Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960 (open access)

Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960

The following report is a compilation of lithologic logs, drillers logs, drilling records, and hydrologic data on 18 wells and test holes that were drilled in the Nevada Test Site and surrounding areas prior to 1960.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Moore, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground Water Test Well C, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada : a Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

From introduction: USGS is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: 1962
Creator: Garber, M. S. & Thordarson, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Test Well B, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground-Water Test Well B, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Abstract: Geophysical logs, a summary of contract costs, detailed descriptions of drilling, casing, cementing, and hydraulic testing operations, X-ray mineralogical analyses, physical property analyses, and a detailed lithologic log are presented in the report.
Date: April 1962
Creator: Moore, John E. & Garber, M. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Abstract: Ground-water test well 2 was drilled to a depth of 3,422 feet with rotary and cable tool drilling equipment.
Date: July 18, 1963
Creator: Moore, John E.; Doyle, Alan C.; Walker, George E.; Young, Richard A. & Carroll, Roderick D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Quartet Dome Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Quartet Dome Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

The following report provides a geological map of the Quartet Dome quadrangle in Nye county, Nevada.
Date: April 16, 1965
Creator: Sargent, K. A.; Luft, S. J.; Gibbons, A. B. & Hoover, D. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gravity and seismic exploration in Yucca Valley, Nevada test site: January-April, 1959 (open access)

Gravity and seismic exploration in Yucca Valley, Nevada test site: January-April, 1959

"This Progress report describes a part of a continuing geophysical program being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Albuquerque Operations Office, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission"
Date: August 1959
Creator: Diment, William H.; Healey, D. L. & Roller, John C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Ground Water Test Well D, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.
Date: February 9, 1962
Creator: Thordarson, William; Garber, M. S. & Walker, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geology of the Pluto Site, Area 401, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Introduction: Geologic studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in support of the U.S. Air Force's Project Pluto in Area 401 of the Nevada Test Site were made on behalf of the U.S. Atomic energy Commission.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Johnson, Ross B. & Ege, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library