Portable Scintillation Counters for Geologic Use (open access)

Portable Scintillation Counters for Geologic Use

Report describing the design, function, application, and future plans of portable scintillation counters in geology. From abstract: "A small, light, portable scintillation counter, primarily intended for geologic field use, has been designed and is now commercially manufactured."
Date: December 1953
Creator: Wilson, E. E.; Rhoden, V. C.; Vaughn, W. W. & Faul, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction of Uranium from the Red Desert Coal of Wyoming (open access)

Extraction of Uranium from the Red Desert Coal of Wyoming

Report discussing investigation of the extraction of uranium from subbituminous coal collected from the Red Desert, Wyoming. Information on the samples of coal used, experimental data, and summary and conclusions of findings are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Breger, Irving A.; Meyrowitz, Robert & Warr, Jesse J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Map of the Uranium Region of the Colorado Plateau

This is a geological map of the uranium region of the Colorado Plateau.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Shoemaker, E. M. & Luedke, Robert G.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Destructive Distillation on the Uranium Associated With Selected Naturally Occurring Carbonaceous Substances (open access)

Effects of Destructive Distillation on the Uranium Associated With Selected Naturally Occurring Carbonaceous Substances

Report discussing a study conducted to determine if dry distillation of uraniferous coals and shales would form volatile uranium compounds. The types of carbonaceous samples and experimental methods used are described, and a summary with conclusions is included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Breger, Irving A.; Meyrowitz, Robert & Deul, Maurice
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navajoite, a New Vanadium Oxide From Arizona (open access)

Navajoite, a New Vanadium Oxide From Arizona

Report discussing navajoite, hydrated vanadium pentoxide, which was a new vanadium oxide found at a mine on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Arizona. Information regarding its occurrences, physical properties, chemical analysis, and X-ray diffraction data are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Weeks, Alice D.; Thompson, Mary E. & Sherwood, Alexander M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Determination of Small and Large Amounts of Fluorine in Rocks (open access)

The Determination of Small and Large Amounts of Fluorine in Rocks

Report discussing a study to develop a simple method for the determination of both small and large amounts of fluorine in materials high in aluminum or silicon, or both.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Grimaldi, F. S.; Ingram, Blanche & Cuttitta, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Magnetic Investigation of the Round Mountain Plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah (open access)

A Magnetic Investigation of the Round Mountain Plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah

Report discussing a magnetic survey of Castle Valley, Utah aimed at determining how the Round Mountain plug was fed. The location and topography of the area, geology, magnetic investigations, and conclusions are discussed.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Black, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Poison Basin Area, Carbon County, Wyoming - A Preliminary Report (open access)

Uranium in the Poison Basin Area, Carbon County, Wyoming - A Preliminary Report

Report discussing the investigation of uranium minerals, which were discovered in the Poison Basin area, Carbon County, Wyoming, on October 15, 1953. Information regarding the geographic setting, geologic setting, stratigraphy of the area, uranium occurrences of the area, origin of the uranium, and significance of the area are included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Vine, James David & Prichard, George E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Carbon Dioxide an Ore-Forming Fluid Under Shallow Earth Conditions? (open access)

Is Carbon Dioxide an Ore-Forming Fluid Under Shallow Earth Conditions?

Report discussing the effects of shallow earth conditions on carbon dioxide in order to determine if these conditions create a fluid carbon dioxide phase that leads to deposition of uranium ores. Part I provides information on the solid phase, and part II contains information on the gaseous phase.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Garrels, R. M. & Richter, D. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A magnetic investigation of the Round Mountain plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah (open access)

A magnetic investigation of the Round Mountain plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah

A report regarding A magnetic investigation of the Round Mountain plug, Castle Valley, Grand County, Utah. Concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Black, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Uranium in Southeastern States, 1953 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Uranium in Southeastern States, 1953

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's reconnaissance for radioactive materials/uranium in southeastern states in 1952 and 1953. Information regarding the geologic setting and radioactivity investigations is included.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Johnson, H. S., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Comet Area, Jefferson City Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Comet Area, Jefferson City Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana

Report describing the geology and structural features of the Comet area of Jefferson County, Montana.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Becraft, George E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary report on the Comet area, Jefferson City quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana (open access)

Preliminary report on the Comet area, Jefferson City quadrangle, Jefferson County, Montana

A preliminary report regarding the Comet Area, in the Jefferson City Quadrangle Jefferson County, Montana. This report contains work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Becraft, George Earle
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Topical Index and Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and Related Reports (open access)

Topical Index and Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and Related Reports

Report containing a topical index of U.S. Geological Survey trace elements with related reports, and a bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements with related reports.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Curtis, Diane & Houser, Shirley S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliography and Index of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and Related Reports Through June 1956 (open access)

Bibliography and Index of U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and Related Reports Through June 1956

The following bibliography and index supersedes a previous report, TEI-500, "U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements and Related Reports Through 1954".
Date: December 1956
Creator: Soister, Paul E.; Conklin, Dora R. & Bowman, Mary D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library