Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Pullman National Topographic Map, Idaho/Washington (open access)

Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Pullman National Topographic Map, Idaho/Washington

Final report of the airborne gamma ray and total magnetic field survey for the Pullman quadrangle, Washington-Idaho. Sections I through IV of this report present information and results associated with this specific survey. Section V gives the data acquisition and the processing procedures.
Date: 1981
Creator: Geodata International
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
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
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
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
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
Community Input from Washington State in Support of Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the Port of Tacoma (open access)

Community Input from Washington State in Support of Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the Port of Tacoma

Community Input from Washington State in Support of Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the Port of Tacoma. Document includes Community and Economic impact reports.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
Data Dictionary and Discussion for the Midnite Mine GIS Database (open access)

Data Dictionary and Discussion for the Midnite Mine GIS Database

Abstract: A geographic information system (GIS) database has been developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) for the Midnite Mine and surroundings in northeastern Washington State (Stevens County) on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The mine is an open pit uranium mine which has been inactive since 1981. The GIS database was compiled to serve as a repository and source of historical and research information on the mine site. The database supported USBM hydrological and reclamation research on the mine site. The database also will be used by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (as well as others) for environmental assessment and reclamation planning for future remediation and reclamation of the site. This report describes the data in the GIS database and their characteristics. The report also discusses known backgrounds on the data sets and any special considerations encountered by the USBM in developing the database. Most of the database also is planned to be available to the public as a two-CD-ROM set, although separately from this report.
Date: 1996
Creator: Peters, Douglas C.; Smith, M. Antoinette & Ferderer, David A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deposits of Pre-1980 Pyroclastic Flows and Lahars from Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington (open access)

Deposits of Pre-1980 Pyroclastic Flows and Lahars from Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington

From introduction: This report describes the character, origin, age, and extent of deposits of pyroclastic flows and lahars that were formed at Mount St. Helens before 1980, and their stratigraphic relations to other rocks and deposits of volcanic and glacial origin.
Date: 1987
Creator: Crandell, Dwight Raymond
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Predation Index and Evaluating Ways to Reduce Salmonid Losses to Predation in the Columbia River Basin, Annual Progress Report August 1988-September 1989. (open access)

Developing a Predation Index and Evaluating Ways to Reduce Salmonid Losses to Predation in the Columbia River Basin, Annual Progress Report August 1988-September 1989.

We are reporting progress on the predator-prey study for the period August 28, 1988 to September 1, 1989. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the feasibility of an index for assessment of predation in various reservoirs throughout the Columbia River basin, to describe the relationships among predator-caused mortality of smolts and physical and biological variables; to examine the feasibility of developing bounty, commercial or recreational fisheries on northern squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonesis); and to develop a plan to evaluate the efficacy of predator control fisheries. Literature searches on predator abundance indexing and factors regulating fish population dynamics have been conducted; selected references have been summarized, and compiled in a key-word bibliography format. The feasibility of various types of predator abundance indices is being assessed; existing data relevant to mark-recapture, catch per unit effort (CPUE), physical and chemical variables, and reservoir morphology have been compiled, reviewed, and summarized. In cases where sufficient data exist, preliminary implementation of predator abundance indices has been demonstrated. Field sampling in John Day Reservoir was conducted during May to August, 1989 -- to continue time series data bases on northern squawfish CPUE and growth, and to evaluate the possibility of year class strength determinations of …
Date: December 1989
Creator: Nigro, Anthony A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploration Systems Approach to the Spokane Mountain Area Uranium Deposits, Northeastern Washington (open access)

An Exploration Systems Approach to the Spokane Mountain Area Uranium Deposits, Northeastern Washington

From Summary: "Within the gross content of economic exploration techniques developed through case studies of know mineralization, this report of research into the Spokane Mountain uranium deposit integrates the results of numerous field surveys and the application of proven scientific methods with the effects of alternative methods."
Date: April 1981
Creator: Babcock, Lyndon; Beck, P.; Farley, W.; Lechler, P.; Lindgren, J.; Miller, D. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Geological Reconnoissance in Central Washington (open access)

A Geological Reconnoissance in Central Washington

From introduction: An examination of the country described in this paper was ordered by the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey at the request of persons interested in the development of the state of Washington, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the geological structure of the arid portion of the state favored the hope of obtaining artesian water for irrigation.
Date: 1893
Creator: Russell, Israel Cook & Knowlton, Frank Hall
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
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
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
[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
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
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

National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Okanogan Quadrangle, Washington, Appendix A-C

Appendices containing uranium occurrence reports for the Okanogan Quadrangle in addition to a table of chemical analyses to accompany a report on U.S. uranium resources in Washington.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Bernardi, M. L.; Powell, L. K. & Wicklund, M. A.
Object Type: Dataset
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
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
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