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• Moyle, P.R., and Kayser, H.Z., 2006, Spatial database of mining-related features in 2001 at selected phosphate mines, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, and Caribou Counties, Idaho:  U.S. Geological Survey, Data Series 223, 58 p.
• Evans, J.G., Moyle, P.R., Frank, D.G., and Olson, D.W., 2006, Garnet—An Essential Industrial Mineral and January’s Birthstone:  U.S. Geological Survey, Fact Sheet 2006-3149.
• Moyle, P.R., Wallis, John, Bliss, J.D., and Bolm, Karen, 2004, Digital database of selected aggregate and related resources in Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, and Owyhee Counties, southwest Idaho, with geotechnical data for sand and gravel sites: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2004-1067, 560 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Piper, D.Z., 2003, Western Phosphate Field – Depositional and Economic deposit models, in James Hein, ed., Life Cycle of the Phosphoria Formation - from Deposition to the Post-Mining Environment: Elsevier, Chapter 21, p. 575-598.
• Bliss, J.D., Moyle, P.R., and Long, K.R., editors, 2003, Contributions to Industrial-Minerals Research: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209.
• Bliss, J.D., Moyle, P.R., and Long, K.R., 2003, Preface-an overview of recent U.S. Geological Survey research in industrial minerals: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209-A, 2 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Dolley, T.P., 2003, With or without salt - comparison of marine and continental-lacustrine diatomite deposits: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209-D, 8 p.
• Dolley, T.P., and Moyle, P.R., 2003, History and overview of the U.S. diatomite mining industry: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209-E.
• Bolm K.S., Wallace, A.R., Moyle, P.R., Bliss, J.D., and Orris, G.J., 2003, Preliminary bibliography of lacustrine diatomite occurrences and deposits of Western United States: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209-F, 19 p.
• Evans, J.G., and Moyle, P.R., 2006, U.S. industrial garnet: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2209-L, 60 p.
• Bliss, J.D., Moyle, P.R., and Bolm, K.S., 2002, Statistical, economic and other tools for assessing natural aggregate:  Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, v. 62, n. 1, p. 71-75.
• Moyle, P.R., and others, 2001, Western Phosphate Field Geology, Production, and Current Research, in Bon, R.L., Riordan, R.F., Tripp, B.T., and Krukowski, S.T., editors, Proceedings of the 35th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals - the Intermountain West Forum 1999, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2-7: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 01-2, p. 139-150.
• Moyle, P.R., and Causey, J.D., 2001, Chemical composition of samples collected from waste rock dumps and other mining-related features at selected phosphate mines in southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and northern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-411, 38 p.
• Bliss, J.D., and Moyle, P.R., 2001, Assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the lower Boise River Valley area, Idaho:  U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-130.
• Causey, J.D., and Moyle, P.R., 2001, Digital database of mining-related features at selected historic and active phosphate mines, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, and Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-142, 50 p.
• Moyle, Phillip, and Fay, Jody, 1996, Geophysical investigations, in staff, Western Field Operations Center and Spokane Research Center, Preliminary characterization, Silver Crescent Mill Tailings and Mine site, East Fork Moon Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9446, p. 88-97 and appendices.
• Iverson, S.R., McNary, S.W., Moyle, P.R., Linne, J.M., and Fay, J.M., 1995, Abandoned mine lands site characterization, Katherine Mine, mill, and tailings site, Mohave County, Arizona: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report MLA 13-95, prepared for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, National Park Service, 61 p. and appendices.
• McNary, Sam, Joseph, Linne, Mitch, Moyle, Phil, Munts, Steve, Olson, Jerry, Reigel, Larry, Reisenburg, Ronette, Robinson, Steve, and Zilka, Nick, 1995, Pilot inventory of inactive and abandoned mine lands, East Fork Pine Creek watershed, Shoshone County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 10-95, prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Coeur d' Alene District, Idaho, 204 p.
• Moyle, P.R., Fay, J.M., and Friedel, M.J., 1994, Integrated geophysical characterization of mine-waste sites in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, Idaho, in Bell, R.S., and Lepper, C.M., editors, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems: Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 857-868.
• Moyle, P.R., and Cather, E.E., 1992, Mineral diversity in the California Desert Conservation Area: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 62-92, 67 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Buehler, A.R., 1990, Site-specific investigation of a cobalt/manganese occurrence in the Million Hills study area, Clark County, Nevada: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 3-90, 41 p., 2 plates.
• Moyle, P.R., and Buehler, A.R., 1989, A study of the Central Part of the Independence Mining District, Park and Sweet Grass Counties, Montana, in French, D.E., and Grabb, R.F., editors, Geologic Resources of Montana: Montana Geological Society, 1989 Field Conference Guidebook - Montana Centennial Edition, Volume I, p. 383-392, 1 plate.
• Moyle, P.R., Buehler, A.R., Olson, J.E., Mayerle, R.T., and Graham, D.E., 1989, Mineral resources of the central part of the Independence Mining District, Park and Sweet Grass Counties, Montana: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 4-89, 146 p., 3 plates.
• Moyle, P.R., Olson, J.E., and Gaps, R.S., 1988, Identified resources, in Goldfarb, R.J., Miller, D.M., Simpson, R.W., Hoover, D.B., Moyle, P.R., Olson, J.E., and Gaps, R.S., Mineral resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1712-D, 70 p., 1 plate.
• Vander Meulen, D.B., Griscom, Andrew, King, H.D., and Moyle, P.R., 1988, Mineral resources of the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1740-D, 14 p.
• Vander Meulen, D.B., Griscom, Andrew, King, H.D., Vercoutere, T.L., and Moyle, P.R., 1988, Mineral resources of the Home Creek Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1740-C, 12 p.
• Moyle, P.R., 1987, Mineral resources of the Blitzen River study area, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 56-87, 14 p.
• Moyle, P.R., 1987, Mineral Resources of the Home Creek Study Area, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 58-87, 13 p.
• Ridenour, James, Moyle, P.R., Willett, S.L., and Gabby, P.N., 1987, Mineral resources of the Whipple Mountains Study Area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 50-87, 104 p., 2 plates.
• Toth, M.I., Martin, R.I., Moyle, P.R., and Winters, R.A., 1987, Mineral resources of the Hell's Half Acre Wilderness Study Area, Bingham and Bonneville Counties, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1718-A, 11 p.
• Toth, M.I., Nevins, B.B., Kulik D.M., Buehler, A.R., and Moyle, P.R., 1987, Mineral resources of the Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln County, Idaho, and the Raven's Eye Wilderness Study Area, Blaine and Lincoln Counties, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1721-C, 14 p.
• Toth, M.I., Stoneman, R.J., Kulik, D.M., and Moyle, P.R., 1987, Mineral resources of the Gooding City of Rocks East and West Wilderness Study Areas, Gooding County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1721-A, 17 p.
• Moyle, P.R., Olson, J.E., and Gaps, R.S., 1986, Mineral resources of the Providence Mountains study area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 47-86, 306 p., 1 plate.
• Moyle, P.R., and Buehler, A.R., 1986, Mineral resources of the Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Area, Owyhee County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 63-86, 11 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Buehler, A.R., 1986, Mineral resources of the Bruneau River and Jarbidge River Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 5-87, 30 p.
• Buehler, A.R., and Moyle, P.R., 1986, Mineral resources of the Raven's Eye Wilderness Study Area, Blaine and Lincoln Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 76-86, 17 p.
• Moyle, P.R., 1985, Mineral resources of the Gooding City of Rocks study areas, Gooding County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 46-85, 49 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Gabby, P.N., 1985, Mineral resources of part of the Whipple Mountain Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 39-85, 50 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Winters, R.A., 1985, Mineral resources of the Hell's Half Acre Wilderness Study Area (BLM No. ID-33-15), Bingham and Bonneville Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 28-85, 21 p.
• Sherrod, D.R., and Moyle, P.R., 1984, Diamond Peak Wilderness, Oregon, in Marsh, S.P., Kropschot, S.J., and Dickinson, R.G., editors, Wilderness mineral potential - assessment of mineral-resource potential in U.S. Forest Service lands studied 1964-1984: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1300, p. 866-868.
• Sherrod, D.R., Moyle, P.R., Rumsey, C.M., and MacLeod, N.S., 1983, Geology and mineral resource potential map of the Diamond Peak Wilderness, Lane and Klamath Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-661, 12 p.
• Ridenour, James, Moyle, P.R., and Willett, S.L., 1982, Mineral occurrences in the Whipple Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California, in Frost, E. G., and Martin, D. L., editors, Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colorado River region, California, Arizona, and Nevada (Anderson-Hamilton Volume - in conjunction with a symposium and field trip for the Geological Society of America): Cordilleran Publishers, San Diego, p. 69-75.
• Marsh, S.P., Moyle, P.R., Knox, R.D., Howard, K.A., Raines, G.L., Hoover,Donald, Simpson, R.W., and Rumsey, C.M., 1982, Mineral resources potential of the Sheep Hole-Cadiz Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California, summary report, in Fife, D.L., and others, editors, Geology and mineral wealth of the California Transverse Ranges - Mason Hill Volume: South Coast Geological Society, p. 611-628.
• Marsh, S.P., Ridenour, James, Raines, G.L., Howard, K.A., Simpson, R.W., Moyle, P.R., Willett, S.L., and Hoover, D.P., 1982, Mineral-resource potential of the Whipple Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-312), San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-956, 36 p.
• Ridenour, James, Moyle, P.R., and Willett, S.L., 1982, Mineral resources of the Whipple Mountains W.S.A., San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 29-82, 34 p.
• Marsh, S.P., Moyle, P.R., Knox, R.D., Howard, K.A., Raines, G.L., Hoover, D.P.,Simpson, R.W., and Rumsey, C.M., 1982, Mineral resource potential of the Sheep Hole/Cadiz Wilderness Study Area (BLM), San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-957, 37 p., 1 plate.
• Moyle, P.R., and Rumsey, C.M., 1982, Mineral investigation of the Sheep Hole/Cadiz Wilderness Study Area (BLM), San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 110-82, 36 p.
• Moyle, P.R., and Rumsey, C.M., 1982, Mineral resources of the Diamond Peak Wilderness and proposed addition, Lane and Klamath Counties, Oregon: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 23-82, 10 p.

Abstracts & Posters

• Grauch, R.I., Meeker, G.P., Herring, J.R., Tysdal, R.G., Desborough, G.A., Johnson, E.A., and Moyle, P.R., 2000, Selenium, phosphate mining and the environment [abstract]: Northwest Mining Association 106th Annual Meeting, USGS Open Industry Briefing, December 5, 2000.
• Moyle, P.R., Jasinski, S.M., Mars, J.C., and project staff, 1999, Geoenvironmental research and resource assessment in the Western U.S. Phosphate Field - current status and preliminary findings [poster]: 35th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Industrial Minerals of the Intermountain West, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2-7, 1999.
• Grauch, R.I., Meeker, G.P., Desborough, G.A., Tysdal, R.G., Herring, J.R., and Moyle, P.R., 1999, Selenium residence in the Phosphoria Formation [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A35.
• Moyle, P.R., and project staff, 1999, Geologic and Geoenvironmental Studies of the Western Phosphate Field [abstract]: Northwest Mining Association 105th Annual Meeting, USGS Open Industry Briefing, Tuesday, November 30, 1999, p. 4.
• Moyle, P.R., Iverson, S.R., McNary, S.W., and Fay, J.M., 1995, Characterization of abandoned & inactive mine sites: Katherine Mine, Arizona - a case history [abstract]: U.S. Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment and Safety, April 24-28, 1995, Colorado Springs, CO, p. 36.
• Moyle, P.R., and Fay, J.M., 1994, Characterization of abandoned & inactive mine sites [abstract]: Northwest Mining Association 100TH Annual Convention, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open Industry Briefing, November 29, 1994, Spokane, WA.
• Weldin, R.D., and Moyle, Phillip, 1991, Potential for mineral development in the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) [abstract]: Environmental Management for the 1990's Symposium, SME Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, p. 102.
• Ireton, M.F., Moyle, P.R., and Hellie, Robert, 1979, Black Butte volcanic area [abstract]: Idaho Academy of Sciences, 21st Annual Meeting, University of Idaho, Program and Abstracts.

Outreach Articles

• Zilka, Nick, and Moyle, Phil, 1991, Eureka, I found it!: Miner Details, U.S. Bureau of Mines Employee Newsletter, v. 3, no. 3, p. 15.
• Baker, F.L., (Moyle, P.R.), 1990, WFOC geologist learns from Boy Scouts and Explorers: Miner Details, U.S. Bureau of Mines Employee Newsletter, v. 2, no. 2, p. 4

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