Washington state basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM (open access)

Washington state basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in GEOTHERM

This report on Washington is one of a series intended to preserve the data collected for GEOTHERM and make the data available to the public. Three computer-generated indexes are found in appendices A, B, and C of this report. The indexes give one line summaries of each GEOTHERM record describing the chemistry of geothermal springs and wells in the sample file for Washington. Each index is sorted by different variables to assist the user in locating geothermal records describing specific sites. Appendix A is sorted by county name and the name of the source. Also given are latitude, longitude (both in decimal minutes), township, range, section, GEOTHERM record identifier, and temperature (/sup 0/C). Appendix is sorted by county, township, range, and section. Also given are name of source, GEOTHERM record identifier, and temperature (/sup 0/C). Appendix C is first sorted into one-degree blocks by latitude, and longitude, and then by name of source. Also given are GEOTHERM record identifier, and temperature (/sup 0/C).
Date: July 1, 1983
Creator: Bliss, J. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tin and Tungsten Deposits at Silver Hill, Spokane County, Washington (open access)

Tin and Tungsten Deposits at Silver Hill, Spokane County, Washington

From abstract: Tin and tungsten minerals occur in pegmatites and quartz veins at Silver Hill, in secs. 23 and 24, T. 24 N., R. 43 E., 11 miles southeast of Spokane, Wash.
Date: 1942
Creator: Page, Lincoln R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance for Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana, 1952-1955 (open access)

Reconnaissance for Radioactive Minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana, 1952-1955

From abstract: Approximately fifty radioactive deposits and nearly fifty properties not abnormally radioactive were examined during a geologic reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in Idaho, Washington, and western Montana during the period July 1952 -- June 1955. The most important uranium deposits are in or near granitic to quartz monzonitic intrusions of probable Cretaceous age in central and northern Idaho, westernmost Montana, and northeastern Washington.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Weis, Paul L.; Armstrong, Frank C. & Rosenblum, Samuel
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels (open access)

Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels

From introduction: This report determines the geographic distribution and thickness of the bituminous shale, or oil shale, or tar shale of the Green River formation of the Uinta Basin in Colorado and Utah.
Date: 1915
Creator: Campbell, Marius R. & White, David
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Raw Data Report for Sandpoint NTMS Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Raw Data Report for Sandpoint NTMS Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana

Report describing the results of geochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance sampling in the Sandpoint Quadrangle, to look for uranium and trace elements, and to take other measurements.
Date: February 1979
Creator: Ciminesi, Frank J.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., April 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., April 27, 1945]

Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. discussing business plans with Walter F. Woodul.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Geological Survey Research in Radioactive Waste Disposal--Fiscal Year 1981 (open access)

U.S. Geological Survey Research in Radioactive Waste Disposal--Fiscal Year 1981

Abstract: The report summarizes progress on geologic and hydrologic research related to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The research is described according to whether it is related most directly to (1) high-level and transuranic wastes; (2) low-level wastes, or (3) uranium mill tailings. Included is research applicable to the identification and geohydrologic characterization of waste-disposal sites, to investigations of specific sites where wastes have been stored, and to studies of regions or environments where waste-disposal sites might be located. A significant part of the activity is concerned with techniques and methods for characterizing disposal sites and studies of geologic and hydrologic processes related to the transport and (or) retention of waste radionuclides.
Date: 1983
Creator: Schneider, Robert & Trask, N. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrologic and Geophysical Studies at Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington: Summary of 1995 Field Season (open access)

Hydrologic and Geophysical Studies at Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington: Summary of 1995 Field Season

Abstract: The Midnite Mine is an inactive, hard-rock uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State. Oxidation of sulfide-containing minerals, primarily pyrite, produces large quantities of 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. Long-term changes in water quality and the results of slug tests and two geophysical surveys are described. Of the locations monitored, only two exhibited water quality degradation over time. Hydraulic conductivity measurements from slug tests are reported for five additional locations in the bedrock. Relative values of hydraulic conductivity from slug tests agreed well with ranked specific capacity data. A geophysical survey identified buried constructed features that channel subsurface water to a contaminated seep. Historic aerial photos corroborated the results of the geophysical study. A new geophysical technique was successfully used to monitor hydraulic and geochemical responses to a pumping test …
Date: 1996
Creator: Williams, Barbara C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Ritzville Quadrangle, Washington (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Ritzville Quadrangle, Washington

From Introduction: "The Ritzville Quadrangle, in north-central Washington between lat. 47ºN. and 48ºN. and long 118ºW and 120ºW. (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify geologic environments and delineate areas that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits. Favorable environments, as determined by surface and subsurface investigations, are those that could contain uranium deposits of at least 100 tons U3O8 in rocks with an average grade not less than 100 ppm U3O8."
Date: July 1982
Creator: Fleshman, B. R. & Dodd, S. P.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Washington (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Washington

Report documenting the suitability of Washington for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: June 29, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Lignites: Geological Occurrence, Petrographic Composition, And Extractable Waxes (open access)

American Lignites: Geological Occurrence, Petrographic Composition, And Extractable Waxes

Report discussing experiments done on expandable waxes of lignites to determine yields and properties from certain place in the United States.
Date: 1950
Creator: Selvig, W. A.; Ode, W. H.; Parks, B. C. & O'Donnell, H. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Groundwater Flow Model (GWFM) Development, Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington (open access)

Groundwater Flow Model (GWFM) Development, Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Washington

This Report of Investigations (RI) is one of several describing work that has been completed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines at the Midnite uranium mine, Wellpinit, WA. Dean (in preparation) describes the entire project history. Four diskettes containing three archives compressed using WINZIP (or PKZIP) accompany the current RI. The ultimate purpose of this research effort was to develop a groundwater flow model (GWFM) for the Midnite Mine that can be utilized by the contractor preparing the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and by other interested parties. The objectives of this study were to (1) develop a shell model of the geology at the site, (2) develop the basis for a GWFM that will meet criteria described elsewhere in this RI and that can be updated with new information generated during the EIS process, and (3) present the results of two steady-state simulations of groundwater flow within the bedrock units. The current GWFM generates nonunique solutions because flow data for the bedrock units currently do not exist. However, the model provides useful results with respect to direction of flow. More data are required to model the bedrock aquifer system accurately. Volmnetric flow rates of the bedrock units should be measured …
Date: 1996
Creator: Kirschner, Frederick E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Sandpoint Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Sandpoint Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana

From Introduction: "The Sandpoint Quadrangle (Fig. 1) was evaluated to define areas with geologic environments favorable for uranium deposits. Environments were evaluated on the basis of surface investigations because few subsurface data were available."
Date: May 1982
Creator: Castor, S. B.; Berry, M. R. & Siegmund, B. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1936 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1936

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1936. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Spokane Quadrangle, Washington and Idaho (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Spokane Quadrangle, Washington and Idaho

From Introduction: "The Spokane Quadrangle, located in parts of Washington, Idaho, and Montana between lat 47º and 48º N. and long 116º and 118º W. (Fig. 1), was evaluated to identify and delineate areas and geologic units that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits."
Date: March 1982
Creator: Fleshman, B. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rand McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of Washington.

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows early nineteenth century Washington counties, township grid, Native American reservations, railroads, national parks, and notable physical features.
Date: 1910
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Midnite Mine Summary Report (open access)

Midnite Mine Summary Report

The Midni'e Mine is an inactive, hard-rock uranium mine in Stevens County, WA. Oxidation of sulfide-containing minerals in the ore body produces large quantities of acidic water. The U.S. Bureau of Mines was directed by Congress in Fiscal Year 1994 to perform technological research on the treatment of radioactive water and disposal of treatment residues at the Midnite Mine and en overall site reclamation. This Report of Investigations summarizes the studies that were completed on: 1) treatment alternatives for uranium contaminated acid mine drainage, and 2) overall site reclamation, including: ground water flowpaths in the bedrock, radiation, and waste rock reactivity. As an aid to site reclamation, a Geographic Information System database was also produced that contains available current and historic data and information on the Midnite Mine. This report explains the scope of the Bureau's study and summarizes the results of its investigations.
Date: 1996
Creator: Dean, N. E.; Boldt, C. M. K.; Schultze, L. E.; Nilsen, D. N.; Isaacson, A. E.; Williams, B. C. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma-Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, NE Washington Area, Volume 1 - Narrative Report: Spokane (NL 11-2) Quadrangle (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma-Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, NE Washington Area, Volume 1 - Narrative Report: Spokane (NL 11-2) Quadrangle

Final report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Spokane quadrangle including the survey description, specifications, data processing methods, interpretation methods, and regional geologic review.
Date: September 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quicksilver (open access)

Quicksilver

From Introduction: "Material for this report was gathered during the last quarter of 1928 and the first quarter of 1929, when the author visited the quick-silver-producing districts of California, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to view the progress made in recent years and gather material for a comprehensive study of the present-day quicksilver industry of the United States."
Date: 1931
Creator: Schuette, C. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Columbia River Basalt Group in the Spokane Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana (open access)

The Columbia River Basalt Group in the Spokane Quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana

This report studies the several aspects of the basalts in the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Spokane quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
Date: 1976
Creator: Griggs, Allan B. & Swanson, Donald A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library