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Hydrologic and Geologic Reconnaissance of Pinto Basin Joshua Tree National Monument, Riverside County, California

CONTENTS

Cover

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation
Location of the area
Previous investigations and acknowledgments

Physiography and geology

General features
Geologic units

Water resources

Surface water
Ground water
   Occurrence
   Source and movement
   Chemical quality and temperature
   Fluctuations of water level
   Pumpage
   Perennial yield
   Ground-water storage capacity
   Relation of storage capacity to perennial yield

References



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Thomas B. Nolan, Director




ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

28. Map of Pinto basin and vicinity (omitted from the online edition)

FIGURE

64. Map of part of southern California
65. Hydrograph of wells 1, 2, and 9
66. Hydrograph of well 2, February 12-March 13, 1956
67. Hydrograph of well 2, February 9-12, 1956
68. Hydrograph of well 2, May 18-19, 1957
69. Hydrograph of well 2, May 19-June 26, 1957


TABLES

TABLE

1. Drillers' logs of wells
2. Summary of pumping-test data
3. Data on wells
4. Chemical analyses of water
5. Water levels in wells
6. Pumpage from wells in Pinto basin by the Kaiser Steel Corp. for the calendar years 1952-59


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