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USGS1990

Ouachitas need more exploratory drilling

The Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas are part of a mostly buried late Paleozoic fold and thrust belt that extends from Alabama to northern Mexico. The principal hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Ouachita tectonic province can be subdivided into those that produce natural gas from shallow-water units and those that produce oil and/or natural gas from deep-water units. They can also be divided into those that are fractured and those that produce from primary pore spaces or vugs. The first successful oil well in the Ouachita Mountains was drilled in 1913 or 1914. Since the discovery of the Redden field, over 800 oil and gas wells have been drilled in the Ouachita tectonic province in Oklahoma. Yet, most of the region remains little explored.

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USGS1987

Annual yield and selected hydrologic data for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1986 water year

The computed annual yield and deficiency of the subbasins as defined in the Arkansas River Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, are given in tables. Actual runoff from the subbasins and depletion caused by major reservoirs in the compact area are also given in tabular form. Monthly, maximum, minimum, and mean discharges are shown for the 14 streamflow stations used in computing annual yield. Water quality data are shown for four sites in the compact area.

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USGS1985

Annual yield and selected hydrologic data for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1984 water year

The computer annual yield and deficiency of the subbasins as defined in the Arkansas River Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, are given in tables. Actual runoff from the subbasins and depletion caused by major reservoirs in the compact area are also given in tabular form. Monthly, maximum, minimum, and mean discharges are shown for the 14 streamflow stations used in computing annual yield.

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USGS1980

Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1979 water-year

The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1. This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Arkansas Division of Soil and Water Resources. Streamflow data were furnished by the Arkansas and Oklahoma Districts of the Water Resources Division, Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. The Tulsa District also provided data from the Webbers Falls, Tenkiller Ferry, Robert S. Kerr, and Wister Reservoirs.

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USGS1979

Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1978 water year

The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1. This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Arkansas Division of Soil and Water Resources. Streamflow data were furnished by the Arkansas and Oklahoma Districts of the Water Resources Division, Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. The Tulsa District also provided data from the Webbers Falls, Tenkiller Ferry, Robert S. Kerr, and !lister Reservoirs.

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USGS1978

Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas--Oklahoma 1977 water year

The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1. This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Arkansas Division of Soil and Water Resources. Streamflow data were furnished by the Arkansas and Oklahoma Districts of the Water Resources Division, Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. The Tulsa District also provided data from the Webbers Falls, Tenkiller Ferry, Robert S. Kerr, and Wister Reservoirs.

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USGS1969

Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma

J.n 1910, G. H. Girty published a paper on the fauna of the Fayetteville Shale of northern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma in which he described 110 new taxa of fossil invertebrates. He did not, however, designate any type specimens or divulge the localities at which •the fossils were collected, nor did he illustrate the species. The present study is designed to fill the gaps in information on some of these species and to bring them as far as possible up to date and in line with the modern scheme of classification. This report deals with the corals, pelecypods, _gastropods, trilobites, and ostracodes. It does not include the brachiopods and bryozoans. The study has been performed by specialists of the U.S. Geological Survey who are contributing separate parts to the volume.

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USGS1957

Floods of April-June 1957 in Oklahoma and western Arkansas

Floods of unusual magnitude in volume for the three-month period in Oklahoma and western Arkansas resulted from several heavy rains. In one storm period 20 inches of precipitation fell within 24 hours, on May 15, 16, near Hennessey, Okla., according to information obtained by a 'bucket survey.' Total precipitation for the three-month period at many points of observation equaled the normal yearly totals. Ten lives are known to have been lost. Hundreds of families were evacuated from lowlands where homes were inundated for many days. The Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark., was above flood stage for 74 days. This report contains tabulation of peak stages and discharges for 96 gaging stations, 9 sites other than gaging stations, maximum contents of 11 reservoirs, isohyetal maps showing total precipitation by months and for the three-month period, and other data related to the floods. (available as photostat copy only)

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USGS1943

Quartz veins in the Ouachita mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma (Their relations to structure, metamorphism, and metalliferous deposits)?

An important chapter of the total geologic history of the Ouachita Mountains is revealed by the quartz veins and crystals. These and the associated minerals are hydrothermal deposits of probable magmatic origin, formed during the closing stage of the mid-Permsylvanian orogeny. The metalliferous deposits of the Ouachita Mountains appear to have been formed at the time of the quartz vein deposition. This /act should be considered in dating the lead and zinc mineralization in other areas of the Mississippi Valley region. © 1943 Society of Economic Geologists, Inc.

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USGS1929

Geology of the De Queen and Caddo Gap quadrangles, Arkansas

The field study of the geology of the De Queen and Caddo Gap quadrangles extended over a period of many years, and although the scientific and economic results from the study are here set forth fully for the first time in a single report, a number of publications have been issued that have presented some of the more important results. The field work was begun in 1907 and continued intermittently until 1925. The work in 1907 was done under a cooperative agreement between the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas Geological Survey and involved primarily an investigation of the slate deposits of west-central Arkansas but also the mapping of the rocks in the mountainous part of the Caddo Gap quadrangle. In that year A. H. Purdue, State geologist of Arkansas, had charge of the work and was assisted by R. D. Mesler and H. D. Miser. All the subsequent work in the Caddo Gap quadrangle, as well as all in the De Queen quadrangle, was done by the United States Geological Survey. The work since 1907 is briefly outlined below. In 1908 Mr. Purdue, assisted by Mr. Miser, completed the mapping of the rocks of the Caddo Gap quadrangle with the aid of valuable suggestions from C. W. Hayes, chief geologist, J. A. Taff, and E. O. Ulrich, who visited the field for several days. In 1910 Mr. Purdue, assisted by Mr. Miser, reviewed a part of the previous work in the Caddo Gap quadrangle and mapped the rocks in most of the mountainous portion of the De Queen quadrangle. In 1911 these geologists did additional work in both the De Queen and Caddo Gap quadrangles, and in 1912 Mr. Miser, assisted by Mr. Mesler, completed the mapping of the rocks in the De Queen quadrangle and then reviewed some of the earlier work in the Caddo Gap quadrangle. In 1913 Arthur Keith, and Messrs. Purdue and Miser spent several days in a field conference in the Caddo Gap quadrangle. During the conference the first identifiable fossils in the Blaylock sandstone, of Silurian age, were discovered. In 1914 Mr. Miser obtained a small collection of fossil plants from the Stanley shale near Gillham, Ark., also the first fossils from the Arkansas novaculite. In 1916 he made a special study of some of the mineral deposits of the quadrangles, including the deposits of diamonds, manganese ore, gravel, and asphalt, and in 1917 he revisited the diamond mines. An investigation of the volcanic ash and tuff in the "Bingen formation," of Upper Cretaceous age, in the Caddo Gap quadrangle and adjoining areas to the south and southwest was made in 1923 by Clarence S. Ross and Mr. Miser. Also in that year other fossil plants were collected from the Stanley shale at the earlier discovered locality near Gillham by Mr. Miser. (See pl. 9, A .) The aggregate time spent in collecting fossils at this locality was eight days, so scare are the fossils and so difficult are the conditions for collecting them. Besides the above work the authors made frequent reconnaissance studies of adjoining areas, and Mr. Miser was joined in 1923 by C. W. Honess for a field conference of a few days in the De Queen and Caddo Gap quadrangles. In 1925 Mr. Miser joined in the field Messrs. L. W. Stephenson and C. H. Dane for a few days in a study of the " Bingen " (Woodbine and Tokio) and other formations of Upper Cretaceous age in and near the Caddo Gap quadrangle. Mr. Dane was making at that time a special study of the deposits of Upper Cretaceous age in southwestern Arkansas under a cooperative agreement between the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas Geological Survey. For some of the information on the Tokio formation the present writers are indebted to Mr. Dane.

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USGS1919

Gravel deposits of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Arkansas

Several thick deposits of gravel are widely distributed along the north edge of the Gulf Coastal Plain, of which a narrow belt is embraced in the southern parts of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Ark. This belt is shown on Plate I, and its location is shown on figure 5, a key map of this region. It comprises parts of Pike, Howard, and Sevier counties and a narrow strip of Hemp- stead County, in southwestern Arkansas, and a strip along the east edge of McCurtain County, in southeastern Oklahoma. The gravels are of Lower Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, and Quaternary age, and are composed mainly of pebbles of novaculite (a variety of chert) derived from the Arkansas novaculite exposed in the Ouachita Mountain region, which is north of the Gulf Coastal Plain. They are used in making concrete, in ballasting railroads, and in the construction of wagon roads. Very small quantities of pebbles are also used in the washing plant of the Kimberlite Diamond Mining & Washing Co., at Murfreesboro, to assist in the disintegration of the altered peridotite which carries the diamonds. Interest in possible American sources of flint pebbles or substitutes therefor to be used in tube mills, in which minerals, ores, cement materials, and clinker are extensively ground in this country, has been aroused since the beginning of the present world war. This interest is due to the partial interruption of imports of flint pebbles from Denmark and France, which have supplied most of the pebbles used in this country. The main reasons for the preparation of this report are to present a description of the gravels under discussion and to indicate the possibility of their use in tube mills. The information for this report is the result of detailed field studies in the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles by the authors in 1908 and 1911 and by the senior author in 1912 and 1916. Mr. E, D. Mesler rendered valuable assistance in 1912. Much of the information is abstracted from the De Queen-Caddo Gap folio, which is nearing completion.

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