From introduction: "This report is a statement of progress during the six-months period from June 1 to November 30, 1956, on investigations of radioactive materials in the United States and Alaska, undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey under the sponsorship of the Division of Raw Materials and the Division of Research of the Atomic Energy Commission."

Discussing the physical behavior and geologic control of radon in mountain streams

The following report discusses the results of oxidation studies with multiple pH-potential recorder designed and constructed for this purpose. Results determine that some uranium-vanadium ores in the Colorado Plateau were in a reduced state when deposited. This report presents the discovery and study in post-oxidation of the four distinctive types of uranium ores that have been recognized in the Colorado Plateau: 1) uranium-vanadium ores; 2) uranium-copper ores; 3) uranium-hydrocarbon ores; and 4) uranium ores in limestone.

The following report discusses a method for determining uranium in samples containing 0.05 percent or more U3O8, using titanous sulfate as reducing agent, that's much shorter, faster, and has fewer interferences than conventional methods using reductor columns.

The following report analyzes the physical behavior of radon concentrations in streams and related spring waters in the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, to determine the relationship between the distribution of radon and its geologic environment.

A bibliography which consists of references to published literature, press releases, speeches, and both open-file and other unclassified reports dealing with uranium, thorium, and radioactive occurrences in several United States states.

A report regarding uranium-bearing coal in the eastern part of the great divide basin, in sweetwater county, Wyoming. This report concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

The following report discusses the results from studies made during a program of geological mapping and exploratory core drilling that was carried out from 1951 to 1953 by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to determine the areal distribution, thickness, and uranium content of coal in the eastern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.