United States Geological Survey, Bureau

Detailed information concerning the location and analysis of limestone deposits in the United States can be obtained from the various state geological surveys, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Descriptive summaries of the limestone deposits in the various states have beenpubhshed (5,6). 

Individual states and provinces will have equivalent departments or ministries. In Texas, the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas, Austin, began operations in 1909. In addition to functioning as a research unit at the University of Texas, Austin, it is also the State Geological Survey and the Regional Lead Organization for the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council http //www.beg.utexas.edu/ (accessed July 23,2010). 

This Third Edition is the third major U.S. compendium on thermochemical properties to be published in SI units with a standard-state pressure of 1 bar (0.1 MPa). The other two publications originated with the U.S. Bureau of Standards and the U.S. Geological Survey. ... 

Employment Service, 281 Geological Survey, 269 Patent Office, 35, 38 Public Roads Administration, 269 Superintendent of Documents, 342 Tariff Commission, 38 United States Navy, Bureau of Ships, 342 University of Chicago Press, 287... 

Major changes at the governmental level in the United States assumed increasing importance as several hydrologic agencies were created in the nineteenth century the Army Corps of Engineers in 1802, the Weather Bureau in 1870 (now called the National Weather Service), the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Mississippi River Commission in 1879. 

Several sources report lead production figures for the United States and the rest of the world as used in this chapter. Principal sources are those from the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Other sources are as footnoted in various tables. The U.S. domestic lead production figures for three periods—1720—1824, 1825—1899, and 1900—2009—are presented in this section. The periods 1720—1824 and 1825—1899 are covered in Table 3.1, while Table 3.2 presents primary annual production rates and diverse other categorical statistics for the period 1900—2009. 

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