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United States Department of the Interior Reports of The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS OF THE ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS AND PREDECESSOR AGENCIES, 1913-1973, INDEXED BY QUmRANGLE BY Edward H. Cobb Open-f ile report 74- 209 1974 This report is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with Geological Survey standards NOTE NOTE NOTE Since this index was prepared 18 open-file reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys have been withdrawn, consolidated, revised, or assigned different numbers. References to these reposts should be deleted from thes index. The report numbers are: 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, and 40. They are listed under the following quadrangles: Afognak Mar shall Ambler Mves McCarthy Anchorage Medf ra Baird Inlet Mt. Fairweather Bendeleben Mt. St. Elias Bering Glacier Nabesna Bethel Nunivak Island Big Delta Port Moller Cape Mendenhall Rubs Charley River St. Michael Chignik Sitka Coxdova Survey Pass Eagle Sutwik Island Hooper Bay Talkeetna ICY BY Talkeetna Mountains ILiamna Trinity Islands Kaguyak Tyonek Karluk Ugashik Kodiak Valde z Kwiguk Yakutat Contents Page Introduction ......................................................... Alaska - General ..................................................... Quadrangle index ..................................................... Adak quadrarLgle ................................................. Afognak quadrangle .............................................. Ambler River quadrangle ......................................... Amukta quadrangle ............................................... Anchorage quadrangle ............................................ Arctic quadrangle ............................................... Atka quadrangle ................................................. Baird Inlet quadrangle .......................................... Baird Mountains quadrangle ...................................... Barrow quadrangle ............................................... Barter Island quadrangle ........................................ Beaver quadrangle ............................................... Beechey Point quadrangle ........................................ Bendeleben quadrangle ........................................... Bering Glacier quadrangle ....................................... Bethel quadrangle ............................................... Bettles quadrangle .............................................. Big Delta quadrangle ............................................ Blying Sound quadrangle ......................................... Bradfield Canal quadrangle ...................................... Candle quadrangle ............................................... Cape Mendenhall quadrangle ...................................... Chanddar quadrangle ............................................ Charley River quadrangle ........................................ Chignik quadrangle------------------------------------------------ Circle ............................................... Cold Bay quadrangle ............................................. Coleen quadrangle ............................................... Cordova quadrangle ----------------------------------------em---- Craig ................................................ Demarcation Point quadrmele .................................... Dillingham quadrangle ........................................... Dixon Entrance quadrangle ....................................... Eagle quadrangle ................................................ Fairbanks quadrangle ............................................ Flaxman Island quadrangle ....................................... Fort Yukon quadrangle ........................................... Goodnews quadrangle ............................................. Gulkana quadrangle .............................................. Bagmeister Island quadrangle ................................... Harrison Bay quadrangle ......................................... Healy quadrangle ................................................ Holy Cross quadrangle Hooper Bay quadrangle ........................................... Hughes quadrangle ............................................... Quadrangle index (contd .) Icy Bay quadrangle .......................................... Iditarod quadrangle ......................................... 1li-a quadrangle .......................................... Juneau quadrangle ........................................... Kwuyak quadrangle .......................................... Kantishna River quadrangle .................................. Karluk quadrangle ........................................... Ken& quadrangle ............................................ Ketchikan quadrangle ........................................ Kodiak quadrangle ........................................... KO~~,&~~quadrangle ......................................... Kwiguk quadrangle ........................................... Lake Clark quadrangle --------------------------------------A Livengood quadrangle ------------------me-------------------- Marshall quadrangle ......................................... McCarchy quadrangle ........................................... McGrath quadrangle .......................................... Mead@ River quadrangle ..................................... Medfra quadrangle ........................................... Melozitna quadrangle ........................................ Misheguk Mountain quadrangle ................................ Mount Fairweather quadrangle ................................ Mount Hayes quadrangle ...................................... Mount Kaaai quadrangle ..................................... Mount Mcunley quadrangle ................................... buntMichelson quadrangle .................................. Mount Saint Elias quadrangle ................................ Nabesna quadrangle .......................................... Noatak quadrangle ----------------------------------------me- Nome quadrangle ............................................. Norton Bay quadrangle ....................................... Nulato quadrangle ........................................... Nunivak Island quadrangle ................................... Nushag& Bay quadrangle ..................................... Ophir quadrangle ............................................ - Petersburg quadrangle ....................................... Point Hope quadrangle ....................................... Point Lay quadrangle ........................................ Port Alexander quadrangle ................................... Port mller quadrangle ...................................... Pr-bilof Islands quadrangle ................................. Prince Rupert quadrangle .................................... Rat Islands quadrangle ...................................... Ruby quadrangle ............................................. Russian Mission quadrangle .................................. Saint Lawrence quadrangle ................................... Saint Michael quadrangle .................................... Seguam quadrangle ........................................... Selawik quadrangle .......................................... Page Quadrangle index (contd.) Seldovia quadrangle ......................................... Seward quadrangle ........................................... Shungnak quadrangle ......................................... Sitka quadrangle ............................................ Skagway quadrangle -----------------------------------------A Sleetmute quadrangle ........................................ Solqmon quadrangle .......................................... Stepovak Bay quadrangle ..................................... Sumdum quadrangle ........................................... Survey Pass quadrangle ...................................... Sutwik Island quadrangle .................................... Table Mountain quadrangle ................................... Taku River quadrangle ....................................... Talkeetna quadrangle ------------------Ah-------------------- Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle .............................. Tanacross quadrangle ........................................ Tanana quadrangle ........................................... Taylor Mountains quadrangle ................................. Teller quadrangle ........................................... Teshekpuk quadrangle ........................................ Trinity Islands quadrangle .................................. Tyonek quadrangle ........................................... Ugashik quadrangle .......................................... Umiat quadrangle ............................................ Unalakleet quadrangle ....................................... Unalaska quadrangle ......................................... Unimak quadrangle ........................................... Valdez quadrangle ........................................... Wainwright quadrangle ....................................... Wisaan quadraale .......................................... Yakutat quadrangle .......................................... Reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and predecessor agencies, 1913-1973, indexed by quadrangle By Edward H. Cobb Introduction Reports and maps published or placed in open files by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surseys (an agency of the State
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