Mineral Facts and Problems, 1956 (open access)

Mineral Facts and Problems, 1956

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Mineral Resources of the Butler and Zelienople Quadrangles, Pennsylvania (open access)

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Butler and Zelienople Quadrangles, Pennsylvania

From abstract: This report is one of a series of publications on the geology and mineral resources of the Appalachian Plateaus. The areas described are the Butler and Zelienople quadrangles, which together include about 450 square miles in Butler, Beaver, and Lawrence Counties, western Pennsylvania.
Date: 1936
Creator: Richardson, G. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Facts and Problems: 1960 Edition (open access)

Mineral Facts and Problems: 1960 Edition

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States (open access)

The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States

From Introduction: "The investigations presented in this bulletin have been undertaken by the bureau with a view to a better understanding of the conditions which confront the producer of commercial feldspar and also with the object of determining wherein the various deposits of feldspar differ."
Date: 1916
Creator: Watts, A. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chromite and Other Mineral Deposits in Serpentine Rocks of the Piedmont Upland, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware (open access)

Chromite and Other Mineral Deposits in Serpentine Rocks of the Piedmont Upland, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware

From abstract: The Piedmont Upland in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware is about 160 miles long and at the most 50 miles wide. Rocks that underlie the province are the Baltimore gneiss of Precambrian age and quartzite, gneiss, schist, marble, phyllite, and greenstone, which make up the Glenarm series of early Paleozoic(?) age. These are intruded by granitic, gabbroic, and ultramafic igneous rocks. Most of the ultramafic rocks, originally peridotite, pyroxenite, and dunite, have been partly or completely altered to serpentine and talc; they are all designated by the general term serpentine. The bodies of serpentine are commonly elongate and conformable with the enclosing rocks.
Date: 1960
Creator: Pearre, Nancy C. & Heyl, Allen V., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions (open access)

Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions

From Preface: "In carrying out such a policy with reference to the subject under consideration, the Bureau of Mines invited the State geologists, mine inspectors, and a number of coal operators and oil and gas well drillers from the States interested to meet representatives of the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a discussion of the subject during February 7 and February 8, 1913. This adjourned meeting of the conference will be held at an early date and its report will be printed in a later edition of this bulletin, with such additional suggestions as may be received by the Bureau of Mines. The bureau will be glad, therefore, to receive at the earliest practicable date any additional suggestions or any additional information throwing light on the matters discussed in this bulletin."
Date: 1913
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hood, O. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Materials for Chemical Manufacturing: A Survey of Supply and demand by the Chemical Industry in the Ohio River Basin of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia (open access)

Mineral Materials for Chemical Manufacturing: A Survey of Supply and demand by the Chemical Industry in the Ohio River Basin of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mineral materials of the Ohio River Basin. As stated in the abstract, "this study is a survey of supply and demand for minerals, metals, alloys, and compounds used by the chemical industries in the Ohio River Basin area of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia during 1967" (p. 1). This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1970
Creator: Irani, Meherwan C. & Hartwell, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pennsylvania Mining Statutes Annotated (open access)

Pennsylvania Mining Statutes Annotated

From Author's Explanation: "This bulletin is intended to include every legislative enactment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to the mining and mineral industries. The entire body of mining laws is set out for these obvious reasons: (1) To show the progress and advancement made, and the changes through which the enactments have passed; (2) an author may not assume the determination of what particular laws are in fact in effect, as this is within the jurisdiction of the courts alone; (3) it was at least necessary to set out all acts that had at any time been construed by the courts."
Date: 1920
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baseline Risk Assessment of Ground Water Contamination at the Uranium Mill Tailings Site Near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (open access)

Baseline Risk Assessment of Ground Water Contamination at the Uranium Mill Tailings Site Near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

This baseline risk assessment evaluates potential impacts to public health and the environment resulting from ground water contamination from past activities at the former uranium processing site in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The US Department of Energy Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project has placed contaminated material from this site in an on-site disposal cell. Currently, the UMTRA Project is evaluating ground water contamination. This risk assessment is the first document specific to this site for the UMTRA Ground Water Project. Currently, no domestic or drinking water well tap into contaminated ground water of the two distinct ground water units: the unconsolidated materials and the bedrock. Because there is no access, no current health or environmental risks are associated with the direct use of the contaminated ground water. However, humans and ecological organisms could be exposed to contaminated ground water if a domestic well were to be installed in the unconsolidated materials in that part of the site being considered for public use (Area C). The first step is evaluating ground water data collected from monitor wells at the site. For the Canonsburg site, this evaluation showed the contaminants in ground water exceeding background in the unconsolidated materials in Area C …
Date: September 1994
Creator: unknown
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
Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 2020 (open access)

Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 2020

Monthly newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: February 1, 2020
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 77, No. 2, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 1, 2023 (open access)

Hellcat News (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Vol. 77, No. 2, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 1, 2023

Monthly newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: October 1, 2023
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Harrisburg Quadrangle, Pennsylvania (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Harrisburg Quadrangle, Pennsylvania

Results of reconnaissance surveys of the Harrisburg quadrangle to determine the likelihood of uranium deposits of the area, and additional information about the location and classification of any deposits.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Popper, George H. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Favorability of Nonmarine and Marginal-Marine Strata of Late Precambrian and Paleozoic Age in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York (open access)

Uranium Favorability of Nonmarine and Marginal-Marine Strata of Late Precambrian and Paleozoic Age in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York

"This report was prepared in fulfillment of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT(05-1)-1623 to the University of North Carolina during the Period May 1973 through September 1981."
Date: June 1982
Creator: Dennison, John M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Williamsport Quadrangle, Pennsylvania and New York (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Williamsport Quadrangle, Pennsylvania and New York

Results of reconnaissance surveys of the Williamsport quadrangle to determine the likelihood of uranium deposits of the area, and additional information about the location and classification of any deposits.
Date: July 1982
Creator: Roe, Leon M. & Martin, Thomas S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Resources of Chester County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Ground-Water Resources of Chester County, Pennsylvania

From purpose and scope: This report provides basic information on the ground-water resources of Chester County, Pennsylvania, which is an area of about 760 square miles (1970 meters) in southeastern Pennsylvania. It discusses the availability and quality of the water in the water-bearing units in the county and the relation of the ground water to surface water.
Date: September 1977
Creator: McGreevy, Laurence J. & Sloto, Ronald A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Discussing the evaluation made of the Scranton Quadrangle for environments favorable for uranium
Date: November 1980
Creator: Baillieul, Thomas A.; Indelicato, Gregory J. & Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Conference of Mine-Experiment Stations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., September 14-21, 1912. (open access)

International Conference of Mine-Experiment Stations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., September 14-21, 1912.

Report discussing an international conference on mine-experiment stations assembling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The United States sent invitations to countries that had mine-experiment stations, Great Britain and Canada were the only countries, that did not accept invitation.
Date: 1914
Creator: Rice, George S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Pennsylvania (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Pennsylvania

Report documenting the suitability of Pennsylvania for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: February 18, 1952
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sampling and Examination of Mine Gases and Natural Gas (open access)

The Sampling and Examination of Mine Gases and Natural Gas

Report by the U.S. Bureau of Mines based on experiments performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to study mine gases. Findings in this bulletin include descriptions of the experiments and equipment used: "The first part of this report deals with the methods used by the bureau in the collection and examination of the various mine gases; the latter part discusses the bureau's methods of sampling and examining natural gas" (p. 5).
Date: 1913
Creator: Burrell, George A. & Seibert, Frank M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sources of Limestone, Gypsum, and Anhydrite for Dusting Coal Mines to Prevent Explosions (open access)

Sources of Limestone, Gypsum, and Anhydrite for Dusting Coal Mines to Prevent Explosions

From Preface: "The writer began testing the rock-dusting method for the Bureau of Mines at the Pittsburgh gallery in 1909, and later continued such testing in the bureau's experimental mine, with favorable results. Beginning in 1911 the bureau issued reports recommending rock dusting as alternative to watering."
Date: 1925
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiometric Reconnaissance Examination in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey (open access)

Radiometric Reconnaissance Examination in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey

Abstract: In May 1950, 350 miles of road was traversed in the vicinity of a torbernite locality in New Jersey. The radioactivity of the area traversed was two to three times above normal, averaging 0.003 percent equivalent uranium. It is estimated that there is 1,000 tons of rock averaging 0.009 percent uranium at the torbernite locality. The presence of this area of above-normal radioactivity suggests that further study is needed in the Piedmont belt and the flanking sediments, which may contain economic deposits of uranium minerals.
Date: December 1951
Creator: Stewart, Robert H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Thorpe Area, Volume 1 - Narrative Report: Scranton (NK 18-8) Quadrangle (open access)

NURE Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey, Thorpe Area, Volume 1 - Narrative Report: Scranton (NK 18-8) Quadrangle

Final report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Scranton quadrangles including the survey description, specifications, data processing methods, interpretation methods, and regional geologic review.
Date: February 1978
Creator: LKB Resources, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1941-42 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1941-42

Preface: The author of this paper gives a thorough description of a complex of very unusual igneous rocks and associated hydrothermal deposits.
Date: 1942
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library