Geology of West Coast Region of United States 



GILBERT, G. K., and others. ^ ^ ., ,. 



1907. The San Francisco earthquake and fire of April i», 

 1906. U. S. G. S., Bull. 324, 170 pp., 57 pis. 

 LINDGREN, W. ^ ^ 



1896. The gold-quartz veins of Nevada City and Grass 

 Valley districts, California. U. S. G. S., 17th Ann. 

 Rep., pt. 2, pp. 1-262, pis. 1-24. (An important 

 paper on the geology and veins of a portion of the 

 gold belt of California.) 



1901. The gold belt of the Blue Mountains of Oregon. 

 U. iS. G. S., 22nd Ann. Rep., pt. 2, pp. 551-776, 

 pis. 63-78. . ^ „ 



1911. The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of Cali- 

 fornia. U. S. G. S., Prof. Paper no. 73, 226 pp., 

 28 pis. (Discusses the physiographic history of 

 the Sierra Nevada and the gold placers of Cali- 

 fornia.) 

 SMITH, J. P. 



1910. The geological record of California. Journ. Geo!., 

 vol. 18, pp. 216-227. 

 TURNER, H. W. 



1896. Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra 

 Nevada. U. S. G. S., 17th Ann. Rep., pt. 1, PP. 

 521-762, pis. 17-47. 



1900. The Pleistocene geology of the south central Sierra 

 Nevada with especial reference to the origin of 

 Yosemite Valley. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc, 3rd ser., 

 geol., vol. 1, pp. 261-321, pis. 31-39. (An important 

 paper on the glaciation of the Sierra Nevada.) 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



DARTON, WEEKS, and NICKLES. 



1896-1914. Bibliography of North American geology. U. S. 

 G. S., Bulls. 127, 188, 189, 301, 372, 409, 444, 49'5, 

 524, 545, 584. 

 VODGES, A. W. 



1904. Bibliography relating to the geology, paleontology 

 and mineral resources of California. Calif. State 

 Min. Bur., Bull. 30, 290 pp., map. 



FOLIOS 



The folios published bj-- the United States Geological 

 Survey are the authoritative descriptions of the 

 local geologj^ of the regions they treat. Twenty- 

 seven California, Oregon and Washington folios 

 have been published. Two of these treat of the 

 geology of the region in the vicinity of San Fran- 

 cisco, and one contains the only scientific descrip- 

 tion available on the great "Mother Lode" gold 

 veins. 

 BRANNER, J. C, NEWSOM, J. F., and ARNOLD, R. 



1909. Santa Cruz folio. U. S. G. S. Folio no. 163, 11 pp., 

 2 pis., 3 maps. 

 LAWSON, A. C. 



1914. San Francisco folio. U. S. G. S. Folio no. 193, 24 

 pp., 15 maps. 

 RANSOME, F. L. 



1900. Mother Lode district folio, California. U. S. G. S. 

 Folio no. 63, 11 pp., 8 maps. 



STATISTICS 



For statistics of mineral production see Mineral Resources 

 of the United States, published annuallv by the 

 U. S. G. S., and Mineral Production of California, 

 published annually by the California State Mining 

 Bureau. 



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