Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1941 (open access)

Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1941

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the annual study of the work done by the Mining Division. Investigations, operations, and projects completed during the fiscal year are discussed. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conditioning Water for Secondary-Recovery in Midcontinent Oil Fields (open access)

Conditioning Water for Secondary-Recovery in Midcontinent Oil Fields

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on results from a study of water-injection plants in the mid-continent oil producing area. The report lists the field methods used, and the analysis of available water for injection. This report includes maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Watkins, J. Wade; Willett, F. R., Jr. & Arthur, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bureau of Mines Multiple-Diaphragm Recording Subsurface-Pressure Gage (open access)

Bureau of Mines Multiple-Diaphragm Recording Subsurface-Pressure Gage

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the measuring of temperature and pressure in oil and gas wells. Descriptions of the instrumentation developed and used for these measurements are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: November 1935
Creator: Berwald, W. B.; Buss, H. A. & Reistle, C. E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lake Valley Manganese Deposits, Sierra County, New Mexico (open access)

Lake Valley Manganese Deposits, Sierra County, New Mexico

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the manganese deposits in Sierra County, New Mexico. Descriptions of the physicality, and characteristics of the manganese ore are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Apell, G. A.; Hazen, Scott W. & Howe, E. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Tem Piute Tungsten Deposit, Lincoln County, Nevada (open access)

Investigation of the Tem Piute Tungsten Deposit, Lincoln County, Nevada

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of the Tem Piute tungsten deposits. The physical features, geology, and mining methods are presented. This report includes maps, charts, and illustrations.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Binyon, Eugene O.; Holmes, G. H., Jr. & Johnson, A. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Allegany County, Maryland (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Allegany County, Maryland

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines investigating the estimated reserves of coking coal in Allegany County, Maryland. The investigation also studied properties of coals and coal blends not widely used for metallurgical coke making. This report includes maps and tables.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Williams, Lloyd; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum Engineering Study of the West Red River Field, Tillman County, Oklahoma (open access)

Petroleum Engineering Study of the West Red River Field, Tillman County, Oklahoma

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on petroleum engineering in Oklahoma. Details of the drilling operations are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Hill, H. B.; Johnston, Kenneth H.; Coleman, T. L. & Seward, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas (open access)

Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the Salt Flat fields in East Central Texas. As stated in the introduction, "this report deals with the development and production history of the Salt Flat field and gives comparative data on five outstanding fault fields. Two of these fields are producing from limestone and three from sandstone reservoirs" (p. 2-3). This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn; Bauserman, E. V. H. & Carpenter, C. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface Saline Water Sources for Waterflooding in North Texas (open access)

Subsurface Saline Water Sources for Waterflooding in North Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over water-supply wells in North Texas. As stated in the summary, "averages of well characteristics, including static fluid levels, working fluid levels, net thicknesses, producing rates, and depths, are presented and discussed" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1961
Creator: Parrish, Frank, Jr. & Garland, Thomas M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of a California Bentonitic Clay for Use in Oil-Well Drilling Muds (open access)

Evaluation of a California Bentonitic Clay for Use in Oil-Well Drilling Muds

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the bentonite deposits of San Benito County, California. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of the study was to learn if these large deposits contain bentonite of sufficient quality and quantity to be of economic value as an oil-well drilling mud additive" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Aune, Quinton A.; Caraway, W. Hodge; Morris, Frank C. & Gates, George Laurence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Carthage Gas Field, Panola County, Texas (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Carthage Gas Field, Panola County, Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted in Carthage, Texas. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Harris, H. M. & Harlin, M. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copper Mines and Prospects Adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska (open access)

Copper Mines and Prospects Adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over explorations to find prospective copper mines near Valdez, Alaska. The results of the explorations are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: April 1957
Creator: Mihelich, Miro & Wells, R. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of Healdton Oil Field, Carter County, Oklahoma (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of Healdton Oil Field, Carter County, Oklahoma

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted at the Healdton oil field. The methods used for the study are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1953
Creator: Riggs, C. H.; Wey, John E.; Sanabria, Edward, Jr.; Meadows, Paul; Smith, William C. & West, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (open access)

Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the beneficiation of iron-copper ores. As stated in the summary, "this report summarizes the results of laboratory testing of copper-bearing magnetite ore from the Poorman, Rush and Brown, and Copper Center deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Wells, R. R.; Erspamer, E. G. & Sterling, F. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiation of Chromite Ores From Western United States (open access)

Beneficiation of Chromite Ores From Western United States

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the sampling of chrome ore deposits in the western United States. Physical properties of the samples collected are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Batty, J. V.; Mitchell, T. F.; Havens, R. & Wells, R. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Studies of Alaskan Beach Sands, Eastern Gulf of Alaska (open access)

Reconnaissance Studies of Alaskan Beach Sands, Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of East Alaska beach sands to determine if there was any valuable mineral content. The results of these studies are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: 1962
Creator: Thomas, Bruce I. & Berryhill, Robert V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Well-Point Containment of Impoundment Leakage (open access)

Well-Point Containment of Impoundment Leakage

Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a well-point dewatering system in conjunction with a french drain to intercept waste impoundment leakage while reducing the volume of waste water requiring treatment. A well-point dewatering system composed of 585 production wells was installed around the perimeter of a leaking impoundment that previously used only a french-drain system for leakage control. The placement of the well-point system was designed to intercept and remove the leakage from the groundwater before the contaminant reached the french drain. Groundwater monitoring at this site revealed that after a period of approximately 40 days the well-point dewatering system had stabilized and effectively prevented the further spread of contamination to the french drain.
Date: 1995
Creator: Smith, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydraulic Characterization of Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington: Summary of 1994 Field Season (open access)

Hydraulic Characterization of Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington: Summary of 1994 Field Season

The Midnite Mine is an inactive uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State. Oxidation of sulfide-containing minerals, primarily pyrite, produces acidic water. Uranium and other radioactive constituents are chemically leached and dissolved in ground and surface waters. The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has worked closely with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Spokane Tribe of Indians to address data needs for remediation of the disturbed area. As part of this effort, USBM personnel initiated research to determine water quality and define groundwater flow characteristics. Preliminary results of hydraulic stress tests performed in the bedrock at the site are described. Slug tests and pumping tests were conducted using preexisting USBM monitoring wells. Slug test results were used to generate hydraulic conductivity estimates for fractured and unfractured intrusives. The pumping tests demonstrated varying degrees of spatial continuity. Hydraulically continuous fractured zones along north-south planes were demonstrated in two cases for distances of 90 and 116 m (300 and 380 ft). The short-term pumping tests provided no evidence of east-west hydraulic continuity in fractured zones.
Date: 1996
Creator: Williams, Barbara C. & Riley, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Brine in a Kansas Field for Secondary Recovery of Oil (open access)

Use of Brine in a Kansas Field for Secondary Recovery of Oil

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the use of oil field brine in secondary recovery methods. Characteristics of the brine, and methods used in recovery processes are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Taylor, Sam S.; Holliman, W. C. & Owens, E. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Ritz-Canton Oil Field, McPherson County, Kansas (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Ritz-Canton Oil Field, McPherson County, Kansas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the issues of disposal of crude oil and natural gas brine. Disposal methods are studied and presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: December 1935
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J. & Schmidt, Ludwig
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clay in Petroleum-Reservoir Rocks: Its effect on Permeability, with Particular Reference to Tejon-Grapevine Area, Kern County, California (open access)

Clay in Petroleum-Reservoir Rocks: Its effect on Permeability, with Particular Reference to Tejon-Grapevine Area, Kern County, California

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on clays of petroleum-reservoir rocks in Kern County, California. The effects of water sensitivity of clays are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Morris, Frank C.; Aune, Quinton A. & Gates, George Laurence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas (open access)

Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal methods of oil-field brine. The study focuses on the Arkansas River area of western Kansas. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and maps.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Thorne, H. M. & Pryor, M. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Production and Consumption in the United States: An Analytical Study Based on 1954 Data (open access)

Energy Production and Consumption in the United States: An Analytical Study Based on 1954 Data

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on energy production and consumption. Results of the study are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1961
Creator: Teitelbaum, Perry D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Titanium Minerals in the Heavy Sand Deposits of Assateague Island, Maryland (open access)

Titanium Minerals in the Heavy Sand Deposits of Assateague Island, Maryland

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over titanium deposits of Assateague Island, Maryland. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this project was to study a typical coastal deposit of beach sands in the Middle Atlantic States, particularly in the area surrounding the Delmarva Peninsula" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Kuster, W. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library