Minerals, lands, and geology for the common defence and general welfare
Subtitle: a history of public lands, Federal science and mapping policy, and development of mineral resources in the United States
By: by Mary C. Rabbitt.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Geological Survey (U.S.); Public lands -- United States -- History.; Mineral lands -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Subtitle varies.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Before 1879.; title: v. 2. 1879-1904.; title: v. 3. 1904-1939.