Publications

Jan C. (Wilt) Rasmussen - Geology Books & Articles

(arranged by topic, then by year with most recent first)

Economic Geology

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Rasmussen, J.C., Keith, S.B., Swan, M.M., Laux, D. P., and Caprara, J., 2003, Strike-slip faulting and reservoir development in New York State:  New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY, Contract Agreement no. 6984,  161 p.

Keith, S.B., Rasmussen, J.C., Swan, M.M., and Laux, D.P., 2003, Cracks of the world: global strike-slip fault systems and giant resource accumulations: Houston Geological Society Bulletin, March 2003, v. 45, no. 7, p. 33-41.

Rasmussen, Jan C., and others, 1997, Natural Resources Final Report, Yucca Mountain Area, Nye County, Nevada: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System, Management & Operating Contractor, Document Identifier #B00000000-01717-5700-00005, Rev. 00, June 2, 1997, 1000 p.

Ludington, S., Cox, D., and others, 1996, Database for a national mineral resource assessment of undiscovered deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the conterminous 48 United States: U. S. Geological Survey open-file report on CD-ROM.

Wilt, Jan C., 1995, Correspondence of alkalinity and ferric/ferrous ratios of igneous rocks associated with various types of porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F. W., and Bolm, J. G., editors, Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 20, p. 180-200.

Wilt, Jan C., 1993, Geochemical patterns of hydrothermal mineral deposits associated with calc-alkalic and alkali-calcic igneous rocks as evaluated with neural networks: Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Ph. D. dissertation, 721 p.

Eyde, Ted, and Wilt, Jan C., 1989, Arizona industrial minerals; a growing industry in transition, in Jenney, J. P., and Reynolds, S. J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 17, p. 741-758.

Wilt, Jan C., and McAllister, Lon, 1988, Mineral resource survey for the proposed master land withdrawal, Naval Air Facility, El Centro, California: prepared for the Department of the Navy, Western Division Naval Facilities, Engineering Command, San Bruno, California, according to Bureau of Land Management requirements, 95 p., maps, appendices.

Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B., 1987, Correlation of magma alkalinity with metal contents in Tertiary and Cretaceous ore deposits, S. CA, AZ, and NM (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 893.

Wilt, J. C., Keith, S. B., and Theodore, T. G., 1984, A listing and map showing molybdenum occurrences in Arizona: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-830, 62 p., scale 1:1,100,000.

Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B. Keith, 1984, Metallogeny of Arizona lode gold production (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 697.

Keith, Stanley B., Swan, Monte M., and Wilt, Jan C., 1984, Regional gold exploration models for the Mojave region (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 556-557.

Wilt, Jan C., Keith, Stanley B., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Huber, Donald F., and Theodore, Ted G. Jr., 1984, Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-9, 1432 p.

Keith, Stanley B., Schnabel, Lorraine, DeWitt, Ed, Gest, Don E., and Wilt, Jan C., 1984, Map, description and bibliography of the mineralized areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona: U. S. Geological Survey open-file report 84-0086, 129 p.

Wilt, Jan C., and Scarborough, Robert B., 1981, Cenozoic sediments, volcanics and related uranium in the Basin and Range Province of Arizona, in Goodell, P. C., and Waters, A. C., editors, Uranium in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology No. 13, p. 123-143.

Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Arizona molybdenum minerals as keys to metallogenic types (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, no. 6, p. 309.

Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Arizona molybdenum minerals as keys to metallogenic types (abstract): U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, p. 9.

Keith, Stanley B., and Wilt, Jan C., 1980, Molybdenum in Arizona: Fieldnotes from the State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, v. 10, no. 3, p. 1-3, 7-9, 12.

Scarborough, Robert, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1979, A study of uranium favorability of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, Basin and Range Province, Arizona, Part I, General geology and chronology of pre-late Miocene sedimentary rocks: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Open-file report; U. S. Geological Survey Open-file report 79-1429, 101 p.

Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Coal, Oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, 289 p.

Peirce, H. Wesley, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1970, Coal, in Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Coal, Oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, p. 11-41.

Peirce, H. Wesley, and Wilt, Jan Carol, 1970, Oil, natural gas, and helium, in Peirce, H. Wesley, Keith, Stanton B., and Wilt, Jan Carol, Oil, Natural gas, Helium, and Uranium in Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182, p. 43-101.

Popular Geology

Rasmussen, Jan C., 2012, Geologic History of Arizona: Rocks & Minerals, v. 87, no. 1, p. 56-63. preprint

Rasmussen, Jan C., 2010, How to Identify Rocks and Minerals: Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 100 p., (included in Teacher Kit).

Wilt, J. C., 1993, Geology around Tucson, a guide for educators: Tucson chapter, AIME (American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers), 126 p.

Poulton, M., Kemeny, J., Colombo, A., Wilt, J., Canty, S., and Jimmerson, N., 1992, Minerals, Where and Why; a MacIntosh program for students in grades 1-6: Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering.

Regional Geology and Tectonics

Finn, V. J., Wilt, J. C., Horstman, K. C., and Barnett, K. C., 1989, Morphostructural analysis of the North American Cordillera as indicated by tectonics, geomorphology, geophysics, geology, and metallogenesis: 28th International Geological Congress, Washington, D.C., Abstracts.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1986, Laramide orogeny in Arizona and adjacent regions: a strato-tectonic synthesis, in Beatty, B., and Wilkinson, P.A.K., editors, Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the Southwest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 16, p. 502-554.

Keith, S. B., and Wilt, J.C., 1985, Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic orogenesis of Arizona and adjacent regions: a strato-tectonic approach, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., editors, Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Rocky Mountain Section - Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Symposium 3, p. 403-437.

Nations, Dale, Wilt, J.C., and Hevly, R.H., 1985, Cenozoic paleogeography of Arizona, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., editors, Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Rocky Mountain Section, Symposium 3, p. 335-355.

Wilt, Jan C., and Hix, Gary L., 1985, Geological causes of the hydrogeology of southern Arizona's Basin and Range Province, in Lehr, Jay H., and Butcher, Kathy, editors, Proceedings of the Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, western regional ground water conference: National Water Well Association, Worthington, OH, Western Regional Ground Water Conference, January 15-16, 1985, p. 281-304.

Scarborough, Robert, Meader, Norman, Wilt, Jan C., and Keith, Stanley B., 1983, Reconnaissance geology of the northern Plomosa Mountains: University of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Open-file Report 83-24, 35 p.

Field Trips

Keith, Stanley B., Wilt, Jan C., and Scarborough, Robert, 1983, Day 1 - Parker to northern Plomosa Mountains via Plomosa Road: Arizona Geological Society, Fall Field Trip 1983, p. 1-32.

Keith, Stanley B., and Wilt, Jan C., 1983, Decretion: Laramide Cordilleran tectonics in the Tucson region: Arizona Geological Society, 1983 Spring Field Trip.

Wilt, Jan C., 1979, Colorado Plateau field trip: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Fieldnotes, v. 9, no. 4, p. 3, 8.

Keith, S.B., Wilt, J.C., Deal, E., Clemons, R., Lynch, D., and Forrester, J., 1978, First day: Road log from Lordsburg to Douglas via Granite Gap and San Bernardino Valley with an extension to the southern end of the Mule Mountains, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 1-30.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Second day road log from Douglas to Tucson via Bisbee, Tombstone, Charleston, Fort Huachuca and Sonoita, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 31-76.

Keith, S.B., Lehman, N.E., Sell, J.D., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Supplemental road log no. 1, Tucson to Benson via Nogales, Patagonia, Sonoita and Whetstone Junction, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 88-104.

Keith, S.B., and Wilt, J.C., 1978, Supplemental Road Log no. 3, Tucson to Lordsburg via Interstate 10, in Callender, J.F., Wilt, J.C., and Clemons, R.E., editors, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, p. 112-124.

Editor

Callender, Jon F., Wilt, Jan C., Clemons, R.E., and James, H.L., editors, 1978, Land of Cochise, Southeastern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, Twenty-ninth Field Conference, 372 p.

Wilt, Jan C., and Jenney, Judith P., editors, 1976, Tectonic Digest: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 10, 430 p.

Bibliography

Vuich, John S., and Wilt, Jan C., 1974, Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Arizona, 1965-1970: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 190, 155 p.

Stratigraphy

Mattson, S. R., Clayton, R. W., Ely, R. W., Wilt, J. C., Nelson, S. T., Castellanous, M., and Matthusen, A. C., 1994, Yucca Mountain Project draft stratigraphic compendium: prepared for U. S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC01-91W00134, 171 p.

Schreiber, Joseph F., Pine, Gordon L., Pipkin, Bernard W., Robinson, Richard C., and Wilt, Jan C., 1972, Sedimentologic studies in the Willcox Playa area, Cochise County, Arizona, in Reeves, C.C., Jr., editor, Playa Lake Symposium: International Center for Arid and Semi-arid Land Studies, Lubbock, Texas, Publication No. 4, p. 133-184.

Wilt, Jan Carol, 1971, Fossils of Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Open-file Report 71-1, 400 p.

Wilt, Jan Carol, 1969, Petrology and stratigraphy of the Colina Limestone (Permian) in Cochise County, Arizona: University of Arizona, Tucson, unpublished M.S. thesis, 117 p.

Rasmussen, Jan Carol, 1965, Some features of wind deposits near Willcox Playa, Cochise County, Arizona: University of Arizona, Tucson, unpublished Honors thesis, 41 p.

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