USGS B 1016

The Wishbone Hill district, Matanuska coal field, Alaska

• Authors:

  Barnes, F.F., and Payne, T.G.

• Publication Date:

  1956

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage

• Citation ID:

  3461

Bibliographic Reference

Barnes, F.F., and Payne, T.G., 1956, The Wishbone Hill district, Matanuska coal field, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1016, 88 p., 14 sheets.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • b1016.pdf (17.0 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Plate 1, Geologic map of eastern part of Wishbone Hill district, Matanuska coal field, Alaska, scale 1:12,000 (6.6 M)
  • Plate 2, Geologic map of western part of Wishbone Hill district, scale 1:12,000 (9.0 M)
  • Plate 3, Geologic map of Eska mine and vicinity, scale 1:3,000 (2.6 M)
  • Plate 4, Geologic map of Evan Jones mine and vicinity, scale 1:3,000 (4.9 M)
  • Plate 5, Correlated stratigraphic sections along northwest side of Wishbone Hill (128.0 K)
  • Plate 7, Geologic structure sections through the Eska and Evan Jones mines (109.0 K)
  • Plate 8, Geologic map of the northwestern part of the Wishbone Hill district, scale 1:6,000 (8.7 M)
  • Plate 9, Geologic structure sections of the northwestern part of the Wishbone Hill district (91.0 K)
  • Plate 10, Correlated stratigraphic sections in the Eska-Jonesville area of Wishbone Hill district (64.0 K)
  • Plate 11, Sections of coal beds in eastern part of Wishbone Hill district (316.0 K)
  • Plate 14, Graphic logs of drill holes 9-12 west of Jonesville, showing probable correlation of coal beds (61.0 K)
  • Plate 17, True-thickness logs of coal beds in diamond-drill holes along Moose Creek (102.0 K)
  • Plate 18, Sections of coal beds in Primier coal group in western part of Wishbone Hill district (115.0 K)
  • Plate 20, Map showing mined-out areas of coal beds in Evan Jones mine (1.2 M)

Keywords

Bedrock; Bedrock Geology; Coal; Generalized; Geology; Surficial

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