cross Section from Baca County to Yuma County, Colorado, $ 15

8 / Subsurface Geologic Cross Section from Barber County to Saline County, Kansas, $ 15

11 / Preliminary Study of the Structure of Western Kansas, $ 15

12 / Cross Sections in Eastern Kansas , $ 15

17 / Preliminary Regional Structural Contour Map on Top of the Stone Corral Formation (Permian) in Kansas, $ 15

19 / Preliminary Regional Structural Contour Map on Top of the Lansing Group (Pennsylvanian) in Kansas, $ 15

22 / Preliminary Regional Structural Contour Map on Top of Mississippian Rocks in Kansas, $ 15

25 / Preliminary Regional Structural Control Map on Top of Arbuckle Rocks (Cambrian-Ordovician) in Kansas, $ 15

26 / Configuration of Top of Precambrian Basement Rocks in Kansas, $ 15

27 / Possibilities for Underground Storage of Natural Gas Near the Kansas River Valley, $ 15

Miscellaneous Publications of the Kansas Geological Survey:

Muilenburg, G. / THE KANSAS SCENE, Lawrence, 1953, pb, 46 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Steeples, D. W. and Buchanan, R. / KANSAS GEOMAPS, Education Series # 4, 1983, pb, 30 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Tolstead, L. L. and Swineford, A. / KANSAS ROCKS AND MINERALS, Lawrence, 1957 or 1966, pb, 64 pages, - 3 -, $ 6

Kansas Geological Society

Moore, R. C., and Merriam, D. F. / KANSAS....1959, GUIDEBOOK OF THE 23rd FIELD CONFERENCE, Kansas Geological Society, Lawrence, 1959, spiral bound, 52 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Kansas Miscellaneous Publications

Foley, F. C. / THE SURFACE FEATURES OF KANSAS, single sheet, folded, - 3 -, $ 5

Hayward, O. T., Ed. / SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, DNAG Centennial Field Guide Volume 4: Boulder, 1988, cl, 468 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Moore, R. C. / 16th International Geological Congress, 1933, PENNSYLVANIAN OF THE NORTHERN MID-CONTINENT REGION, Guidebook 20, Excursion C-2, 8 pages, pb, 2 plates, $ 5


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