Non-Core Dry Hole Drilling at Cove Mesa, Arizona (open access)

Non-Core Dry Hole Drilling at Cove Mesa, Arizona

Abstract: A drilling program was conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission on Cove Mesa, Arizona to further develop uranium and vanadium ore reserves that are vital to the National Defense. The drilling was performed by the Minerals Engineering Company of Grand Junction, Colorado. Uranium and vanadium ore horizons are found in the Salt Wash member of the Morrison formation on Cove Mesa.
Date: June 16, 1952
Creator: Garcia, Raymond J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Mining in the Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Incorporated (open access)

Uranium Mining in the Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Incorporated

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing uranium mining methods. As stated in the introduction, "this report is one of a series published by the Federal Bureau of Mines to describe methods and costs of mining uranium on the Colorado Plateau" (p. 1). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1961
Creator: Dare, Wilbert Leland
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Localization of uranium minerals in channel sediments at the base of the Shinarump conglomerate, Monument Valley, Arizona (open access)

Localization of uranium minerals in channel sediments at the base of the Shinarump conglomerate, Monument Valley, Arizona

A report regarding localization of uranium minerals in channel sediments at the base of the Shinarump conglomerate, Monument Valley, Arizona. This report concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: July 1954
Creator: Witkind, Irving Jerome
System: The UNT Digital Library