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Butte County Geology Publications

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GAM 25 Geologic Map of California: Ukiah Sheet, 1960, scale 1:250,000
MS 13 Geology of the Richardson Springs [15'] Quadrangle, Butte and Tehama Counties, California, 1969, scale: 1:62,500
RGM 7 Geologic Map of the Chico Quadrangle, California, 1992, scale 1:250,000 (set of 5 sheets)
SP 109 Geologic Excursions in Northern California: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevada (For Joint Meeting of Geological Society of America and Seismological Society of America), 1991, 130 p.
SP 114 Field Guide to the Geology and Metamorphism of the Franciscan Complex and Western Metamorphic Belt of Northern California (for the International Symposium "The Transition from Basalt to Metabasalt: Environments, Processes, and Petrogenesis"), 1992, 78 p.
SP 122 Field Guide to the Geology and Tectonics of the Northern Sierra Nevada (For the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Far-Western Section), 212 p., amply illustrated with color maps, photos, and diagrams.
SR 91 Short Contributions to California Geology, 1967
OFR 89-10 Aeromagnetic Map of the Ukiah 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000
OFR 88-17 Aeromagnetic Map of the Susanville 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000
OFR 87-03 Aeromagnetic Map of the Chico 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1987, scale 1:250,000
OFR 78-08 Principal Facts and Sources for 888 Gravity Stations on the Ukiah 1º By 2º Quadrangle, California, 1978

Butte County Geohazards & Environmental Geology Publications

OFR 90-10 Microfiche Copies of Fault Evaluation Reports for Northern California [Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba Counties], California, 1990
OFR 84-25 Induced Seismicity at Lake Oroville, Butte County, California, 1984
OFR 84-52 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1983 Area — Sierra Nevada Region [Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Stanisalus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba Counties], California, 1984

Butte County Mineral Resource Publications

B 193 Gold Districts of California—Sesquicentennial Edition, California Gold Discovery to Statehood, Seventh Printing, 1998, 186 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000. An overall guide to gold deposits in California, this bulletin describes the principal features of each gold-bearing district. Longer descriptions of selected districts cover location and extent, history, geology and character of gold deposits, list of mines and bibliography.
B 194 The Mineral Economics of the Carbonate Rocks and Limestone and Dolomite Resources of California, 1973, 60 p., 2 plates, scale 1:1,000,000
OFR 2000-004 Mineral Land Classification of the KRC Holdings, Inc., M&T Chico Ranch Site, Butte County, California, for Aggregate Resources, 2000
OFR 94-01 Mineral Land Classification of the Green Rock Quarries Oroville Plant No. 1 Property, Oroville 7.5-Minute Qudrangle, Butte County, California, for Railroad Ballast, 1994