GEOSCIENCE BOOKS
Phillip Huber, Bookseller/Geologist
PO Box 1036, Faribault, Minnesota 55021
USA
REGIONAL AND TOPICAL PUBLICATIONS ON ALASKA GEOLOGY
FEATURED ITEMS
ALASKA. Five (5) reports on Alaska Gold Mining, all USGS Circulars, ex-lib else vg. They are: (1) DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD COPPER AND SOME OTHER METALS IN THE MCCARTHY B-4 AND B-5 QUADRANGLES ALASKA (USGS Circ. #604); (2) DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD COPPER AND SOME OTHER METALS IN THE MCCARTHY B-4 AND B-5 QUADRANGLES ALASKA (USGS Circ. #604); (3) POTENTIAL FOR LODE DEPOSITS IN THE LIVENGOOD GOLD PLACER DISTRICT EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA (USGS Circ. #590); (4) DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD AND SOME BASE METALS IN THE SLANA AREA EASTERN ALASKA RANGE, ALASKA (USGS Circ. #593); and (5) OCCURRENCES OF GOLD AND OTHER METALS IN THE UPPER CHULITNA DISTRICT ALASKA (USGS Circ. #564).
Price: $25.00 (stock#AKcircs)
Barrows H. K. and Horton R. E. 1907 DETERMINATION OF STREAM FLOW DURING THE FROZEN SEASON USGS Water Supply Paper #187 no wps, ex-lib, vg, 93 pp., 1 plt, figs. Price: $20.00 (stock#WSP187)
Capps S. R. 1933 MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE ALASKA RAILROAD BELT 1932 USGS Bull. #844-B title wraps, short tear, crease to lower margin of title page, else some wear, contents vg 16 pp.,1 plt.
Price: $15.00 (stock#USGSB844B)
Cobb E. H. and Kachadoorian R. 1961 INDEX OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ALASKA COMPILED FROM PUBLISHED REPORTS OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES THROUGH 1959 USGS Bull. #1139 wps light wear, vg, 363 pp., pocket map. A comprehensive summary of all known reported economic mineral resources of Alaska with notations of ores present per locality, with location data provided in varying detail.
Price: $20.00 (stock#USGSB1139)
Nokleberg W. J. et al. 1987 SIGNIFICANT METALLIFEROUS LODE DEPOSITS AND PLACER DISTRICTS OF ALASKA USGS Bull. #1786 4to, wps with signature light wear contents vg, 104 pp., 2 plates (folding maps).
Price: $20.00 (stock#USGSB1786ak)
Smith P. S. and Mertie J. B. 1930 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA USGS Bull. #815 rear wp with tear along spine else vg, 351 pp., 34 plts 22 figs. Complete with the huge fold out pocket maps and discussion of gold placer and lode deposits. Price: $25.00 (stock#USGSB815r)
OTHER REGIONAL AND TOPICAL PUBLICATIONS ON ALASKA GEOLOGY
Baker M. 1901 ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC NAMES from USGS 21st Annual Report, 4to spine edge wioth archival tape, overall a very good and clean copy, only defect is a small nick to some page margins but mm-scale and not a problem. With 24 pp. providing the definition and location of then, all-known Alaska towns and villages. Of some historical importance to Alaska history. Price: $20.00 (stock#AK22)
Berg H. C. and Cobb E. H. METALLIFEROUS LODE DEPOSITS OF ALASKA USGS Bull. #1246 wps with some external wear, contents vg to fine, 254 pp., 1 plt, 35 figs. One of the standard Alaska gold mining references.
Price: $25.00 (stock#USGSB1246)
Ebbley N. jr. and Wright W. S. 1948 ANTIMONY IN ALASKA USBM Rpt. Invest. #4173 wps light wear, vg, 41 pp., 23 figs. Price: $15.00 (stock#USBMRI4174)
Lachenbruch A. H. 1959 PERIODIC HEAT FLOW IN A STRATIFIED MEDIUM WITH APPLICATION TO PERMAFROST PROBLEMS USGS A 8vo, wps, light wear, lib, vg, 36 pp., 3 plts, 8 figs. Price: $8.00 (stock#USGSB1083A)
Lachenbruch A. H. and Nrewer M. C. 1959 DISSIPATION OF THE TEMPERATURE EFFECT OF DRILLING A WELL IN ARCTIC ALASKA 8vo, wps, light wear, vg, 37 pp., 7 figs. Price: $8.00 (stock#USGSB1083C)
Malone K. 1962 MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA USBM Circ. #8131 wps, light wear, vg, 57 pp., figs.
Price: $10.00 (stock#USBMC8131)
Smith P. S. 1941 PAST LODE-GOLD PRODUCTION FROM ALASKA USGS Bull. #917-C wps small repair to rear wrap else light wear, vg, 53 pp., 1 fig. Price: $15.00 (stock#USGSB917Cr)