Preliminary Geologic Map of the Yucca Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Yucca Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

An index and geological map of Nevada showing the Yucca Flat quadrangle.
Date: November 1962
Creator: McKay, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
20-ton HE Cratering Experiments in Desert Alluvium: Final Report, May 1962 (open access)

20-ton HE Cratering Experiments in Desert Alluvium: Final Report, May 1962

From abstract and summary: Project Stagecoach consisted of the detonation of three 40,000-pound charges. Blocks of cast TNT were stacked to resemble a sphere and, the whole center-detonated.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Vortman, Luke J. & MacDougall, H. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Properties of Volcanic Rocks, Rainier Mesa and Vicinity, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Physical Properties of Volcanic Rocks, Rainier Mesa and Vicinity, Nevada Test Site

From introduction: "This report presents physical property data of volcanic rocks underlying Rainier Mesa and vicinity in the northwest corner of the Yucca Flat area, Nevada Test Site."
Date: November 22, 1966
Creator: Emerick, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extended- and Point-Source Radiometric Program (open access)

Extended- and Point-Source Radiometric Program

Report containing information regarding the airborne radiometric equipment intercalibration exercises undertaken by four government agencies and one private companies.
Date: March 1962
Creator: Davis, Francis John, 1915- & Reinhardt, Paul William, 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960 (open access)

Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960

The following report is a compilation of lithologic logs, drillers logs, drilling records, and hydrologic data on 18 wells and test holes that were drilled in the Nevada Test Site and surrounding areas prior to 1960.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Moore, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Plutonium Valley Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Plutonium Valley Quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada

An index and geological map of Nevada's Plutonium Valley quadrangle in Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada
Date: November 1962
Creator: Hinrichs, E. Neal & McKay, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

From introduction: USGS is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: 1962
Creator: Garber, M. S. & Thordarson, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Test Well B, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground-Water Test Well B, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Abstract: Geophysical logs, a summary of contract costs, detailed descriptions of drilling, casing, cementing, and hydraulic testing operations, X-ray mineralogical analyses, physical property analyses, and a detailed lithologic log are presented in the report.
Date: April 1962
Creator: Moore, John E. & Garber, M. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: February 9, 1962
Creator: Thordarson, William; Garber, M. S. & Walker, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gravity Survey of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada: Interim Report (open access)

Gravity Survey of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada: Interim Report

From introduction: The gravity survey of the Nevada Test Site and contiguous areas of southern Nevada and southeastern California has been made by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The objective of this study is to delineate and interpret gravity anomalies and regional trends so that the configuration and depth of the buried erosional surface of the Paleozoic rocks may be determined.
Date: November 1962
Creator: Healey, D. L. & Miller, H. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gamma-Radioactivity Investigations at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: Interim Report, February 1960 to July 1961 (open access)

Gamma-Radioactivity Investigations at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: Interim Report, February 1960 to July 1961

Abstract: As a part of continuous geologic and geophysical investigations at the Nevada Test Site, gamma-radioactivity measurements are being made in tunnels and drill holes to determine semiquantitatively the natural gamma radioactivity of geologic formations and the distribution of nuclear-explosion-produced radioisotopes.
Date: October 1962
Creator: Bunker, Carl M. & Shutler, Marvin D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity Since 1960 (open access)

Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity Since 1960

From introduction: "This report was compiled to bring together the well data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey since 1960. This compilation includes data on 63 wells and test holes which were drilled since the Moore reports were prepared, or which were deepened or otherwise modified since 1960."
Date: April 21, 1965
Creator: Young, Richard A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Abstract: Ground-water test well 2 was drilled to a depth of 3,422 feet with rotary and cable tool drilling equipment.
Date: July 18, 1963
Creator: Moore, John E.; Doyle, Alan C.; Walker, George E.; Young, Richard A. & Carroll, Roderick D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Geologic Section from Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site to Enterprise, Utah (open access)

Preliminary Geologic Section from Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site to Enterprise, Utah

This report summarizes the geological analyses of one of the preliminary cross sections from the Pahute Mesa in the Nevada Test Site, particularly the uppermost Precambrian-Paleozoic strata.
Date: August 30, 1967
Creator: Barosh, Patrick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geohydrologic Data and Test Results from Well J-13, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geohydrologic Data and Test Results from Well J-13, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this report is to present all the previously collected hydrogeologic, geophysical, and hydrochemical data on well J-13, and to reanalyze these data, using newly developed methods of analysis.
Date: 1983
Creator: Thordarson, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidebook for Field Trips to the Nevada Test Site (open access)

Guidebook for Field Trips to the Nevada Test Site

This report was formed after the study of the Nevada Test Site to examine parts of the thick miogeosynclinical section of the Paleozoic rocks and post-Paleozoic structural features for the sole purpose of determining the walking stops for future field trips to the test site.
Date: July 21, 1966
Creator: Christiansen, Robert L.; Poole, F. G.; Barnes, Harley; Orkild, Paul P.; Byers, F. M., Jr.; Carr, Wilfred James et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Construction of Hydraulic Test Well U3cn-5, Nevada Test Site (open access)

A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Construction of Hydraulic Test Well U3cn-5, Nevada Test Site

The following report summarizes the hydrologic data collected during the nuclear detonation, the Bilby event, that took place in the U3cn emplacement hole.
Date: September 15, 1967
Creator: Garber, M. S. & Johnston, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Scooter: Final Report, October 1963 (open access)

Project Scooter: Final Report, October 1963

From abstract: This report includes results of studies of crater dimension, throwout material distribution, ground motion, dust cloud growth, and long-range air blast.
Date: October 1963
Creator: Perret, William R.; Chabai, Albert J.; Reed, Jack W. & Vortman, Luke J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well A, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer (open access)

Ground Water Test Well A, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer

Abstract: "ground-water test well A was drilled to a depth of 1,870 feet with rotary and cable-tool equipment. Only alluvial materials were penetrated. These were saturated below 1,605 feet. Pumping and bailing tests indicate that the minimum transmissibility of the alluvium is about 800 gallons per day per foot. The specific capacity was 1.9 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown after 1 hours of pumping at rates of both 41 and 60 gallons per minute. A suite of geophysical logs, a summary of contract costs, and a detailed description of drilling equipment and casing record are presented."
Date: 1961
Creator: Price, C. E. & Thordarson, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contributions to Astrogeology, 1967-71 (open access)

Contributions to Astrogeology, 1967-71

From contributions of astrogeology: The principal goal of research in astrogeology is the solution of several cardinal problems of geology...The present volume is the first of a series of professional papers that will describe major results of research in astrogeology.
Date: 1972
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library