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Bliss, J.D., 1993, Modeling sand and gravel deposits--initial strategy and preliminary examples: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-200, 31p.
Bliss, J.D., 1999, Quantitative models for aggregate; some types and examples from Oklahoma carbonate rocks, in Johnson, K.S., ed., Proceedings of the 34th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, 1998: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 102, p. 37-45.
Bliss, J.D., and Page, N.J, 1994, Modeling surficial sand and gravel deposits: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 3, no. 3, p. 237-249.
Bliss, J. D., 1998, Aggregate modeling and assessment, in Bobrowsky, P.T., ed., Aggregate Resources; a global perspective: Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema Publishers, p. 255-274.
Cox, L.J., 1999, An evaluation of sand and gravel resources in and near the Prescott National Forest in the Verde Valley, Arizona, with a section on Evaluation of sand and gravel resources using selected engineering variables by J. D. Bliss and Robert J. Miller: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-127, 38 p. (http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-127/)
Langer, W.H., Knepper, D.H., Green, G.N., and Bliss, J.D., 1996, An objective sytem for interpretation of geologic maps in regional assessments of natural aggregate: Phoenix, Ariz., Mar. 11-14, 1996, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Annual Meeting, Preprint, 4 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Alaska --basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-426, 118 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Arizona -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-427, 206 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, California -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part A: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-428A, 109 p. (appendices and references)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, California -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part B: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-428B, 860 p. (microfiche, full data set).
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Central and Eastern United States -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-440, 87 p. (data for Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Colorado -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-429, 176 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Hawaii -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-430, 24 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Idaho -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part A: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-431A, 64 p. (appendices and references)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Idaho -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part B: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-431B, 509 p. (microfiche, full data set)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Montana -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-432, 116 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Nevada -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part A: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-433A, 102 p. (appendices and references)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Nevada -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM, Part B: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-433B, 712 p. (microfiche, full data set)
Bliss, J.D., 1983, New Mexico -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-434, 175 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Oregon -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-435, 247 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Texas -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-436, 437 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Utah -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-437, 385 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Washington State -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-438, 50 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Wyoming -- basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-439, 216 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1984, Geothermal data from GEOTHERM for the United States: National Technical Information Service computer tape PB84-107705. Bliss, J.D., 1986, Management of the life and death of an earth-science database: Some examples from GEOTHERM: Computers and Geosciences, v. 12, no. 2, p. 199-205.
Bliss, J.D., 1986, Management of earth-science data bases and a small matter of data quality, in Hanley, J.T., and Merriam, D.F., eds., Microcomputer applications in Geology: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 113-120.
Bliss, J.D., 1995, Evaluation of data, in Bliss, J.D., ed., Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, Mexico; chemical analyses and other data for 58 samples collected in 1977-1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-514, p. 13-75.
Bliss, J.D., and Rapport, Amy, 1983, GEOTHERM--The U.S. Geological Survey Geothermal Information System: Computers and Geosciences, v. 9, no. 1, p. 35-39.
Bliss, J.D., Friedland, M.J., and Hodson, Julia, 1976, Format for acquiring rapid data analysis capabilities of STORET data--Manipulation of National Eutrophication Survey water quality data: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring Series EPA-600-76-057, 13 p.
Mariner, R.H., Brook, C.A., Reed, M.J., Bliss, J.D., Rapport, A.L., and Lieb, R.J., 1983, Low-temperature geothermal resources in the western United States, in Reed, C.A., ed., Assessment of low-temperature geothermal resources of the United States--1982: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 8912, p. 31-50.
Reed, M.J., and Bliss, J.D., 1983, Geothermal resources and their use for small-scale development, in Meyer, R.F., and Olson, J.C., ed., Future small energy resources: United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Proceedings, 1982, Conference on Small Energy Sources, p. 289-296.
Bliss, J.D., 1993, Mineral resource assesment of undiscovered mineral deposits for selected mineral deposit types in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, with a section on Mineral resource assessment of solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits by J. D. Bliss and Charles T. Pierson: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-329, 67 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1989, Quantitative estimates of undiscovered metal endowment for selected mineral deposit types in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-345, 26 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1997, Mineral resource assessment of selected nonmetallic and metallic resources of the Coconino National Forest, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-486, 262 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1999, Mineral resource assessment of selected industrial and collector minerals of the Prescott National Forest, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-305, 74 p.
Bliss, J.D., and Pierson, C.T., 1994, Mineral resource assessment of undiscovered solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-566, 16 p.
Bliss, J.D., Brosgé, W.P., Dillon, J.T., Cathrall, J.B., and Dutro, J.T., Jr., 1988, Maps and descriptions of lode and placer deposits, prospects, and occurrences in the Wiseman 1° x 3° quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-293, 54 p., 2 plates, 1:250,000.
Bliss, J.D., Brosgé, W.P., Dillon, J.T., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Cathrall, J.B., and Cady, J.W., 1988, Mineral resource assessment of the Wiseman 1° x 3° quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-533, 84 p., 3 plates, 1:250,000.
Cathrall, J.B., Dillon, J.T., Hoffman, J.D., Brosgé, W.P., and Bliss, J.D., 1987, Geochemical maps and evaluation of stream-sediment geochemical data of the Wiseman 1° x 3° quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-12, 67 p.
Drew, L.J., Bliss, J.D., Bowen, R.W., Bridges, N.J., Cox, D.P., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Houghton, J.C., Ludington, Steve, Menzie, W.D., Page, N.J, Root, D.H., and Singer, D.A., 1986, Quantification of undiscovered mineral-resource assessment -- The case study of U.S. Forest Service wilderness tracts in the Pacific Mountain System: Economic Geology, v. 81, no. 1, p. 80-88.
Lund, Karen, Alminas, H.V., Bliss, J.D., Ehmann, W.J., and Kleinkopf, M.D., 1988, Compilation of references applicable to the preliminary mineral resource assessment of the Elk City 1° x 2° quadrangle, Idaho and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-282, 19 p.
Lund, Karen, Alminas, H.V., Kleinkopf, M.D., Ehmann, W.J., and Bliss, J.D., 1990, Preliminary mineral resource assessment of the Elk City 1° x 2° quadrangle, Idaho and Montana: Compilation of geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral deposit information: U.S. Geological Survey 89-16, 118 p.
Susan Bartsch-Winkler, eds., 1997, Mineral and energy resources of the Mimbres Resource Area in southwestern New Mexico, with sections on Industrial and energy mineral resources of the Mimbres Resource Area, compiled by Susan Bartsch-Winkler with sections on Natural aggregate by William H. Langer, Gregory N. Green, James D. Bliss, and Daniel H. Knepper, Jr, Alunite and alum (aluminum); jarosite; marble; ricolite; scoria and pumice by Virginia T. McLemore; Fluorspar and barite by Alan R. Wallace and Virginia T. McLemore; Iron and manganese by Daniel R. Hack; Perlite by James M. Barker and Ernest F. Scharkan; Zeolites in tertiary volcaniclastic rocks by Richard A. Sheppard; Geothermal potential by Wendell A. Duffield and Susan S. Priest; Uranium occurrences by Virginia T. McLemore; and Coal resources by J. David Sanchez: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-521, 718 p. (CD ROM).
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade-tonnage and other models for diamond kimberlite pipes: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 1, no. 3, p. 214-230.
Bliss, J. D., 1992, Grade, volume, and deposit-specific models of diamond placers, in Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., eds., Industrial minerals deposit models; grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-437, p. 73-77.
Bliss, J.D., and Orris, G.J., 1992, Grade and tonnage of feldspar in pegmatites, in Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., eds., Industrial minerals deposit models; grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-437, p. 14-16.
Bliss, J.D., and Orris, G.J., 1992, Grade, and tonnage model of lithium pegmatites, in Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., eds., Industrial minerals deposit models; grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-437, p. 11-13. (I 50 DA 70 P 45)
Bliss, J.D., and Sutphin, D.M., 1992, Grade and tonnage model of amorphous graphite, in Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., eds., Industrial minerals deposit models; grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-437, p. 23-25.
Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., 1989, Industrial-rock and mineral-resource-occurrence models, in Tooker, E.W., ed., Arizona's industrial rock and mineral resources of Arizona--workshop proceedings: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1905, p 39-44.
Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., eds., 1991, Industrial mineral deposit models--descriptive deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-11a, 78 p.
Sutphin, D.M., and Bliss, J.D., 1990, Disseminated flake graphite and amorphous graphite deposit types--An analysis using grade and tonnage models: Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin, v. 83, no. 940, p. 85-89.
Bliss, J.D., 1986, Descriptive model of simple Sb deposits, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 183-184.
Bliss, J.D., 1986, Grade and tonnage for disseminated Sb, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 187-188.
Bliss, J.D., 1986, Grade and tonnage for simple Sb deposits, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 184-186.
Bliss, J.D., 1988, How to predict gold production from length of mine workings along low-sulfide gold-quartz veins: California Geology, v. 41, no. 8, p. 178-180.
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade and tonnage model of Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins, in Bliss, J.D., ed., Developments in mineral deposit modeling: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2004, p. 44-46.
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade and tonnage model of laterite-saprolite Au, in Bliss, J.D., ed., Developments in mineral deposit modeling: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2004, p. 50-51.
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade and tonnage model of thorium-rare-earth veins, in Bliss, J.D., ed., Developments in mineral deposit modeling: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2004, p. 16-18.
Bliss, J.D., 1992, Grade-tonnage and other models for diamond kimberlite pipes: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 1, no. 3, p. 214-230.
Bliss, J.D., 1994, Grade, tonnage, and other models of Blue Mountain-type Au-Ag polymetallic veins, Blue Mountains, Oregon for use in resource and environmental assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-677, 33 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1994, Mineral deposit modeling using components for complex mineral deposits; mixed base- and precious-metal veins of the Idaho Batholith, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-690, 53 p.
Bliss, J.D., and Cox, D.P., 1986, Grade and tonnage model of polymetallic veins, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 125-129.
Bliss, J.D., and Jones, G.M., 1988, Mineralogic and grade-tonnage information on low-sulfide Au-quartz veins: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-229, 99 p.
Bliss, J.D., and Menzie, W.D., 1994, Spatial mineral deposit models and the prediction of undiscovered mineral deposits, in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I., and Duke, J.M., eds., Mineral deposit modeling: Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 40, p. 693-706.
Bliss, J.D., and Menzie, W.D., 1995, Preliminary grade and volume model of alluvial Sn-Au placers: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-649, 14 p.
Bliss, J.D., and Olson, S.S., 1992, The gold rush in Madre de Dios Department, Peru: Mining Engineering, v. 44, no. 7, p. 693-695.
Bliss, J.D., McKelvey, G.E., and Allen, M. S., 1990, Application of grade and tonnage deposit models; the search for ore deposits possibly amenable to small-scale mining: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-412, 24 p.
Bliss, J.D., Orris, G.J., and Menzie, W.D., 1987, Changes in grade, volume, and contained gold during the mining life-cycle of gold placer deposits: Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin, v. 80, no. 903, p. 75-80.
Bliss, J.D., Sutphin, D.M., Mosier, D.L., and Allen, M.S., 1992, Grade-tonnage and target-area models of Au-Ag-Te veins associated with alkalic rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-208, 15 p.
John, D.A., and Bliss, J.D., 1994, Grade and tonnage model of tungsten skarn deposits, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-005, 35 p.
Mosier, D.L., and Bliss, J.D., 1992, Introduction and overview of mineral deposit modeling, in Bliss, J.D., ed., Developments in mineral deposit modeling: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2004, p. 1-5.
Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., 1985b, Geologic and grade-volume data on 330 gold placer deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-213, 172 p.
Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D., 1986, Grade and volume models of placer Au-PGE, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 261-264.
Orris, G.J., Bliss, J.D., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Theodore, T.G., 1987, Description and grade and tonnages of gold-bearing skarns: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-273, 50 p.
Rao, A.T., Dodge, F.C.W., and Bliss, J.D., 1987, Oblique maps of the Northern Sierra Nevada showing locations of gold-bearing areas: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map MF-1981.
Seal, R.R., Bliss, J.D., and Campbell, D.L., 1995, Stibnite-quartz deposits, in du Bray, E.A., ed., Preliminary compilation of descriptive geoenvironmental mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-831, p. 204-208.
Singer, D.A., and Bliss, J.D., 1990, Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh, in Hanley, J.T., and Merriam, D.F., eds., Microcomputer applications in geology, II: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 241-250.
Singer, D.A., Waller, Nichelle, Mosier, D.L., and Bliss, J.D., 1997, Digital mineralogy data for 55 types of mineral deposits; Macintosh version: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-160.
Theodore, T.G., Orris, G.J., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Bliss, J.D., 1991, Gold-bearing skarns: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1930, 90 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1982, Coal reference index for the Navajo Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-282, 15 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1982, Oil, gas, and helium references index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-411, 24 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1982, Stratigraphic, structural, and tectonic references index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-731, 48 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1982, Surface and ground-water references index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-413, 16 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1982, Uranium references index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-412, 36 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1983, Geologic references index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-2, 101 p.
Bliss, J.D., 1986, Navajo Resource Assessment Project, in Resource studies of the Navajo Indian Reservation: U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Report for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 11 p.
Bernhardt, D.E., Bliss, J.D., and Eadie, G.G., 1978, Comparison of soil sampling techniques at Rocky Flats, in White, M.G., and Dunaway, P.B., eds., Selected Environmental Plutonium Research Reports of the NAEG: U.S. Dept. of Energy, NVO-192, v. 2, p. 645-672.
Bliss, J.D., 1978, Radioactivity in selected mineral extraction industries --A literature review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs Technical Note ORP/LVF-79-1, 53 p.
Kaufmann, R.F., and Bliss, J.D., 1978, Effects of phosphate mineralization and the phosphate industry on radium-226 in groundwater of Central Florida: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs Report EPA/520-6-77-010, 115 p.
Kaufmann, R.F., and Bliss, J.D., 1978, Radium-226 in groundwater of West Central Florida: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 14, no. 6, p. 1314-1330.
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