Airborne Radiometric Survey, Kern and San Bernardino Counties, California, and Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Airborne Radiometric Survey, Kern and San Bernardino Counties, California, and Nye County, Nevada

Abstract: Approximately 10 square miles of mainly igneous rocks of the western Mojave Desert were covered by this airborne radiometric survey in 173 hours of flying time.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Barrett, D. C. & Magleby, Dan N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: Geologic studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in support of the U.S. Air Force's Project Pluto in Area 401 of the Nevada Test Site were made on behalf of the U.S. Atomic energy Commission.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Johnson, Ross B. & Ege, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Marble Exploration Hole 4, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of the Marble Exploration Hole 4, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report summarizes the information obtained during preparation of the lithologic log of the core and presents results of chemical analyses of marble samples collected from surface near the drill hole. The report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Albuquerque Operations Office, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: October 1959
Creator: McKeown, F. A. & Wilmarth, V. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey Investigations in the U12e.05 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geological Survey Investigations in the U12e.05 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site

From introduction: The papers comprising the various parts of this report contain the preliminary results of the U. S. Geological Survey investigations in the Ul2e.05 tunnel at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (fig. 1). Reports on electrical resistivity, natural radioactivity, and heat required to raise the rocks to 100C will be issued later. A preliminary report on the geologic effects of the Blanca event is being prepared.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Diment, William H.; Wilmarth, V. R.; Houser, F. N.; Dickey, D. D.; Hinrichs, E. Neal; Botinelly, Theodore et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The maps and tables comprising this report are being transmitted at this time to provide interested users with a summary of the geology of the Ul2e tunnel system. The system was constructed to provide access to underground test sites. This report contains part of the geologic information obtained from investigations conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey to determine the geologic environment of the underground test sites. Results of geophysical and radiometric surveys, and physical properties are being studied. This work was done on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: September 1960
Creator: McKeown, F. A. & Dickey, D. D.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site

The following report covers geological studies on the USGS and Rainier tunnel areas in the Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Hansen, Wallace R. & Lemke, Richard W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This report summarizes the geological features of the Pahute Mesa map in the Nevada Test Site.
Date: August 28, 1967
Creator: Orkild, Paul P. & Sargent, Kenneth A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of Dolomite Hill, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of Dolomite Hill, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report is a summary of geologic information obtained by the USGS at Dolomite Hill, Nevada.
Date: November 1959
Creator: Dickey, D. D. & McKeown, F. A.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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

A report recording the work done at ground-water test well A, which is one of the six wells that were put down especially to ascertain the direction and rate of groundwater movement beneath Yucca Flat
Date: 1961
Creator: Price, C. E. & Thordarson, William
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Wells in Frenchman and Yucca Valleys, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Water Wells in Frenchman and Yucca Valleys, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report summarizes the work that was done at the wells and brings together the available data on depth to bottom, depth to water level, discharge rate, and draw-down for each well, together with coefficients of transmissibility determined in aquifer tests.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Hood, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary Interpretation of Geologic, Hydrologic, and Geophysical Data for Yucca Valley, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

A Summary Interpretation of Geologic, Hydrologic, and Geophysical Data for Yucca Valley, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

"This report summarizes an interpretation of the geology of Yucca Valley to depths of about 2,300 feet below the surface, the characteristic features of groundwater in Yucca and Frenchman Valleys."
Date: January 1959
Creator: Wilmarth, V. R.; Healey, D. L.; Clebsch, Alfred; Winograd, Isaac J.; Zietz, Isidore & Oliver, Howard W.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.04 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.04 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The geologic studies in the U12e.04 tunnel within the Nevada Test Site were conducted for the purpose of determining the structure and chemical and physical properties of the tuffs exposed in the tunnel.
Date: July 1962
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Dickey, D. D. & McKeown, F. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The UE12p#1 Exploratory Drill Hole: Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Physical Properties (open access)

The UE12p#1 Exploratory Drill Hole: Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Physical Properties

This report summarizes the stratigraphy, lithology, and physical properties studied in the UE12p#1 exploratory diamond drill hole at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: July 30, 1968
Creator: Danilchik, Walter
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey investigations in the U12b.03 and U12b.04 tunnels, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geological Survey investigations in the U12b.03 and U12b.04 tunnels, Nevada Test Site

A report regarding geological survey investigations in the U12b.03 and U12b.04 Tunnels, located at a Nevada test site.
Date: March 1959
Creator: Diment, William H.; Wilmarth, V. R.; McKeown, F. A.; Dickey, D. D.; Hinrichs, E. Neal; Botinelly, Theodore et al.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Granite" Exploration Hole, Area 15, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada -- Interim Report: Part A, Structural, Petrographic, and Chemical Data (open access)

"Granite" Exploration Hole, Area 15, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada -- Interim Report: Part A, Structural, Petrographic, and Chemical Data

From introduction: The "Granite" exploration hole was core drilled to determine the character of the igneous rocks from the surface to a depth of 1,200 feet and the degree of structural anisotropism of the rock within 200 feet of a point 950 feet below the surface. This report summarizes the data on the structure, chemistry, petrology and alteration of the rocks exposed at the surface in the immediate vicinity of the drill site and in the core.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Houser, F. N. & Poole, F. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada

The Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain 15-minute quadrangles comprising about 500 square miles in southern Nye County, Nev., are bounded by longitudes 116°15' W. and 116°30' W. and by latitudes 36°45' N. and 37°15' N. (fig. 1) The quadrangles are mostly within the Nevada Test Site and are approximately 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas (fig. 1). Lathrop Wells, the nearest town, is about 10 miles south of the southern boundary of the Topopah Spring quadrangle.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Orkild, Paul P. & Pomeroy, John S.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library