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... Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 , and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 directly affected the programs and activities of the Geological Survey . OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS The need to identify frontier offshore ...
... Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 , and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 directly affected the programs and activities of the Geological Survey . OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS The need to identify frontier offshore ...
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... mining districts in 1876 had dramatically increased silver produc- tion . In response to political pressure for the ... mined each year in the United States had been declining steadily through most of the decade as the production of ...
... mining districts in 1876 had dramatically increased silver produc- tion . In response to political pressure for the ... mined each year in the United States had been declining steadily through most of the decade as the production of ...
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... Mining Engi- neers was established in 1871 because , as one of its first members observed , scientists were as essential to the industry's success as the fur- naces and labor that ran it . King's program responded to the Nation's needs ...
... Mining Engi- neers was established in 1871 because , as one of its first members observed , scientists were as essential to the industry's success as the fur- naces and labor that ran it . King's program responded to the Nation's needs ...
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... Mining the lode , Virginia City , Nev . ( Photographer unknown . ) Much of the Geological Survey's work during this time reflected the in- creasing emphasis on the utility of Federal science that marked the turn of the century . However ...
... Mining the lode , Virginia City , Nev . ( Photographer unknown . ) Much of the Geological Survey's work during this time reflected the in- creasing emphasis on the utility of Federal science that marked the turn of the century . However ...
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... Mines , Forest Service , and Grazing Service ( now part of the Bureau of Land Manage- ment ) . In the years following World War II , the Geological Survey's com- mitment to research broadened and deepened as the Agency's investiga ...
... Mines , Forest Service , and Grazing Service ( now part of the Bureau of Land Manage- ment ) . In the years following World War II , the Geological Survey's com- mitment to research broadened and deepened as the Agency's investiga ...
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activities Administration appraisals areas Argillite assessment Azie Taylor Morton Barrow basin Bureau cartographic cartographic information City coal Commission Conservation Division coordination County cover map data base Denver Denver Federal Center Direct program drilling earthquake energy Environmental estimates evaluation exploration Federal agencies Federal and Indian Federal Bldg Federal lands feet fiscal year 1979 Flood funds geologic hazards geophysical Government ground-water Gulf of Mexico hydrologic Indian lands investigations Ixtoc Lake Landsat Landsat images located Menlo Park ment miles million mineral resources National Center National Petroleum Reserve Nevada NPRA Office offshore oil and gas oilspill operations Outer Continental Shelf percent photographs planning potential production Puerto Rico quadrangles Regional Reimbursable program Reserve in Alaska Reston River rocks satellite sediments seismic Service South Barrow STOP studies Survey's Test tion topographic tract U.S. Geological Survey United Water Conservation District Water Data Water Resources zones