Branch of Mineral Classification handbook of instructions
Subtitle: procedures for the classification of public lands
By: U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Division
Contributors: Geological Survey (U.S.). Conservation Division
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Division
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals; Public lands; Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Mineral Classification; Geological Survey (U.S.).
Other titles: Mineral Classification handbook of instructions; Mineral classification handbook
Description: "This handbook of instruction for field geologists of the Branch of Mineral Classification, Conservation Division, has been prepared with the object of effecting uniform methods of land classification to provide an appropriate basis for leasing and development of the minerals specified in the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended ́Œ This handbook is not intended to be a manual of surveying instructions or map-making techniques"--Page iv.
Notes: "July 1, 1960"--Leaf ii.

"Prepared for administrative use."

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-205).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Base maps and materials; title: Mapping standards and techniques; title: Record data preparation; title: Classification : formal classification ; informal classification; title: Other procedures; title: Classification standards and charts; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix A : Procedure for collecting channel samples of coal; title: Appendix B : Check list for field description of coal bed.