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Preliminary Community and Regional Water Supply Data in Support of Desalting Plant Projects (open access)

Preliminary Community and Regional Water Supply Data in Support of Desalting Plant Projects

Purpose and Scope: "The purpose of this study is to provide basic water supply data needed for future evaluation and selection of promising saline water conversion opportunities. This report presents information regarding the present and future supply situation of individual communities. Also presented is information on regional water plans with respect to provisions for municipal water supply."
Date: April 1970
Creator: Patterson, W. L. & Lobb, H. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
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

Report discussing the Shinarump Conglomerate, the channels leading to this conglomerate, and the uranium minerals which localize at the base of this conglomerate via the channel sediments. The geology of the area, information on the channels, and information regarding the localization of uranium in channels are included.
Date: July 1954
Creator: Witkind, I. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data Report for the Prescott NTMS Quadrangle, Arizona (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data Report for the Prescott NTMS Quadrangle, Arizona

From abstract: This report presents the results of the geochemical reconnaissance sampling in the Prescott quadrangle of the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). Wet and dry sediment samples were collected throughout the 18,770 square kilometer arid-to-semiarid area and water samples at available streams, springs, and wells.
Date: May 1979
Creator: Clark, R. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airborne Reconnaissance Survey of Northwestern Arizona (Arizona Strip) and Southwestern Utah (open access)

Airborne Reconnaissance Survey of Northwestern Arizona (Arizona Strip) and Southwestern Utah

Abstract: From December 1953 to May 1954 an extensive airborne reconnaissance program was conducted in northwestern Arizona (Arizona Strip) and southwestern Utah. Five surface anomalies were detected, one of which has possible commercial value. All anomalies are within the boundaries of National Park Service jurisdiction, consequently, this report is not for public distribution until clearance is obtained from the National Park Service. A preliminary airborne reconnaissance program was also conducted in the Richfield area. No anomalies were discovered.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Meehan, R. J.; Lovejoy, Earl M. P. & Rambosek, A. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome, Arizona (open access)

Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome, Arizona

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining practices and expenses of the United Verde open-pit mine west of Jerome, Arizona. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this paper is to present the methods used in developing and operating the mine, and to discuss the problems encountered" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1930
Creator: Alenius, E. M. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mercury: A Materials Survey (open access)

Mercury: A Materials Survey

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing materials surveys conducted on mercury. As stated in the foreword, "the surveys dealing with metals and minerals summarize the demand-supply position in the United States and include information on production, imports, consumption, exports, substitutes, and pertinent history" (p. v). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Pennington, James W. & Bailey, Edgar H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Flagstaff Quadrangle, Arizona (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Flagstaff Quadrangle, Arizona

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this study is to identify and delineate areas favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits "which could contain at least 100 metric tons of U308 with an average grade of not less than 100 ppm U308". The study was limited to depths of less than 1500 m (5000 ft). No attempt was made to make the economics of recovering uranium a criterion for selecting favorable areas, except that the uranium be in a "mineable configuration".
Date: January 1980
Creator: Wenrich-Verbeek, Karen J.; Spirakis, Charles S.; Billingsley, George H.; Hereford, Richard; Nealey, L. David; Ulrich, George E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress report on the stratigraphy of the Triassic and associated formations in part of the Colorado Plateau region (open access)

Progress report on the stratigraphy of the Triassic and associated formations in part of the Colorado Plateau region

A progress report regarding the stratigraphy of the Triassic and associated formations in part of the Colorado Plateau region. Concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Williams, George A.; Cadigan, Robert Allen; Albee, Howard F. & Stewart, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on the Stratigraphy of the Triassic and Associated Formations in Part of the Colorado Plateau Region (open access)

Progress Report on the Stratigraphy of the Triassic and Associated Formations in Part of the Colorado Plateau Region

Report discussing stratigraphic studies of the Triassic and associated formations in northern Arizona and southern Utah. The programs of study included are "(1) regional stratigraphic descriptions and correlation of units, (2) sedimentary structure studies, (3) pebble studies, and (4) sedimentary petrology."
Date: June 1953
Creator: Williams, G. A.; Cadigan, R. A.; Albee, H. F. & Stewart, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Black Rock District Yavapai County, Arizona (open access)

Uranium in the Black Rock District Yavapai County, Arizona

From abstract: A radioactivity survey of the Black Rock district in southern Yavapai County, Ariz, disclosed anomalous radioactivity in several localities, chiefly at the Abe Lincoln mine in sec. 11, T. 8 N., R. 3 W., about 14 road miles northeast of Wickenburg. The Abe Lincoln vein system occupies a fault zone which strikes N. 500 E. and dips from 780 to 870 NW. Moderate radioactivity is present at the Bracken property and at several other localities in the Black Rock district. The writers recommend re-opening the Abe Lincoln mine to permit a more extensive examination of the vein.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Haines, D. V. & Raup, Robert B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resource Potential and Geology of Coronado National Forest, Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico (open access)

Mineral Resource Potential and Geology of Coronado National Forest, Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico

The following report is a mineral resource assessment of Coronado National Forest of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, formed by geologic, geochemical, and geophysical data.
Date: 1996
Creator: Du Bray, Edward A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of depleted uranium in the environment at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland and Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. Final report (open access)

Evaluation of depleted uranium in the environment at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland and Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. Final report

This report represents an evaluation of depleted uranium (DU) introduced into the environment at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG), Maryland and Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG) Arizona. This was a cooperative project between the Environmental Sciences and Statistical Analyses Groups at LANL and with the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University. The project represents a unique approach to assessing the environmental impact of DU in two dissimilar ecosystems. Ecological exposure models were created for each ecosystem and sensitivity/uncertainty analyses were conducted to identify exposure pathways which were most influential in the fate and transport of DU in the environment. Research included field sampling, field exposure experiment, and laboratory experiments. The first section addresses DU at the APG site. Chapter topics include bioenergetics-based food web model; field exposure experiments; bioconcentration by phytoplankton and the toxicity of U to zooplankton; physical processes governing the desorption of uranium from sediment to water; transfer of uranium from sediment to benthic invertebrates; spead of adsorpion by benthic invertebrates; uptake of uranium by fish. The final section of the report addresses DU at the YPG site. Chapters include the following information: Du transport processes and pathway model; field studies of performance of exposure …
Date: January 1, 1995
Creator: Kennedy, Patricia L.; Clements, William H.; Myers, Orrin B.; Bestgen, Heidi T. & Jenkins, David G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Investigations for Uranium in Black Shale Deposits of the Western States during 1951 and 1952 (open access)

Reconnaissance Investigations for Uranium in Black Shale Deposits of the Western States during 1951 and 1952

Report discussing investigations seeking uranium in deposits of black shale around the geographical areas of the Western States
Date: September 1953
Creator: Duncan, Donald Cave
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
Ventilation of the Large Copper Mines of Arizona (open access)

Ventilation of the Large Copper Mines of Arizona

Introduction: "This bulletin discusses ventilation methods, practices, and costs at 11 large copper mines in Arizona, as obtained by brief personal studies and from supplementary information furnished by the mine managements. These mines were visited from December, 1928, to November, 1929, and the methods and practices in use when visited are described in some detail."
Date: 1930
Creator: McElroy, G. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining Methods and Costs, Regal Asbestos, Mine Jaquays Mining Corp., Gila County, Arizona (open access)

Mining Methods and Costs, Regal Asbestos, Mine Jaquays Mining Corp., Gila County, Arizona

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining costs and methods of the Regal asbestos mine in Arizona. Location, history, production, and development details are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1961
Creator: Stewart, L. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Evaluation of Uranium in Plutonic Rocks, Northwestern Arizona: Status Report (open access)

Geologic Evaluation of Uranium in Plutonic Rocks, Northwestern Arizona: Status Report

From introduction: This report is a status report to complete present contract obligations and is submitted in lieu of a Final Report. A Final Report is not feasible especially until complete analyses and statistical treatment of all of the 436 rock chip, 2 soil-rock and 90 water samples, a total of 528 samples submitted by the partners to Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, plus remaining analyses to be run by BFEC's Grand Junction Laboratory become available and other recommendations and necessities are done. See subsequent section of this report titled: "Recommendations For Work Needed to Complete Final Report". A Final Report may be prepared by the partners if supplemental funds for such work and for completion of the analyses and their statistical treatment ever become available.
Date: July 1980
Creator: Loghry, James D. & Heinrichs, Walter E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace elements reconnaissance investigations in New Mexico and adjoining states in 1951 (open access)

Trace elements reconnaissance investigations in New Mexico and adjoining states in 1951

Discussing a reconnaissance search made in New Mexico and adjacent states for uranium in coal and carbonaceous shale, chiefly of Mesozoic age, and black marine shale of Paleozoic age.
Date: October 1962
Creator: Bachman, George Odell & Read, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tectonics of Southeastern Arizona (open access)

Tectonics of Southeastern Arizona

From abstract: The part of Arizona south and east of Tucson is underlain by a wide assortment of deformed rocks, as well as by some major mineralized districts. A synthesis of the tectonic evolution of the region is offered in this report, which is based on older studies of mining districts and on more recent field studies by students and by the U.S. Geological Survey, augmented by field review and selective remapping of many key areas. Through this synthesis the rocks of the region are seen to have been deformed in response to diverse stresses, at various times, with an increasing degree of structural anisotropy of the rocks through time. Consequently, reactivated faults are common features, and segments of some of these faults record various kinds of movement, thereby providing unusual interpretive difficulties for many of the past local studies.
Date: 1981
Creator: Drewes, Harald D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Black Mountains North and Burns Spring Wilderness Study Areas, Mohave County, Arizona (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Black Mountains North and Burns Spring Wilderness Study Areas, Mohave County, Arizona

From abstract: At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, approximately 19,300 acres of the Black Mountains North Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-009) and 23,310 acres of the Burns Spring Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-010) were evaluated for mineral resources and mineral resource potential. In this report, the area studied is referred to, collectively or individually, as the 'wilderness study area' or simply 'the study area'; any reference to the Black Mountains North or Burns Spring Wilderness Study Areas refers only to that part of the wilderness study area for which a mineral survey was requested by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The study area is located in western Arizona, about 30 mi northwest of Kingman. There are no identified resources in the study area.
Date: 1990
Creator: Conrad, James E.; Hill, Randall H.; Jachens, Robert C. & Neubert, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Nogales Quadrangle, Arizona (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Nogales Quadrangle, Arizona

From Introduction: "The Nogales Quadrangle, Arizona (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify geologic environments and delineate areas that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits."
Date: March 1982
Creator: Luning, Robert H. & Brouillard, Lee A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Geologic Investigations in Monument Valley Area, Arizona, 1952 (open access)

Preliminary Report on Geologic Investigations in Monument Valley Area, Arizona, 1952

From introduction: A program of uranium investigations and geologic mapping on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Apache and Navajo Counties, northeastern Arizona (fig. 1) was undertaken by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission during the field seasons of 1951 and 1952. Field work on this program has been completed and preliminary copies of the maps, which cover an area of about 700 square miles, are inclosed as part of this report. The two principal objectives of the program were to establish geologic criteria useful as guides in prospecting for uranium deposits, and to appraise the favorableness of the Shinarump conglomerate and other Triassic rocks for the occurrence of uranium deposits in order to select areas that deserve exploration for concealed deposits.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Witkind, Irving Jerome; Thaden, R. E. & Lough, C. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library