- Barnes, Phineas, 1885, The present technical condition of the steel industry of the United States: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 25, 85 p. ;24 cm.,
- Barus, Carl; Strouhal, Vincent, 1885, The electrical and magnetic properties of the iron-carburets: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 14, 238 p. :diagrs. ;24 cm.,
- Becker, George Ferdinand, 1885, Notes on the stratigraphy of California: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 19, 28 p. ;24 cm.,
- Clarke, John Mason, 1885, On the higher Devonian faunas of Ontario county, New York: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 16, 86 p. :iii pl. ;24 cm.,
- Cross, Whitman; Hillebrand, W. F., 1885, Contributions to the mineralogy of the Rocky Mountains: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 20, 114 p. :pl. ;24 cm.,
- Dall, William Healey, 1885, List of marine Mollusca comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American localities between cape Hatteras and cape Roque, including the Bermudas: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 24, 336 p. ;24 cm.,
- Gannett, Henry, 1885, Boundaries of the United States and of the several States and Territories, with a historical sketch of the territorial changes: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 13, 135 p. ;24 cm.,
- Hague, Arnold; Iddings, Joseph Paxton, 1885, On the development of crystallization in the igneous rocks of Washoe, Nevada, with notes on the Geology of the district: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 17, 44 p. ;24 cm.,
- Howe, Henry Marion, 1885, Copper smelting: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 26, 107 p. ;24 cm.,
- Irving, Roland Duer; Chamberlin, Thomas C., 1885, Observations on the junction between the Eastern sandstone and the Keweenaw series on Keweenaw Point, lake Superior: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 23, 124 p. :ill., xvii pl. (incl. front., maps) diagrs. ;24 cm.,
- Powell, J. W., 1885, Fifth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1883-1884: Annual Report 5, 469 pp, 143 plates and maps,
- Powell, J. W., 1885, Sixth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1884-1885: Annual Report 6, xxviii, 549 p.; 65 plates, 57 figures,
- Russell, Israel C., 1885, Geological history of Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada: Govt. print. off., Monograph 11, xiv, 288 p. :illus., xlvi pl. (part fold. and col., incl. maps, 1 in pocket) fold. tables, diagrs. ;31 x 23 cm.,
- White, Charles A., 1885, On the Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleontology of California: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 15, 33 p. ;24 cm.,
- White, Charles A., 1885, On Marine Eocene, fresh-water Miocene, and other fossil Mollusca of western North America: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 18, 26 p. :ill., iii pl. ;24 cm.,
- White, Charles A., 1885, On new Cretaceous fossils from California: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 22, 25 p. :v, pl. ;24 cm.,
- Whitfield, Robert Parr, 1885, Brachiopoda and Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan clays and greensand marls of New Jersey: Govt. print. off., Monograph 9, 338 p.,
- Willis, Bailey, 1885, The lignites of the Great Sioux Reservation, a report on the region between the Grand and Moreau rivers, Dakota: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 21, 16 p. :ill., v pl. (incl. fold. maps) diagrs. ;24 cm.,
