For Sale : USGS Circulars.

2Neat Books - Geology and Geoscience Books For Sale

For Sale : United States Geological Survey (USGS) Circulars.

These softcover papers measure approximately 11x8.5", most are illustrated.
Published by the Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.

Condition: Unless otherwise noted, these journals are in good to very good, lightly used condition.
They may have an owner's name, stamp, or filing word on cover. Please ask if you have questions.

PRIOR to the current series of circulars, there was a short series of Division of Hydrography Circulars
Click here to see more information on this early series.

To search this page, use the "Edit - Find" feature on your browser.
Didn't find it here?- Use the Search Feature on our index page or Browse some of the other categories.
Click the "Search Hints" button above for additional help.

USGS CIRCULARS FOR SALE:

USGS CIR 7 : 1933 : Gold – quartz veins south of Libby, Montana. By Russell Gibson. 25p., illus. (lower quality photocopy) $1

USGS CIR 8 : 1934 : Beach placers of the Oregon coast. By J. T. Pardee. 41p., 16 figures. (good photocopy) $6

USGS CIR 46 : 1949 : Interpreting ground conditions from geologic maps. 10p., illus. $1

USGS CIR 57 : 1949 : State coordinates and polyconic maps, some notes on the state plane-coordinate systems and their relation to polyconic quadrangle maps. 7p., illus.$1

USGS CIR 74 : 1950 : A glossary of uranium- and thorium-bearing minerals. By Judith Weiss Frondel and Michael Fleischer. 20p. $6

USGS CIR 117 : 1951 : Water Law, with special reference to Ground Water. By C. L. McGuinness. 30p. $1

USGS CIR 119 : 1959 : A field method for the determination of tungsten in soils. By F. N. Ward. 4p., 1 table. (bumped corner) $2

USGS CIR 157 : 1952 : Annotated bibliography and index map of sulfur and pyrites deposits in the United States and Alaska (Including references to July 1, 1951). By Gilbert H. Espenshade and Carl H. Broedel. 48p., fold-out map. (has been bent, lightly bumped edge) $8

USGS CIR 159 : 1952 : Lignite resources of South Dakota. By Donald M. Brown. 18p., illus., fold-out color map., 4 figs., 5 tables. (bumped corner) $4

USGS CIR 175 : 1952 : The carnotite prospects of the Craven canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota. By L. R. Page and J. A. Redden. 18p., illus., fold-out map, 2 figs., 2 tables. $8

USGS CIR 212 : 1952 : Uranium-bearing coal and carbonaceous rocks in the Fall Creek area, Bonneville county, Idhao. By James D. Vine and George W. Moore. 10p., 1 plate in pocket, 4 figs., 1 table. (light wear at spine) $5

USGS CIR 216 : 1952 : Water resources of the St. Louis area, Missouri and Illinois. By J. K. Searchy, R. C. Baker, and W. H. Durum. 55p., 1 plate (folds out from back cover), 31 figs., 23 tables.

Choose your copy of USGS Circular 216 :
Good (All VG, except for mild cup mark on front cover. Owner's stamps). $12
Fair (Generally Good, but a bit rumpled and spine taped. Library pocket.) $8

USGS CIR 218 : 1952, Revised 1958 : Development of photogrammetry in the U.S. Geological Survey. By Morris M. Thompson. 28p., 25 figures. GREAT photos of equipment. $3

USGS CIR 219 : 1952 : Reconnaissance of uranium and copper deposits in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. By Garland B. Gott and Ralph L. Erickson. 16p., 1 fig., 2 tables. (bent cover corner tip) $7

USGS CIR 220 : 1952 : Selected papers on uranium deposits in the United States. 35p., 23 figs. $7

Contents of USGS Circular 220 :
Distribution of uranium deposits in the United States.
Pitchblende deposits in the United States.
Uranium in fluorite deposits.
Secondary uranium deposits in the United States.
Some uranium deposits in sandstones.
Uranium in black shales, lignites, and limestones in the United States.

USGS CIR 228 : 1953 : A thick coal bed near Lake De Smet, Johnson county, Wyoming. By William J. Mapel, James M. Schopf, and James R. Gill. 47p., 3 plates in pocket, 8 figs., 9 tables. $21

USGS CIR 231 : 1953 : Exploratory drilling program of the USGS for evidences of zinc-lead mineralization in Iowa and Wisconsin, 1950-51. By Allen F. Agnew, Arthur E. Flint, and John W. Allingham. 37p., 4 plates in pocket, 4 figures. (back cover loose from one of the staples) $12

USGS CIR 234 : 1953 : Spectrographic identification of mineral grains. By J. N. Stich. 16p., 4 tables. $1

USGS CIR 236 : 1953 : Preliminary results of radiometric reconnaissance of parts of the northwestern San Juan Mountains, Colorado. By W. S. Burbank and Charles T. Pierson. 11p., 2 plates in pocket, 3 tables. $5

USGS CIR 237 : 1953 : Monazite deposits of the southeastern Atlantic states. By John B. Mertie Jr. 31p., 1 fold-out plate, 2 figures. $5

USGS CIR 251 : 1953 : Results of reconnaissance for uraniferous coal, lignite, and carbonaceous shale in western Montana. By William J. Hail, Jr., and James R. Gill. 9p., fold-out map, 16 tables. (notes and stamps on cover) $8

USGS CIR 258 : 1953 : Coal resources of Colorado, a progress report, January 1, 1953. By Frank D. Spencer and Margaret I. Erwin. 17p., fold-out map, 1 fig., 6 tables. $5

USGS CIR 262 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1947-48, part 3. 43p., 2 figs., sections. $12

USGS CIR 264 : 1953 : Geobotanical reconnaissance near Grants, New Mexico. By Helen L. Cannon. 8p., 4 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS CIR 266 : 1953 : Coal resources of Indiana. By Frank D. Spencer. 42p., 16 figs., 11 tables. $12

USGS CIR 272 : 1953 : Concentration of Germanium in the ash of American coals, a progress report (corrected 1953 reprint). 34p., 11 figs., 16 tables. $10

USGS CIR 277 : 1953 : Preliminary report on the Comet area, Jefferson county, Montana. 8p., large fold-out map, 1 fig. (may have note on cover, bumped corner) $10

USGS CIR 285 : 1953 : Recent estimates of the abundances of the elements in the earth’s crust. By Michael Fleischer. 7p., 2 figures, 3 tables. 1962 reprint. $1

USGS CIR 286 : 1953 : An occurrence of Autunite, Lawrence county, South Dakota. By R. C. Vickers. 5p., 2 figs., 2 tables. (notes and stamps on cover, bumped corner) $5

USGS CIR 289 : 1953 : Multiple glaciation in Alaska, a progress report. By Troy L. Pewe and others. 13p., fold-out map, 1 table. $5

USGS CIR 296 : 1953 : Stratigraphy of the Wasatch range near Salt Lake City, Utah. By Arthur E. Granger. 14p., frontispiece index map, 2 plates in pocket. $5

USGS CIR 304 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1949, Part 1. 30p., 2 figs. $10

USGS CIR 305 : 1953 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1949, Part 2. By D. F. Davidson, R. A. Smart, H. W. Peirce, and J. D. Weiser. 28p., 2 figs., sections. $1

USGS CIR 309 : 1954 : Beryllium resources of the tin – spodumene belt, North Carolina. By W. R. Griffitts. 12p., 3 fold-out plates (maps) , 3 figures, 4 tables. $5

USGS CIR 312 : 1953 : Yellow canary uranium deposits, Daggett county, Utah. By V. R. Wilmarth. 8p., 2 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS CIR 321 : 1954 : Occurrences of uranium bearing minerals in the St. Kevin district, Lake county, Colorado. By C. T. Pierson and Q. D. Singewald. 17p., 8 figures, 1 table. $4

USGS CIR 322 : 1954 : The east slope No. 2 uranium prospect, Piute county, Utah. By Donald G. Wyant. 6p., fold-out map, 2 figures, 2 tables. $4

USGS CIR 324 : 1954 : Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1951. By T. M. Cheney, R. P. Sheldon, R. G. Waring, and M. A. Warner. 22p., 2 figs., sections. (bumped corner) $8

USGS CIR 325 : 1954 : Stratigraphic sections of the phosphoria formation in Wyoming, 1952. By R. P. Sheldon, E. R. Cressman, L. D. Carswell, and R. A. Smart. 24p., 2 figs., sections. (cover slightly curved) $8

USGS CIR 331 : 1954 : Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern interior Alaska, 1946. By Helmuth Wedow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and others. 36p., 11 figs., 2 tables. This is Chapter A (other chapters must have been other circulars) : Areas adjacent to highways in the Tanana and upper Copper River valleys. $5

USGS CIR 333 : 1954 : Records of wells drilled for oil and gas in New Mexico. By G. H. Dixon, D. H. Baltz, T. F. Stipp, and R. A. Bieberman. 79p., 1 plate, 3 tables. $1

USGS CIR 336 : 1954 : Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah. By W. I. Finch. 14p., 2 plates in pocket, 7 figs., 2 tables. $13

USGS CIR 346 : 1954 : First fourteen years of Lake Mead. By Harold E. Thomas. 27p., 1 plate, 9 figures, 2 tables. $7

USGS CIR 349 : 1955 : Reconnaissance for uranium-bearing carbonaceous materials in southern Utah. By Howard D. Zeller. 9p., 4 figs., 1 table. $5

USGS CIR 355 : 1955 : Records of wells drilled for oil and gas in Montana, June 1, 1951 through December 31, 1953. By Howard R. Smith. 43p., 1 fig., 2 tables. $1

USGS CIR 359 : 1955 : Uranium-bearing sandstone in the White River badlands, Pennington county, South Dakota. By George W. Moore and Murray Leviah. 1958 reprint. 7p., 1 fold-out map, 6 figs., 1 table. $8

USGS CIR 362 : 1965 : Coal resources of Oregon. 7p., fold-out map, 1 figure, 2 tables. (map may have been cut loose, but is present. Bumped edge.) $3

USGS CIR 372 : 1956 : Water resources of the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, area. By W. C. Griffin, F. A. Watkins, Jr., and H. A. Swenson. 45p., 2 plates in pocket, 25 figures, 11 tables. (back cover loose from staples) $4

USGS CIR 411 : 1960 reprint : Geochemical prospecting with heavy-mineral concentrates used to locate a tungsten deposit. By P. K. Theobald Jr., and C. E. Thompson. 13p., 5 figures, 4 tables. $3

USGS CIR 443 : 1961 : Availability of ground water in the Gallup area, New Mexico. By S. W. West. 21p., plate in pocket, 2 figs., 4 tables. $1

USGS CIR 491 : 1964 : Alaska’s Good Friday earthquake, March 27, 1964 : a preliminary geologic evaluation. By Arthur Grantz, George Plafker, and Reuben Kachadoorian. 35p., 20 figs., many photos. $7

USGS CIR 496 : 1964 : Mercury – its occurrence and economic trends. By Edgar H. Bailey and Roscoe M. Smith. 11p., 4 figures. (minor cover soil) $1

USGS CIR 522 : 1965 : Resources of Oil, and gas, and natural-gas liquids in the United States and the World. By T. A. Hendricks. 20p., 4 figs., 7 tables. $5

USGS CIR 543 : 1967 : Distribution of gold, tellurium, silver, and mercury in part of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado. By Garland B. Gott, J. Howard McCarthy Jr., Gordon H. VanSickle, and John B. McHugh. 9p., 7 figs., 1 table. $8

USGS CIR 555 : 1967 : Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada. 8p. $1

USGS CIR 562 : 1968 : Utilization of humus-rich forest soil (mull) in geochemical exploration for gold. By Gary C. Curtin, Hubert W. Lakin, George J. Neuerburg, and Arthur E. Hubert. 11p., 6 figures. $1

USGS CIR 564 : 1968 : Occurrences of gold and other metals in the upper Chulitna district, Alaska. By C. C. Hawley and Allen L. Clark. 21p., 10 figures, 3 tables. $8

USGS CIR 570 : 1968 : Suggested areas for prospecting in the central Koyukuk River region, Alaska. By Thomas P. Miller and Oscar J. Ferrians, Jr. 12p., 5 figures, 5 tables. $5

USGS CIR 588 : 1968 : Geochemical anomalies in the Swales Mountain area, Elko Co, Nevada. 13p. (smudge on cover) $3

USGS CIR 592: 1968 : Interpreting pan-concentrate analyses of stream sediments in geochemical exploration for gold. By R. P. Fischer and F. S. Fisher. 9p., 2 figures, 3 tables. $4

USGS CIR 595 : 1968 : Geochemical and geophysical anomalies in the western part of the Sheep Creek Range, Lander Co, Nevada. 17p. $1

USGS CIR 599 : 1968 : The determination of gold in geologic materials by neutron-activation analysis using fire assay for the radiochemical separations. By J. J. Rowe and F. O. Simon. 4p., 3 tables. $3

USGS CIR 610 : 1969 : Gold in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. By Robert S. Jones. 27p., 12 tables. $5

USGS CIR 611 : 1969 : Asbestos occurrence in the Eagle C-4 quadrangle, Alaska. By Helen L. Foster. 7p., 3 figures. $4

USGS CIR 612 : 1969 : Gold in minerals and the composition of native gold. By Robert S. Jones and Michael Fleischer. 17p., 5 tables. $4

USGS CIR 633 : 1970 : Standards for the Classification of Public coal lands. By N. Wood Bass, Henry L. Smith, and George H. Horn. 10p., 2 figs. $1

USGS CIR 635 : 1970 : Stratigraphic sections and chemical analyses of phosphatic rocks of Permian and Mississippian age in Weber county, Utah. By E. M. Schell and K. P. Moore. 11p., 1 fig. $1

USGS CIR 640 : 1970 : A strategy for the geologic exploration of the planets. By M. H. Carr, editor. 37p., 2 figs. $4

USGS CIR 643 : 1971 : Reconnaissance of selected minor elements in surface waters of the United States, October 1970. By W. H. Durum, J. D. Hem, and S. G. Heidel. 49p., 6 figs., 1 massive table. $10

USGS CIR 650 : 1972 : Energy resources of the United States. By P. K. Theobald, S. P. Schweinfurth, and D. C. Duncan. 27p., 22 figs. $2

USGS CIR 680: 1973 : Gold anomaly in soil of the West End Creek area, Yellow Pine district, Valley County, Idaho. By B. F. Leonard. 16p., 8 figures, 1 table. $7

USGS CIR 682 : 1973 : Summary of United States mineral resources. By Donald A. Brobst, Walden P. Pratt, and V. E. McKelvey. This circular is an excerpt from Professional Paper 820. 19p., 1 fig., 1 table. $1

USGS CIR 683 : 1973 : United States geological survey Alaska program, 1973. 56p., 14 figs. $2

USGS CIR 718 : 1975 : The Alaskan mineral resource assessment program : background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska. By Donald H. Richter and others. 11p., 2 figures, 1 table. $3

USGS CIR 725 : 1975 : Geological estimates of undiscovered recoverable oil and gas resources in the United States. By Betty M. Miller, Harry L. Thomsen, Gordon L. Dolton, Anny B. Coury, Thomas A. Hendricks, Frances E. Lennartz, Richard B. Powers, Edward G. Sable, and Katharine L. Varnes. 78p., 39 figs., 8 tables. $1

USGS CIR 726: 1975 : Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States—1975. By D. E. White and D. L. Williams, editors. 155p., 16 figs., 28 tables. $1

USGS CIR 730 : 1976 : Geologic appraisal of the petroleum potential of offshore Southern California : the borderland compared to onshore coastal basins. By James C. Taylor. 43p., 11 figs., 11 tables. $1

USGS CIR 790: 1979 : Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States - 1978. Edited by L. J. P. Muffler. 163p., 27 figs., 20 tables. $15

USGS CIR 833: 1980 : Geological studies on the COST No. B-3 Well, U.S. Mid-atlantic continental shelf area. 132p. (minor marks) $10

USGS CIR 850-A : 1980 : Mount St. Helens Volcanic-Ash fall in the Bull Run watershed, Oregon, March-June, 1980. 15p., illus. $10

USGS CIR 850-G : 1981 : Effects of Mount St. Helens eruption on selected lakes in Washington. 25p., illus. (lower edge bumped) $10

USGS CIR 858-A: 1981 : Preliminary metallogenic map of North America: a numerical listing of deposits. By Philip W. Guild. 93p., 5 tables. $12

USGS CIR 930-A : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—manganese. 22p. $1

USGS CIR 930-B : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—chromium. 41p. $1

USGS CIR 930-C : 1984 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—phosphate. 41p. $1

USGS CIR 930-E : 1986 : International Strategic minerals inventory summary report—platinum-group metals. 34p. $1

USGS CIR 930-F : 1987 : International strategic minerals inventory summary report—cobalt. 54p. $1

USGS CIR 930-J : 1990 : International strategic minerals inventory summary report—tin. 52p. $1

USGS CIR 1053 : 1990 : Probabilities of Large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region, California. By the Workiung Group on California Earthquake Probabilities. 51p., 13 figs., 13 tables. $7

USGS CIR 1063 : 1991 : Mineral resource information sources in the western United States. 52p. $1

USGS CIR 1066 : 1990 : Tecumseh’s prophecy : prpeparing for the next New Madrid earthquake. A plan for an intensified study of the New Madrid seismic zone. Edited by Robert M. Hamilton and Arch C. Johnston. With contributions by the participants in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Workshop, November 15-16, 1989. 30p., 11 figs., 2 tables. $9

USGS CIR 1068 : 1991 : The Conterminous U. S. Mineral Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Rolla 1° x 2° quadrangle, Missouri. 10p. $1

USGS CIR 1130 : 1995 : Look before you build. Geologic studies for safer land development in the San Francisco Bay area. (Public Issues in Earth Science). 54p., heavily illustrated in color – neat publication. $7

USGS CIR 1133 : 1995 : Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92. Edited by Robert H. Meade. 140p., 60 figs., 11 tables. Among other things, the geologic and chemical setting of the Mississippi is given, and Heavy metals, nutrients, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and other contaminants are discussed. $38

Department of the Interior : United States Geological Survey
Division of Hydrography (= Hydrographic Branch) : Circular Series

If you need one of these circulars, you may have a print for $10 each. I have them on microfische as negatives and it takes some time and running around to get a print. The quality is not great, but it is readable. I have not yet found any of these as originals and even the USGS doesn't yet have them listed in their publications database online. They are elusive.

1. Instructions for rainfall observers of the U. S. Geological Survey. 1889. 4p., 1 figure.

2. Instructions for observing air temperature, humidity, and the direction and force of wind. 7p., 1 figure, 1 table. Stamped 1896 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

3. Vapor Pressure, Dew-point, and relative humidity tables. Adapted to the Whirled (or sling) psychrometer. Construction and use of table. 4 (double) pages, 3 tables. Stamped 1896 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

4. Instructions for observing evaporation. 3 p., 1 figure. The librarian at the Reston library told me this date was 1899, but there is no publish date on the circular.

5. Hydrographic surveys. 1896. 10p. By F. H. Newell.

6. Annual Reports. 1898. 4p. By F. H. Newell. This pertains to the annual Progress Reports of the Division of Hydrography.

7. Reservoir surveys. 1899. 4p. By F. H. Newell.

8. Measurement of turbidity and color. (Quality of River Water) 1902. 4p., 1 table. By F. H. Newell.

9. Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Water. (Water Analysis). 6p., 3 tables. Stamped 1903 by the receiving library, but no publish date on it.

Geology Home - - Order - - Order FAQs - - About us - - Contact us - - Condition and Glossary - - Search hints - - Fulgurite
Companion store - Life magazines